<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $18 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $49.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The' Burbs, is a 1989 American comedy thriller film directed by Joe Dante, starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal and Henry Gibson, and co-starring Gale Gordon . The film was written by Dana Olsen, who also has a cameo in the movie . The film pokes fun at suburban environments and their, sometimes, eccentric dwellers . </P> <P> On Mayfield Place, a cul - de-sac in the fictional suburban town of Hinkley Hills, Ray Peterson is on vacation from work for a week and is trying to learn more about his mysterious, new next - door neighbors, the Klopeks, after hearing strange noises emanating from their basement late one night . Art Weingartner, the Petersons' other next - door neighbor, believes the Klopeks are murderers . </P>

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