The wife and I recently watched The Burbs, a 1989 dark comedy cult classic starring Tom Hanks.

The plot summary is that a group of suburbanites are suspect of their new neighbors (The Klopeks), a reclusive family of weirdos, so this sets in motion a series of comical events centered around spying on the new family.

Character Summary:
Tom Hanks – the lead as a reluctant neighbor that gets reluctantly drawn into the conspiracy theories.
Carrie Fisher – his wife who just want him to spend his week vacation at the lake.
Rick Ducommun – the chubby loud funny instigator of a neighbor (so basically me) who helps to draw in Tom Hanks.
Bruce Dern – the ex-military neighbor who still thinks he’s in the service, ready for duty, and has an unexplainable attractive wife.
Corey Feldman – the somewhat obnoxious teenish / early twenties neighbor who still live at home and uses the shenanigans for his entertainment.
Henry Gibson – the patriarch of the weirdo neighbors.

Now, I am not going to give any spoilers, because I found myself not remembering all of the film. I hadn’t watched in since, guessing, the early ’90s. However, I will say it has held up. It was well cast, funny, and is great dark humor for the late ’80s. The trailer is given below.

If you’ve never seen it, or haven’t watched in in years, give it a go! Hilarious!