Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
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A group of college students on a camping trip mistake two well-meaning hillbillies for murderous killers, leading to a series of tragic and hilarious misunderstandings.
The story
A group of college kids—Allison, Chad, Chloe, Chuck, Jason, Naomi, Todd, Mitch, and Mike—go on a camping trip in West Virginia. While at a gas station, they encounter Tucker and Dale, two well-meaning hillbillies who recently bought an abandoned lakefront cabin in the woods. On Tucker's advice, Dale tries to talk to Allison, but his appearance and nervous behavior frighten her and her friends. While Tucker and Dale repair their cabin, Chad tells the group about the 'Memorial Day Massacre', a hillbilly attack that took place 20 years prior. They later go skinny-dipping at a lake where Tucker and Dale are fishing. Startled by the pair, Allison hits her head.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A group of college kids goes on a camping trip in West Virginia and encounters Tucker and Dale, two well-meaning hillbillies. After Allison hits her head while skinny-dipping near the hillbillies, the group believes they are kidnapping her. The next day, Allison awakens at the cabin and befriends them, while the rest of the group arrives to 'rescue' her, misinterpreting Tucker and Dale's actions as murderous. A series of accidents occur where students are killed or injured by the hillbillies' tools and environment, which the students believe are intentional attacks. Chuck returns with a sheriff who accidentally kills himself, and Chad eventually takes Jangers, the hillbillies' dog, hostage. After a chaotic confrontation where several students are killed and Chad is disfigured, Tucker, Dale, and Allison escape. The film concludes with a news report suggesting the deaths were a suicide pact involving a deranged killer, Chad, whose body is missing. Tucker recovers in a hospital while Dale goes bowling with Allison, where they confess their feelings and kiss.
- First release year
- 2010
- Runtime (minutes)
- 89
- Production countries
- Canada; India; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Eli Craig
- Writers
- Eli Craig · screenplay; Morgan Jurgenson · screenplay; Eli Craig · story
- Cast and characters
- Tyler Labine · Tucker; Alan Tudyk · Dale; Katrina Bowden · Allison; Jesse Moss · Chad; Brandon Jay McLaren; Chelan Simmons
- Genres
- comedy; horror
- Themes
- Misunderstanding; Genre Parody; Survival
- Tone and mood
- Comedy; Horror; Splatstick
- Setting
- West Virginia, present day
- Premise and plot tags
- Comedy Horror; Buddy Comedy; Slasher Comedy; Parody; Independent Film
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 86% · review count: 116; Metacritic · score: 65 · scale: 100 · review count: 23
- Production trivia
- The production began in June 2009 with the casting of the actors.; Principal photography started one month later in Calgary, Alberta.; The film's director, Eli Craig, and his wife Sasha make cameo appearances as a cameraman and reporter respectively.
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