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  Average Rating for The Burbs [1989] - 4 out of 5

  
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• The Burbs [1989]

  Hayley Rawlings 12 June 2005

  

  "The Burb's" must be the least well-known film by Tom Hanks, although it has to be my favourite.
  Ray Peterson's neighbours the Klopek's are quiet and mysterious, ater living in the cul-de-sac for over a month nobody has seen them enter or leave the house. Apart from Ray's young son who watches the Klopek's digging in their back garden in the dead of night.
  Ray's two friends invent several theories that the Klopek's are offering their neighbours as ritual sacrifices. The comedy begins here.
  After raiding through their neighbours bins and inviting themselves to the house, Ray and his wife Carol begin to doubt the theories.
  Although when Vince, the family's dog, digs up a bone from the Klopek's yard things change dramatically...
  A must see, the drama and comedy in this film work together brilliantly. WATCH THIS FILM!!

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Joe Dante directs this late 1980s comedy horror starring Tom Hanks and Bruce Dern. Life is pleasant, if dull, in the suburb of Hinckley Hills until the weird Klopeks move in next door to Ray Peterson (Hanks). When Ray decides to spend his week's vacation relaxing at home, he soon allows himself to be persuaded by his other neighbours that the Klopeks are in fact marauding killers, and joins in the suburbanites' investigation. The film also stars Carrie Fisher and Corey Feldman.

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.  To the disappointment of his wife Carol, Ray decides to spend a relaxing week at home, and soon gets into trouble with his neighbours - a hefty busybody, a freaked-out ex-soldier, and a spacey teenager - as they observe the strange happenings next door at the Klopek's bizarre residence. When the neighborhood grouch suddenly disappears, the men are convinced the ramshackle house hides some hideous clues. Armed with assault rifles, high-powered binoculars and a shovel, they decide to see for themselves exactly what is going on in the Klopek place... Tom Hanks portrays suburbanite Ray Peterson, whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block, in this outrageous suspense-comedy directed by Joe Dante. Set in an average neighborhood that is anything but average, The Burbs blends slapstick comedy and spine-tingling mystery with the type of witty humour that has made Tom Hanks a star. Actors Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Bruce Dern & Courtney Gains Director Joe Dante Certificate 12 years and over Year 1989 Screen Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour and 37 minutes (approx)