Saturday is Horror Day #181 - Tucker & Dale vs Evil

 Tucker & Dale vs Evil

You might consider Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) to be hillbillies, but they're just two good ol' boys living their best lives in backwoods West Virginia. Tucker buys a "vacation" home, and the two friends head up to check it out and work on it and have a vacation, fishing and whatnot. On their way there, they encounter a car full of college students, also on vacation, who look at them with disdain. They cross paths again at the local store. Tucker encourages the shy Dale to talk to the girls, to get his courage up, but the girls are scared of him and that doesn't end well. So the two groups go their separate ways.

Later, when they are fishing, Tucker and Dale spot the college kids again, one in particular,  Allison 

(Katrina Bowden) who is getting ready to dive into the lake. They accidentally startle her, she slips and hits her head before falling into the water. Alarmed that she doesn't quickly resurface, and none of her friends paying attention, Dale jumps in and rescues her. They decide to take her back to the cabin to take care of her wound, but her friends think they have kidnapped her.

Now the kids are determined their kidnapped friend but they are terrified to confront the two hillbillies. Meanwhile, a frightened Allison awakes, terrified that Dale has evil intentions. But honestly, it's only breakfast. So while she is recovering and she and Dale begin to talk, the college kids begin their rescue mission. But things go haywire from the beginning. As the body count rises, the sheriff (Phillip Granger) appears, and naturally he thinks the boys are guilty. But there is a darker story at work here, one that no one suspects.

This is one funny horror movie, and it just goes to show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Tucker and Dale are just two nice guys, and Dale is actually a lot smarter than he looks. Laughs and blood abound in this film. Labine and Tudyk are awesome as Tucket and Dale. I'm just sorry there wasn't a sequel. I'll give this film 4 Stars/.