31 Days of Horror Day 02 The Burbs

TITLE-The Burbs
SOURCE-Shudder streaming service

In 1989 Joe Dante unleashed this horror comedy film. And while the film didn't bomb at the box office it wasn't a huge hit. Thankfully through home video and airing fairly often on cable The Burbs has grown into a loved cult film.

Earlier this year I finally subscribed to AMC'S horror streaming service Shudder. And spent some time going through all the films and tv shows they offer. Once I saw they had The Burbs I stopped what I wa doing and watched the film for the first time in close to 10 years.

Tom Banks is the lead. He lives in the suburbs and is taking a week long vacation. During this vacation he notices something is odd about the new neighbors,the Klopeks. And you have to be very odd to stand out in a neighborhood that includes Bruce Dern and Corey Feldman.

Over the course of the vacation Hanks,Dern, Feldman and another neighbor spy on and suspect the Kolpeks of killing another neighbor who is missing.

There is so much great things about this film. You got a really good cast. The late Carrie Fisher is Tom Hanks' wife. The very under rated Wendy Schaal is sooo good as the wife of Bruce Dern. Speaking of Dern he almost stills the film as military vet Lt. Rumsfield. But my favorite is Corey Feldman as a teenager that lives in the neighborhood . Normally I find Feldman to be average at best. But in the Burbs he is as good if not better than the various veteran actors in the film.

Normally unless it is made up of songs I know and like I rarely pay attention to a film's score.  Jerry Goldsmith did a really good score for The Burbs.  And I am trying to track down a copy of it.

A few years ago a Blu Ray of the Burbs came out.  And it is loaded with lots of extras. Including lots of cut scenes. Plus some behind the scenes footage that shows us the cast having so much fun during the production of the film.

The Burbs gets a A.