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.
Tom Hanks Bruce Dern Carrie Fisher Rick Ducommun Corey Feldman Wendy Schaal Henry Gibson Brother Theodore Courtney Gains Gale Gordon Dick Miller Robert Picardo Cory Danziger Franklyn Ajaye Rance Howard Heather Haase Nicky Katt Billy Stevenson Gary Hays Kevin Gage Dana Olsen Brenda Benner Patrika Darbo Sonny Carl Davis Moosie Drier
Предградията, The Burbs, En djävul till granne, Life in the Burbs
Somewhere around the early 90s, Tom Hanks became really boring.
He stopped making comedies and started making 'serious' films. As such, we missed out on him making more films like this and more films where we have to watch him talk to a sodding volleyball for the best part of 2 hours or doing a bad Alec Guinness impression.
Okay, that is been gravely unfair to Hanks and of course he HAS made or been a part of some great films in the 23 years since the release of The 'Burbs. But I can't be the only one who STILL misses the days when you saw his name on a film poster or box and you knew you were in…
I needed this.
On a normal Tuesday. Except I don't work til late. After yet another night put down by the poisonous thoughtloops of my barely contained obsessive-compulsive childish illogical but damn it still consuming fear -- there's nothing like the sunlight on a quiet Tuesday. Work is still far away. Everything just slows down. I can feel the chasm of my fear vibrating away on the edges of the day. But it's easier to keep it there. On the edge.
Because there's something to the sunlight streaming in the window. Something to a marginally clean house and fresh, clean, cold cans of soda. So, to keep the fear out and the hopeful sunlight vibe in, I flip this on.…
February Horror Hunt, Day 18, challenge #19 - movie featuring an actor/actress who passed away in 2019 (Dick Miller)
What a freakin blast! Why did I wait 30 years to watch this?? It's an "80s kid adventure!" movie but with adults (and a highly amusing Corey Feldman who treats the antics as entertainment and would probably have a successful Youtube channel now). This movie made me miss so many things. Not only the 80s neighbourhood I grew up in but 80s Corey Feldman, Comedy Tom Hanks, the underrated Carrie Fisher (RIP), and Dick Miller (RIP) who was memorable even as "Garbageman #1." That was Dick Miller for you. One thing I don't have to miss is Bruce Dern being a 100% badass because that is still happening.
If you like stuff like Fright Night, Ghostbusters, Gremlins (obvs), this is a super fun horror comedy for the whole family!
Mark Rumsfield: Klopek... what is that, Slavic?
Reuben: NO.
Mark Rumsfield: 'Bout a nine on the tension scale, Reub.
"I've been blown up, take me to the hospital!"
This is a strange movie. It's directed by Joe Dante but doesn't seem Dante-ish enough. It's great fun but the finale is a little disappointing. It's a comedy but there aren't a lot of laughs. It's just odd but I enjoyed it anyway, if that makes any sense at all.
💟💟💟Carrie Fisher💟💟💟
Sometime in the early-to-mid-90s I was watching this on a promotional HBO 'free weekend' and the preview ended and the channel went to static around the 32-min mark - when they are digging in the backyard in the rain - and so I never saw the rest of it. I... probably would have liked it more back then?
I presume this is, at least in part, about the Satanic Panic sweeping conservative America suburbs in the late 80s, and Tom Hanks is ideal casting for that, considering his first starring role was in the anti-D&D Christian propaganda film Monsters and Mazes just 7 years prior. With that in mind, that this feels a lot more like a children's film than…
February Horror Hunt, Day 18, challenge #19 - movie featuring an actor/actress who passed away in 2019 (Dick Miller)
What a freakin blast! Why did I wait 30 years to watch this?? It's an "80s kid adventure!" movie but with adults (and a highly amusing Corey Feldman who treats the antics as entertainment and would probably have a successful Youtube channel now). This movie made me miss so many things. Not only the 80s neighbourhood I grew up in but 80s Corey Feldman, Comedy Tom Hanks, the underrated Carrie Fisher (RIP), and Dick Miller (RIP) who was memorable even as "Garbageman #1." That was Dick Miller for you. One thing I don't have to miss is Bruce Dern being a 100% badass because that is still happening.
If you like stuff like Fright Night, Ghostbusters, Gremlins (obvs), this is a super fun horror comedy for the whole family!
Why have I never seen this? Its one of those weird films that somehow evaded you. I mean, there's tons of "essentials" I haven't seen but most of them came before I was born. But I was a child of the '80s and a Joe Dante fan. So I've always been surprised I just never happened across this somehow. And then it becomes one of those things where you're like wondering if you just forgot it and thinking about it builds it up and for some reason I just never click on it to watch. So now i will because someone on the internet told me too.
I dug it. I think maybe it could stand to be a little…
It's not too long since I last watched THE 'BURBS, and yet it was a pleasure to revisit it once again, a very easy watch. I was watching with a musically-minded friend on this time, and he pointed out how there is not a single wasted musical cue in the whole film, that unlike a lot of films these days the whole thing is scored, and every moment big and small has a finely tuned audio accompaniment. Just another example of how wonderfully crafted a film this is on every level.
Tar väldigt lång tid att komma igång, men den här hela tiden Joe Dante charmen. Mer av en familjekomedi än en mörkkomedi som jag trodde det skulle vara.
Joe Dante's satire of curtain-twitching suburbia comes so close to hitting the mark... before backing off from its own message during its final stretch.
Still, there's a lot of fun to be had along the way. As per usual, Dante cleverly works in a number of movie references ranging from Night of the Demon to Once Upon a Time in the West. Tom Hanks reminds the viewer of the considerable knack for comedy that he displayed before his subsequent shift towards more serious roles. Bruce Dern is enjoyably quirky as a Vietnam vet who is all-too-keen to put his long-dormant skills back into practice. Carrie Fisher is as button-cute as ever.
At one point, Hanks's character is shown watching an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on television. Most recently, the actor played Fred Rogers in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
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