One of the genre hits of Sundance and SXSW 2010 was Eli Craig’s horror/comedy Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, starring Alan Tudyk (Firefly) and Tyler Labine as a pair of friends who are planning to vacation in a rundown cabin in the woods. Meanwhile, a group of preppy college kids are going camping in the same woods, and somehow all of Tucker and Dale’s innocent interactions with them give the kids the impression that Tucker and Dale are maniac redneck killers. The movie takes this joke all the way through, ratcheting it up to eleven in gory and hilarious ways, not always going quite where you’d expect it to go. When I saw it at a one-off screening in LA a year ago, I couldn’t believe it didn’t already have distribution, as it would play to genre and midnight crowds perfectly (the jam-packed audience I saw it with loved every second). And now, well over a year after its festival debut, it finally does. Magnolia Pictures, one of our favorite distributors, has picked it up for distribution through their genre arm Magnet. It will appear on VOD on August 26th, with a limited theatrical release on September 30th, just in time for the Halloween season.
There are a few different trailer cuts on YouTube, but please, don’t watch any of them. They basically go through the entire film giving away the best OMG moments. Trust me, if you like tongue-in-cheek horror comedies with ample amounts of gore and a surprising amount of uncloying sweetness, you will love Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, and you’ll be much happier going in with no more knowledge than this.
(via Deadline)
Remember what I said about 13 Assassins and trying to get it for the festival in September. Same thing applies. No promises but here is hoping.
This movie is entirely too much damn fun. Misunderstood hillbillies for the win!
I saw this at the Seattle film fest last year and loved it. Can’t wait for it to come to DVD
Apparently, this means release in Canada, too, per a Twitter conversation I just had with Jason Whyte. He says Maple Pictures has had distribution rights up there, but they were contingent on the film having US distribution. So yay for that as well!
And Kurt, exactly. It plays off stereotypes rather well, and all the set-ups are simultaneously obvious and pitch-perfect parody. Tons of fun, especially in a theatre with the right kind of audience.
John, *fingers crossed*!
Yes you are correct about Maple. I’ve been working on bringing it in since last year’s festival. It didn’t play out last year but this year it sounds like it should. Still no promises as things can always come in the way on both the festival’s end and also the distributor’s end.
SWEET! I’ve been anxious to see this one for awhile and have been constantly looking about to see about distribution news for this. Based off what I read here and elsewhere, I know I’ll be in for a treat!