Nato And Remy’s Last Stand: Happy-Time Horror Movies!

Remy – Tucker and Dale

I know my boy Matt already has shown some love for this brilliant film, and now it’s my turn. Tucker and Dale takes every slasher film from the eighties, and spins the very idea of it on its head.

In the least amount of words, some kids are vacationing in the woods and mistake some backwoods rednecks for backwoods redneck killers. The end result is that they react adversely in some incredibly comical scenarios, and end up killing themselves trying to get AWAY from these two “thugs”, who actually are incredibly sweet, genuine guys. It may seem like a simple premise, but all the best horror does, and it always excels. You may think you have a good idea where this is all going, and you may think it would wear out its concept pretty quickly, but you add some backwoods cops into the mix, and the idea that the rednecks start thinking these kids are a suicide cult, and you can see just why this movie can put me in a good mood no matter how deep I am in the floating shit we call life.

Tucker and Dale transcends horror, too. While die hard horror fans worship Eli Craig’s film because it is such a love letter to the genre, even non-horror fans can appreciate how hilarious and offbeat this movie is.