On this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show, we crack open the blinds, peer suspiciously at the neighbors, and take a staycation straight into suburban paranoia with The 'Burbs.

What starts as a quiet week off work quickly devolves into trash-can surveillance, backyard digging, wildly confident assumptions, and one of the most chaotic neighbors in movie history. Along the way, we revisit peak comedic Tom Hanks, Joe Dante’s tongue-in-cheek direction, a score that goes harder than it needs to, and a cast fully committed to escalating bad ideas.

We talk plot, performances, absurdity, wardrobe crimes, and why this movie somehow hits harder when you’re a dad living in a subdivision than it ever did as a kid.

And yes… we crown a Boddicker nominee.

🍺 On the Tap This Episode

• Beer scores are handed out
• Viewing enjoyment is scientifically calibrated
• Consensus reached: everything is better after a few beers!

🧠 Fun & Games

We play THINK FAST, DRINK LATER, a high-pressure naming game designed to expose who panics first when the clock starts ticking. Things that absolutely should be easy… until they aren’t.

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