OK, this is definitely one that Bhairitu will want to add to his Netflix queue. So will anyone who is a fan of the horror genre. "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" does for the Hillbilly slasher/chainsaw massacre genre exactly what "Evil Dead 2" did for the demon possession genre and what "Shaun Of The Dead" did for zombies. It takes the well-worn, done-hundreds-of-times conventions of horror movies and turns them into side-splitting (as opposed to skull-splitting) humor.
The basic plot is that Tucker (Alan Tudyk, who played Wash in "Firefly" and "Serenity") and Dale (Tyler Labine, whose work I don't know but will look into) are two not-completely-bright but sweet Virginia hill- billies looking forward to a vacation in their "fixer upper" cabin in the woods, and there kicking back and doing nothing more stimulating than fishing and drink- ing beer. To their dismay, a group of spoiled, Preppie college students decide to camp next-door to their cabin. The students get it into their heads that Tucker & Dale are deranged chainsaw-wielding serial killers, and react accordingly. The movie actually has a lot to say about stereotypes, and how people project onto others those stereotypes, and their own inner "dark sides." It's also at times hilariously funny, including an homage to the "Groovy" scene from "Evil Dead 2" (the corresponding one-liner from this film is "Bring it, frat bitch"). There is definitely blood and gore involved, but...uh...funny blood and gore, if you're into that sorta thing. I watched a workprint of this film, so it might not be out yet in the US. It was supposedly the surprise hit of the recent Munich Fantasy Film Festival. The IMDB listing for it is here, with a link to a trailer. This is really a surprisingly good movie. I am already salivating at the thought of a sequel. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465522/
