Absolute laugh riot

Rating: 8/10 (26 September 2011)

As a fan of horror films I tend not to watch 'comedy' horrors, as they tend not to be either funny or scary . The Scary Movie franchise being the main offender.
Tucker and Dale, on the other hand, is the exception to the rule!
It's a kind of throwback to the days of Friday The 13th. Kids out camping in the woods, a couple of local rednecks scaring them and then everything gets out of hand, and someone gets chopped in half. That kind of thing. The difference with this film is that Tucker and Dale, whilst being the 'rednecks' we expect to appear in these kind of films, are actually just 2 nice guys who are doing some repairs to a cabin one of them owns. In a chain of misunderstandings the gang of kids suspect that Tucker and Dale have kidnapped and murdered their friend. The truth is however that the girl fell and was drowning when Tucker and Dale rescued her and took her to safety.
The rest of the film is the kids' attempt to kill Tucker and Dale whilst attempting to rescue their friend. But the kids are as inept at killing as the guys are of explaining themselves.
It's a great film, lots of laughs and a couple of gross out moments. I was pleasantly surprised and I suspect anyone else who watches this will be too.