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 West Virginian 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 | hung upside down | nail gun | scythe | 

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Taglines:

This Year Spring Break is Cut Short!

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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 USA India UK

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, Limited Release

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

A rough cut of the film was leaked which revealed various moments when lines are dubbed and when post-production effects are used.

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Goofs

Near the beginning, the kids run out of the lake soaked and wet and screaming after seeing Tucker and Dale pull Allison onto their boat. They run and in a quick moment they see Chad and are completely dry, one even has her clothes back on.

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Quotes

Tucker: [Unsure of what to say to the sheriff] Oh hidy ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

I Dug My Grave and Walked Away
Written by David Isbister (SOCAN), Alan Calimbas (SOCAN), Michael Mestrovic (SOCAN), Brandon Lazenby (SOCAN)
Used by permission of David Isbister (SOCAN), Alan Calimbas (SOCAN), Michael Mestrovic (SOCAN), Brandon Lazenby (SOCAN) and Doug Naugler (SOCAN)
Performed by Mass Undergoe
Courtesy of Mass Undergoe

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.