The 'Burbs
1989 · Movie · PG · 102 min · ★ 6.8 · 52% critics
A quiet cul-de-sac gets thrown into chaos when mysterious new neighbors move in, and a bored suburban dad on vacation lets suspicion spiral into an amateur investigation. As the neighborhood gossip grows, everyday routines turn into escalating misadventures that blur the line between harmless curiosity and full-on paranoia.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-02-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 52/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (1,374 votes)
- Box office
- $49,101,993
- Budget
- $18,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an offbeat, dark suburban comedy where paranoia snowballs into messy hijinks, with a slightly creepy edge like Twilight Zone: The Movie; Not for you if you need tight pacing or grounded realism.
Pros: dark, goofy humor; quirky neighborhood vibe; fun mystery setup | Cons: slow to ignite; broad caricatured characters; uneven tone shifts
Themes
- garbage
- psychopath
- paranoia
- dark comedy
- vacation
- suburbia
- neighbor
- serial killer
- slasher
- chainsaw
- murderer
- old dark house
- +10 more
Cast & crew
Tom Hanks
as Ray Peterson
Bruce Dern
as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Carrie Fisher
as Carol Peterson
Rick Ducommun
as Art Weingartner
Wendy Schaal
as Bonnie Rumsfield
Corey Feldman
as Ricky Butler
Courtney Gains
as Hans Klopek
Henry Gibson
as Dr. Werner Klopek
Gale Gordon
as Walter Seznick
Dick Miller
as Vic, Garbageman #1
Directed by Joe Dante