The ’Burbs / The Money Pit [Import]

The Money Pit (1986)

Sensational slapstick farce follows Walter (Tom Hanks) and Anna (Shelley Long), a yuppie couple who have bought their dream house only to discover it’s more like a nightmare. Gut-busting gags abound as Walter and Anna deal with a collapsing staircase, clogged plumbing, an electrical system that’s just waiting to catch fire, a bathtub falling through the floor, and much more. With Alexander Godunov, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Mantegna. 91 min. C/Rtg: PG

The ’Burbs (1989)

Suburban dad Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) and his barbecue buddies from the block make like the Hardy Boys sleuth-wise when the weirdness of their night-roaming, trash bag-burying new neighbors, the Klopeks, reaches Munsteresque proportions. Safe-as-lawn-darts neighborhood farce from director Joe Dante co-stars Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommun, Brother Theodore, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson. 102 min. C/Rtg: PG

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Region Free