10 of the Worst On-Screen Neighbors

The namesake for their 2014 movie, Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron) and Pete Regazolli (Dave Franco) are nightmare neighbors for married couple Mac Radner (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne). The frat boys move in next door and quickly start shenanigans on the block with their partying.

Mr. Heckles (Larry Hankin) was an oddball nuisance for the Friends gang. He lived below Monica and Rachel and complained at their every step.

Life in the suburbs wasn't quite so charmed in 1989's The 'Burbs thanks to the Klopeks. The Petersons are in for a surprise when they meet their new neighbors and start to theorize about the mysterious residents' seemingly dark personal lives.

When Chris (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa Mattson (Kerry Washington) move into their new California home, they don't expect to be greeted by Abel Turner (Samuel L Jackson). The hostile neighbor sets a foreboding tone from their first meeting and only turns up the heat as the months go on.

First introduced as a 1950s comic character and later reinterpreted for both television and film, Dennis the Menace is a force to be reckoned with. One of the OG bad neighbors, Dennis always caused a ruckus with his various neighborhood shenanigans.

Years before the duo of Zac Efron and Dave Franco, there was Dan Aykroyd and Cathy Moriarty. The famed actors played Vic and Ramona in 1981's Neighbors, a daring young couple who change the neighborhood when they move in.

Originated by Alice Pearce and later played by Sandra Gould, the character of Gladys Kravitz provided ample neighborly fodder for Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) and Darrin Stephens (Dick York, later Dick Sargent). Gladys is nosy, obnoxious, and often causing problems for Samantha as she gets into her business.

While some people welcome their neighbors with pies or casseroles, the Castevets chose to greet Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) with a demonic presence.

Sid Phillips, voiced by Erik von Detten, was a nightmare for his toy neighbors in Toy Story. He made his disregard for the toys known with his constant torturing and carelessness.

Despite their favorable positioning in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, the members of the expansive Griswold family are actually the bad neighbors in question. Whether they are causing problems with their Christmas lights or making a scene with their troublesome relatives, the Griswolds are hardly preferable residents.