Synopsis
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
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Cast
- Alan TudykTucker
- Tyler LabineDale
- Katrina BowdenAllison
- Philip GrangerSheriff
- Jesse MossChad
- Bill BaksaBJ Hillbilly
- Christie LaingNaomi
- Chelan SimmonsChloe
- Brandon Jay McLarenJason
- Travis NelsonChuck
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
Genuinely funny. A life lesson in never prejudging a man just because he's skinning a squirrel. - 75
IndieWire
For anyone frustrated with countless formulaic exercises that drain modern horror of fresh ideas, Tucker & Dale is a downright cathartic indictment that encourages comparison to the "Scary Movie" franchise. It's mostly a smart spoof that looks awfully dumb for a reason. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
An endearingly cheeky tribute to suspense and slasher classics. - 70
Variety
Sorta doing for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"-type slashers what "Shaun of the Dead" did for zombie pics, "T&D" offers good-natured, confidently executed splatstick whose frequent hilarity suffers only from peaking too early. - 70
Village Voice
Tucker & Dale piquantly tweaks every '80s ax-murderer flick you've ever seen, though it provides the same satisfaction of watching bratty undergrads perish one by one. Admittedly, the spoof loses steam in its last reel (i.e., when it runs out of frat kids to kill), but the film strikes an enjoyable tone of congenial gore. - 70
Arizona Republic
It's a sometimes-hilarious send-up of slasher movies that buries a surprising amount of sweetness under buckets of gore. - 63
Slant Magazine
Flip-flopping traditional genre dynamics in a manner more cute than uproarious, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil charts the Three's Company-style shenanigans that ensue when two West Virginia bumpkins cross paths with a group of camping college kids. - 58
The A.V. Club
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil is too slick and too cute; Tudyk and Labine are terrific comic actors, but the movie might've been better served by less-recognizable faces.
