Good fun For Genre Fans

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2012)

I must admit to being a big slasher fan, though it can be a relentless genre to follow. All but the most hardened fan could stomach everything produced around a monstrous killer stalking a group of babbling teenagers. Not in terms of gore, but quality. Good ideas are often not around and cheesy imitations tend to do the rounds often.
There have been attempts to rework the slasher in a comedic sense. Scream probably did it best, but Tucker and Dale vs Evil comes close in quite a special way. It's not a mainstream movie, but this pseudo-parody of 'hillbilly horror' (think Deliverance or Wrong Turn 2) does a good job paying respect to the genre while also poking a lot of fun at it.
Sure, not everyone will like it, but you can also pass it off as a very 'stupid' movie. A future cult classic.