Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students.

Director:

Eli Craig

Writers:

Eli Craig, Morgan Jurgenson

Stars:

Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden

10 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tyler Labine	...	Dale
Alan Tudyk	...	Tucker
Katrina Bowden	...	Allison
Jesse Moss	...	Chad
Philip Granger	...	Sheriff
Brandon Jay McLaren	...	Jason (as Brandon McLaren)
Christie Laing	...	Naomi
Chelan Simmons	...	Chloe
Travis Nelson	...	Chuck
Alex Arsenault	...	Todd (as Alexander Arsenault)
Adam Beauchesne	...	Mitch
Joseph Allan Sutherland	...	Mike (as Joseph Sutherland)
Mitchell Verigin	...	College Kid #1
Angela DeCorte	...	College Kid #2
Karen Reigh	...	Cheryl

Storyline

Two lovable hillbillies are headed to their "fixer-upper" vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin', and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw-wielding killers, Tucker & Dale's vacation takes a bloody and hilarious turn for the worse.

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Plot Keywords:

cabin | cabin in the woods | nail gun | pickled eggs | voyeurism | 

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Taglines:

Evil just messed with the wrong hillbillies.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, language and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 2010 (Kazakhstan)

Also Known As:

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Filming Locations:

Cochrane Lanes, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$52,843, 2 October 2011

Gross USA:

$223,838

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,749,516

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reliance Big Pictures, Loubyloo Productions, Eden Rock Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Towards the end of the movie, when Tucker & Dale are reminiscing about catching frogs at the creek. Dale mentions that he used to lick them. Tyler Labine actually did lick a Toad in a small role he had an episode of X-Files The X-Files: Quagmire (1996) 14 years prior.

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Goofs

In the English subtitles of the Australian DVD release at around 41 minutes in just after the sheriff has died and Tucker and Dale are arguing, the subtitles clearly state that "Travis and Dale" are arguing, this happens again in the next scene as well. There is no character in the film named Travis.

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Quotes

Tucker: [whiping blood out of his eyes] Are you okay?

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Movie Review: Halloween Horror Show 2010 (2010)

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Soundtracks

Meet My Maker
Written & Performed by Mike Shields
Compliments of Jet Music Inc.

User Reviews

Not enough publicity for such a great film!,

I can't believe that such an amazing film had so little publicity or distribution - I am so excited that it will finally be released! As an avid horror fan, I had no expectations for Tucker and Dale. I basically watch anything and everything, and seeing as this was low-budget with very little publicity, I underestimated this. It has since become one of my favourite movies ever. Alan Tudyk is fantastic as always, and I had never seen Tyler Labine before but he basically steals the show. While the films it's ripping are pretty foul, T+D still manages to have a lot of heart, and Labine's character is so adorable! This does for The Hills Have Eyes what Shaun did for Dawn Of The Dead, while kicking Zombieland in the privates. Unmissable.

This film has instant cult classic written all over it as the standard hillbilly survival horror is turned on its head. Two lovable bumpkins have to fight for their lives when a set of misguided teens think the well meaning duo are out to kill them in Texas Chainsaw / Deliverance style. You can't help but root for the hapless pair but also groan in enjoyable frustration as the teens start to drop dead in lots of extremely gory accidents. A total joy from start to finish.