Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Directed by: Eli Craig
Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden and Jesse Moss
Two dumb as nails but genuinely likeable "hillbillies" (played with a warm believability and great comedic timing by Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk), Tucker and Dale, are on their way to a country cabin for a vacation when they come across a goup of college students on their way to a getaway in the woods. Dale finds himself smitten with one of the ladies in the group, Alison (Katrina Bowden) but has never been able to talk to girls properly. After some goading by his friend, Tucker he finally gets the nerve to go over and introduce himself. Too bad he carries a gigantic scyth with him and takes his friends advice a little too litterally (one of many great send-ups of horror movie cliches), culminating in the whole group being intensely off-put and setting into motion a terrible case of mistaken identity where D&T are mistaken for crazed hillbilly serial killers.
I found this to be a pitch perfect comedy of errors in which just about any preconception you may have of the standard slasher flicks and turns them on their heads in a way that (imho) made this film one of (if not the) best horror-comedy I've seen in a dogs age. As things get progressivley worse and worse for our duo the laughs come in full force.
I would highly recommend this film for the above reasons as well as the genuine undercurrent of sweetness and emotional honesty that beats at the very heart of Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
Check it out!
4.5/5 :cool: