Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

• Year: 2010
• Released: 09 Dec 2010
• Country: Canada
• Adwords: 10 wins & 14 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465522/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Tucker_and_Dale_vs_Evil
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Comedy, Horror
• Runtime: 89 min
• Writer: Eli Craig, Morgan Jurgenson
• Director: Eli Craig
• Cast: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden
• Keywords: killer, cabin, chainsaw, hillbilly, west virginia,

	7.5/10
	65/100
	85% – Critics
	85% – Audience

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Two lovable hillbillies are headed to their “fixer-upper” vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin’, and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw-wielding killers, Tucker & Dale’s vacation takes a bloody and hilarious turn for the worse.

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Tucker and Dale vs Evil Movie Reviews

Bloody and Bloody Hilarious.

Tucker & Dale vs Evil is directed by Eli Craig who also co-writes the screenplay with Morgan Jurgenson. It stars Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden and Jesse Moss. Music is by Michael Shields and Andrew Kaiser and cinematography by David Geddes. Plot has Tudyk and Labine as two harmless mountain/country men who head to their newly acquired vacation home in the woods to fix it up and get some R & R. But after a misunderstanding at a roadside store with some college kids, who think Tucker & Dale are hillbilly psychopaths, the wheels are set in motion for a bloody battle for survival, but who for?!

In 1996 Scream came slashing forward to inject witty life into a fading horror genre, with freshness and inventive splinters from the slasher formula, Wes Craven’s movie rocked the horror faithful’s world. Tucker & Dale vs Evil will not have the same impact, its limited release and low budget worth ensured it never had a chance of being a big thing, but still it’s the freshest horror/comedy to have come out since Scream made its bloody bow at the box office.

It’s such a simple idea at the core, you have to wonder why it wasn’t thought of before? Craig and Jurgenson have flipped the age old Hillbilly Killers vs Preppy College Kids idea on its head, and in the process smothered it gleefully with dark humour, laugh out loud moments and inventive deaths. There’s also some social comedy nestled nicely in the narrative, big points about first impressions and ideas of stereotypes, and hell yes! There’s even an opposites attract arc – though that admittedly helps to bog the picture down as the central joke premise runs out of steam towards the end. In fact were it not for a relatively sloppy finale, this would surely be falling into sub-genre classic status. Thankfully all that comes before it is so full of vim and vigour, blood and bluff and fun and frolics, it’s not hard to forgive the debut director his one misstep.

The neat trick is having the film unfold from the Hillbillies viewpoint, where the carnage that unspools gets increasingly difficult for them to explain, this in spite of their innocence. Each death is logical to the college kids who go on the attack when one of their number, they think, is kidnapped. And it’s logical to us the audience as well, were it not for us being privy to these wonderfully funny sequence of events, we too would have them hung, drawn and quartered after a guilty verdict was reached in 10 seconds. This is the ultimate horror/comedy flip-flop movie. So many funny sequences light up the picture, with a chainsaw scene one of the finest moments to have ever graced a horror comedy movie, but the dialogue, too, is not found wanting in the fun and charming department. Cast are on top form, with Tudyk & Labine a most agreeable double act, where their comedy timing is impeccable, and Bowden & Moss are more than just pretty faces.

Craig (Sally Field’s son) has started with a bang, if he can top this then he is a name to really get excited about. If he can’t top it? Well he will at least always have one of the best horror comedy movies on his CV. Yes it’s that good, fans of Scream, Severance, Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland should seek it out post haste. 8.5/10

Masterpiece of Horror Comedy

Eli Craig did a masterful job in presenting the best horror comedy since “Suck.”

Playing on the tried and true “Flinstones Plot” of miscommunication that may drive some viewers crazy, Craig brings the gore and the humor with great special effects and wonderful acting. Best of all, of course, the story is solid with an interesting and poignant antagonist development that is extremely impressive.

Better still, the laughs aren’t cheap and silly.

And if you live in the southern United States and hate how “southern folk”, “backwoods families” and “hillbillies” are exploited for horror purposes, you’ll love this tremendous twist on such a overused and ill-conceived cliché.

This is one of the greatest horror comedies ever presented on film.

Very clever–and I am amazed they could sustain the film’s momentum throughout.

I am amazed that folks from the studio that made this had no idea how to market it and actually shelved it for several years. It SHOULD have done extremely well in the theaters, as it’s an exceptionally made and very quirky little film. It’s a parody of slasher films and manages to enchant the viewer throughout.

The film begins with a group of annoying college kids heading off for the clichéd camping trip in the woods. Soon they see some local hillbillies who the kids have convinced themselves might just be killers such as you’d see in a slasher film or “Deliverance”. However, two of these locals, Tucker and Dale, are very sweet and peaceful guys despite their appearance. But, every time they appear, the idiots think the pair are killers and they overreact. It’s all rather funny–but the fun is yet to come.

Later, when the pair are out fishing at night, the young idiots who are camping nearby go swimming. When one of them sees the two, she assumes they have come to kill her and she falls into the water–hitting her head on the way down to the water. She’ll drown but Dale jumps into the water and saves her. But, her friends THINK the pair have killed Allison and they run in terror. Not knowing what to do, they take her back to their cabin and Dale makes her pancakes. No big deal, right? WRONG!! The idiot young folks assume Allison is dead and they decide to attack–and a long and crazy chain of events takes place that only serves to convince them more and more that Dale and Tucker were serial killers! There’s more….but I don’t want to spoil the sick fun.

The plot idea for this film would make a great 20-30 minute movie. I wondered how they could sustain it for 90 minutes–but they did. How? Well, the key is that they made Dale and Tucker (particularly Dale) so gosh-darn likable as well as complex. In fact, I can pretty much guarantee that this film will become a cult favorite, as it has a lot going for it. Great acting, writing and direction–I sure can’t wait to see more from these folks. What a fine movie.

While it might not surprise you, this IS a very, very bloody film. My wife and I laughed at the blood and gore and you probably will, too. But I would NOT let kids see this one, that’s for sure.

Also, during the scene with the crazy guy firing the revolver, note how the gun fires 10-12 bullets without reloading. I don’t’ think this is a mistake–more just an inside joke, as such a gun would run out of bullets long before this.