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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

Ron Howard
Executive Producer
Larry Brezner
Producer

Joe Dante
Director

Michael Finnell
Producer
Robert M. Stevens
Director of Photography
Marshall Harvey
Editor

Mark Mangini
Sound Effects
David D'Ovidio
Second Assistant Director
Pat Kehoe
Unit Production Manager
Carla McCloskey
First Assistant Director
Roz Harris
Script Supervisor
Kenneth Hall
Music Editor
Michael J. Benavente
Sound Editor

Ron Bartlett
Foley Editor
Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist
Randall L. Johnson
Boom Operator
E. Christopher Reed
Lighting Technician
Jeff Pepiot
Special Effects
Ciro Vuoso
Construction Foreman
Dave Newhouse
Greensman
Eric H. Sandberg
Costume Supervisor
Brent Poe
Lighting Technician
Karen Shaw
Production Coordinator
Julianna Arenson
Production Accountant
George Simpson
Supervising Sound Editor
Stephen Purvis
ADR Editor
Hal Nelson
Best Boy Grip
Thomas R. Ward
Special Effects
Erin M. Cummins
Set Designer

Aaron Glascock
Foley Editor
Gregg H. Bilson
Property Master
Uri Katoni
Assistant Editor
Ken King
Production Sound Mixer
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Arbogast
Special Effects
Michael Muscarella
Construction Coordinator

John Hora
Additional Photography
Leslie J. Kovacs
Chief Lighting Technician
Kirk Bales
Dolly Grip
Danny Falkengren
Grip
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
Judy Cammer
Set Designer

Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Benny McNulty
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
T. Daniel Scaringi
Grip
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
Costume Supervisor
Ken W. Ballantine
Lighting Technician
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
Kevin Bartnof
Foley Artist
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Charles Saldaña III
Key Grip
Paul E. Sutton
Grip
James E. Tocci
Set Designer
Nigel A. Boucher
Leadman
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
Randy White
Transportation Coordinator
Reid Rosefelt
Unit Publicist

Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Artist
Adria Later
Studio Teacher
Christine Lee
Hairstylist
Michael Owens
Visual Effects Supervisor
Bill George
Visual Effects Art Director
Michael D. O'Shea
Camera Operator
Pat Kehoe
Associate Producer
Dana Olsen
Writer
Judy Taylor
Casting
Charles L. Hughes
Art Direction

Mike Fenton
Casting

Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
James H. Spencer
Production Design
John H. Anderson
Set Decoration
Dana Olsen
Co-Producer

Rosanna Norton
Costume Design

George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Brian J. Williams
Stunt Double
Jeff Smolek
Stunts
Jeff Smolek
Stunt Coordinator

Jeff Ramsey
Stunts

Gary Morgan
Stunts

Roydon Clark
Stunts
Wally Rose
Stunts

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts

John-Clay Scott
Stunts
Frank Orsatti
Stunts

John Hateley
Stunts
Danny Costa
Stunts
Ray Saniger
Stunts
Rick Sawaya
Stunts

Eddie Hice
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
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