This comedy slasher is better than most.
Two groups of people clash in the woods.
One group is two rustic guys who look like backwoods people bought a cabin in the woods. The more intelligent of the two is named Tucker. He's pretty much the straight man in the movie, although a girl in the other group, named Allison, is the straight person in the other group, most of the time.
Dale is not exactly "dumb", but he's very insecure. He's apparently younger than Tucker, or at least less experienced, and he wants to meet an attractive girl.
The second group is a group of college kids. I'd like to say they're atypical of college kids, and they probably aren't "typical" of all college kids, but they are "typical" of many college kids. In fact, too much so, which does make this movie a very good idea. Just not the best execution. Not the worst by any means, though.
Some of those kids are fairly normal in the beginning, but two of them are very sick in the head. One is especially insane. And I'm not sure his prejudices are unique. There is a wave of ignorant prejudice and feeling of superiority actually being taught to college kids.
The kids who are sick in the head soon turn all the "straight" college kids into believing Tucker and Dale are some kind of movie villains. That's the part that really makes this movie better than most horror movies. Most of the kids begin with a lot less prejudice, and the crazy kid actually brainwashes them, thanks to some very strange mishaps.
This is not the best screenplay, but it is nowhere near the worst, and if one compares it to movies prior to about 1970, it is very poorly written, but if one compares it to movies made since about 1990, the bar is so much lower that it stands out as one of the best of modern horror movies.
The actors really had some tough roles to play, except for the one playing Tucker, since that was the straight man. They did as well as they could. There have been much worse screenplays, and this one is easily one of the better modern ones, but still subpar to what it should be.
The comic timing is off, and that goes towards editing and directing.
All in all, though, it is watchable. And unfortunately it is credible to an extent.
Two groups of people clash in the woods.
One group is two rustic guys who look like backwoods people bought a cabin in the woods. The more intelligent of the two is named Tucker. He's pretty much the straight man in the movie, although a girl in the other group, named Allison, is the straight person in the other group, most of the time.
Dale is not exactly "dumb", but he's very insecure. He's apparently younger than Tucker, or at least less experienced, and he wants to meet an attractive girl.
The second group is a group of college kids. I'd like to say they're atypical of college kids, and they probably aren't "typical" of all college kids, but they are "typical" of many college kids. In fact, too much so, which does make this movie a very good idea. Just not the best execution. Not the worst by any means, though.
Some of those kids are fairly normal in the beginning, but two of them are very sick in the head. One is especially insane. And I'm not sure his prejudices are unique. There is a wave of ignorant prejudice and feeling of superiority actually being taught to college kids.
The kids who are sick in the head soon turn all the "straight" college kids into believing Tucker and Dale are some kind of movie villains. That's the part that really makes this movie better than most horror movies. Most of the kids begin with a lot less prejudice, and the crazy kid actually brainwashes them, thanks to some very strange mishaps.
This is not the best screenplay, but it is nowhere near the worst, and if one compares it to movies prior to about 1970, it is very poorly written, but if one compares it to movies made since about 1990, the bar is so much lower that it stands out as one of the best of modern horror movies.
The actors really had some tough roles to play, except for the one playing Tucker, since that was the straight man. They did as well as they could. There have been much worse screenplays, and this one is easily one of the better modern ones, but still subpar to what it should be.
The comic timing is off, and that goes towards editing and directing.
All in all, though, it is watchable. And unfortunately it is credible to an extent.