The 'Burbs

The 'Burbs

★ 6.8IMDb Score
Released:1989-02-17
Duration:102 min
Director:Joe Dante
Actors:Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Wendy Schaal
Production:Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Rollins-Morra-Brezner Productions

Overview:

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.

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