Dale and Tucker vs.Evil.

Rating: 7/10 (5 October 2015)

With October coming up,I started looking round for a Horror-Comedy DVD that a friend could enjoy.Taking a look for "similar" titles to Shaun of the Dead,I stumbled across a flick which sounded like a southern fried delight,which led to me getting ready to meet Tucker & Dale.
The plot:
Driving to a camp site in West Virginia,a group of college kids decide to fuel up the car.Entering the garage,the group run into hillbillies called Tucker and Dale,who are getting set to go on holiday at a nearby cabin.Taking a fancy to group member Allison,Dale tries to asks her out,but fails thanks to Dales scary appearance.
As Tucker and Dale start to fix up their cabin,gang member Chad begins to tell everyone a story about the Memorial Day Massacre,where 20 years ago a bunch of hillbillies went on a killing spree.Wanting to get into the holiday spirit,the group decide to go skinny dipping.Whilst the group go skinny dipping,Tucker and Dale start fishing on the same river (what luck!),and spot Allison getting undressed on top of a rock. Terrified by the sight of them,Allison faints and falls in.As Tucker & Dale pull Allison out of the river,Allison's friends look on in horror,as Allison is "kidnapped."Whilst Dale and Tucker start helping Allison to heal up,her friends start to make plans for their own hillbilly massacre.
View on the film:
Sitting on the shelf for 3 years,co-writer/(along with Morgan Jurgenson) director Eli Craig and cinematographer David Geddes give the title a remarkably fresh,shining appearance,with stylish light blue smoke giving the woods a blood thirsty Slasher atmosphere. Pilling the timber & the bodies,Craig displays a real sense of glee at the murder scenes,as bright red splashes of blood spill from wood chippers to chainsaws.
Whilst the film does lose some steam in the final moments,the screenplay by Craig & Jurgenson slashes the running time by cutting hilariously sharp,gory jokes into the horror,with endless misunderstandings leading to fatal deaths. Placing Dale & Tucker's friendship at the centre of the title,the writers give the duo a surprisingly well warmth,thanks to the deadly mishaps showing to help Tucker & Dale become firmer friends.Joined by a charmingly sexy Katrina Bowden as Allison, Tyler Labine & Alan Tudyk give excellent performances as Tucker and Dale,with Tudyk giving Tucker a dry sense of humour that scatters one liners across the screen,as Labine stomps around in fast pace slap-stick Comedy shots,as Dale & Tucker get ready to face evil.