You know those horror movies where the stupid college kids go camping and get attacked by the back woods hillbillies? Yeah, this movie is sort of like that...sort of. Except Tucker & Dale are the hillbillies and the college kids have it all wrong. Imagine that side of the story!
Netflix suggested I would like this movie. I figured since Alan Tudyk is in it, there has got to be something worth watching. And when I first started this movie, I was initially disappointed that I had read the summary wrong and it was just a copy cat of college kids going camping. But I was wrong. The movie is freshly unique in its depiction of the "hillbillies" and their perspective. Tucker and Dale just purchased a summer home in the back woods and are going to spend some time fixing up the shack of a cabin. Simultaneously, a group of frat and sorority kids are camping and telling scary stories in the woods while looking down on the local color of people. Right away, you can tell the dynamic of Tucker and Dale is something sweet and innocent. Tucker is a normal guy who is realistic and a good friend while Dale is a cuddly guy who has no luck with the ladies and genuinely is a sweetheart when trying to be a good person.
It starts out their first night when the college kids decide to go swimming in the lake while Tucker and Dale are fishing. Upon seeing them, one of the girls, Alison, falls and hits her head on a rock to which Tucker and Dale bring her unconscious form back to their cabin since her friends ran away. The next day, the pair try to contact her friends to let them know that they have her but the college kids hide and assume that the 'hillbillies have her' instead of are taking care of her.
The film revolves around a lot of situational comedy and mishaps. What everyone perceives isn't the full story. For instance, Tucker running with a chainsaw and screaming has nothing to do with the college kid who thinks that Tucker is running at him. Instead, Tucker is running from a swarm of bees he has hit with his chain saw.
And what horror movie could be complete without gore? While the college kids think that they are going to go in and save Alison, through mishaps, Tucker and Dale come to the conclusion that the college kids have a suicide pact and are killing themselves...and in turn are trying to get through Tucker and Dale to kill Alison as well.
Boil it all down to one leader of the college kids' back story and you've got a nice little motivation for some of the scenes.
The storyline is not unique on the surface but the perspective and situations are unique all on their own.
The film deserves an 8/10 at the very least for its originality.
Rent it? Definitely!!!
See it again? Of course! I watched it twice in a row and now viewing it to the roommates day later.
Buy it? Plan to...but for now, watching it on Netflix instant repeatidly.
Overall, worth the laughs and original storytelling.
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