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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.
Language
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue $49,100,000
English
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue $49,100,000
Keywords
garbage
psychopath
paranoia
dark comedy
vacation
suburbia
neighbor
serial killer
slasher
chainsaw
murderer
old dark house
pig mask
new neighbor
axe murder
dream sequence
psycho
neighborhood
madman
lunatic
absurd
amused
Casts

Tom Hanks
Ray Peterson

Bruce Dern
Lt. Mark Rumsfield

Carrie Fisher
Carol Peterson

Rick Ducommun
Art Weingartner

Wendy Schaal
Bonnie Rumsfield

Corey Feldman
Ricky Butler

Courtney Gains
Hans Klopek

Henry Gibson
Dr. Werner Klopek

Gale Gordon
Walter Seznick

Dick Miller
Vic, Garbageman #1

Robert Picardo
Joe, Garbageman #2

Theodore Gottlieb
Uncle Reuben Klopek

Franklyn Ajaye
Detective #1

Cory Danziger
Dave Peterson

Rance Howard
Detective #2
Heather Haase
Ricky's Girlfriend

Nicky Katt
Steve Kuntz

Bill Stevenson
Ricky's Friend
Gary Hays
Ricky's Friend

Kevin Gage
Cop
Dana Olsen
Cop
Brenda Benner
Walter's Daughter

Patrika Darbo
Suzanne Weingartner

Sonny Carl Davis
Voiceover Actor

Moosie Drier
Voiceover Actor

Leigh French
Voiceover Actor

Archie Hahn
Voiceover Actor

Billy Jayne
Voiceover Actor
Phyllis Katz
Voiceover Actor

Jeffrey Kramer
Voiceover Actor

Lynne Marie Stewart
Voiceover Actor

Arnold F. Turner
Voiceover Actor

Gigi Vorgan
Voiceover Actor

Carey Scott
Ricky’s friend (uncredited)
Tony Westbrook
Kid on Bike (Uncredited)

Kevin McCarthy
Ray’s Boss (uncredited)
Crews

Michael Finnell
Producer

Joe Dante
Director

Ron Howard
Executive Producer
Robert M. Stevens
Director of Photography
Larry Brezner
Producer
Marshall Harvey
Editor
Pat Kehoe
Unit Production Manager

Mark Mangini
Sound Effects
Carla McCloskey
First Assistant Director
David D'Ovidio
Second Assistant Director
Roz Harris
Script Supervisor

Ron Bartlett
Foley Editor

Aaron Glascock
Foley Editor
Randall L. Johnson
Boom Operator
E. Christopher Reed
Lighting Technician
Eric H. Sandberg
Costume Supervisor
Karen Shaw
Production Coordinator
Reid Rosefelt
Unit Publicist
Christine Lee
Hairstylist
Michael D. O'Shea
Camera Operator
Stephen Purvis
ADR Editor
Ken King
Production Sound Mixer
Randy White
Transportation Coordinator
Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist
Brent Poe
Lighting Technician
Ciro Vuoso
Construction Foreman
Julianna Arenson
Production Accountant
Judy Cammer
Set Designer
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
Costume Supervisor
Michael J. Benavente
Sound Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Jeff Pepiot
Special Effects
Dave Newhouse
Greensman
Michael Owens
Visual Effects Supervisor
Bill George
Visual Effects Art Director

Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Artist
Ken W. Ballantine
Lighting Technician
Charles Saldaña III
Key Grip
Paul E. Sutton
Grip
Thomas R. Ward
Special Effects
Nigel A. Boucher
Leadman
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Uri Katoni
Assistant Editor
Kenneth Hall
Music Editor
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Hora
Additional Photography
Leslie J. Kovacs
Chief Lighting Technician
Hal Nelson
Best Boy Grip
George Simpson
Supervising Sound Editor
Danny Falkengren
Grip
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
Michael Muscarella
Construction Coordinator
Erin M. Cummins
Set Designer
Kirk Bales
Dolly Grip
T. Daniel Scaringi
Grip
Michael Arbogast
Special Effects
Adria Later
Studio Teacher
Kevin Bartnof
Foley Artist
Benny McNulty
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
James E. Tocci
Set Designer
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Gregg H. Bilson
Property Master
Dana Olsen
Co-Producer
Judy Taylor
Casting

Rosanna Norton
Costume Design
James H. Spencer
Production Design
Dana Olsen
Writer
John H. Anderson
Set Decoration
Pat Kehoe
Associate Producer
Charles L. Hughes
Art Direction

Mike Fenton
Casting

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Ray Saniger
Stunts

Jeff Ramsey
Stunts

Gary Morgan
Stunts
Jeff Smolek
Stunt Coordinator

George P. Wilbur
Stunts

Eddie Hice
Stunts
Rick Sawaya
Stunts

Gary Epper
Stunts
Wally Rose
Stunts
Roydon Clark
Stunts

Brian J. Williams
Stunt Double
Jeff Smolek
Stunts
Frank Orsatti
Stunts

John-Clay Scott
Stunts

John Hateley
Stunts

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
Danny Costa
Stunts
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