Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Evil just messed with the wrong hillbillies.

201089 min7.4 / 10

A comedic subversion of slasher tropes that uses misunderstanding and irony to flip the script on paranoia and prejudice, grounding its humor in genuine warmth between the wrongly accused protagonists.

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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