OCTOBER 11, 2013 9:30AM
Day 11: Favorite Horror-Comedy
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30 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Oct 11: A Comedy of Errors in the Woods
Sadly, this doesn't involve a magical farce a la William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." I am instead talking about Tucker and Dale versus Evil, an amusing yet painfully gory comedy of errors. The titular Dale and Tucker are rednecks, and this films is a sendup of the hillbilly subgenre of horror typified by "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Wrong Turn" or even the infamous John Boorman opus, "Deliverance". Rob Zombie took it to fresh new extremes with "House of 1,000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects".
The film's mayhem stems from prejudices and misconceptions when a group of dippy college kids decide to go camping and come across Dale and Tucker, whom they mistake for killer hillbillies. An impossible redneck/hot coed romance subplot develops as a slapstick bodycount begins building.
The film isn't greatly acted or written, but it's amusing and I appreciate it as a send-up the aforementioned sub-genre. Watch for Jesse Moss's performance as "Chad", the preppy alpha boy who breaks down and discovers some Root Rust in his family tree....
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I'm not sure if this
counts but when I was a kid I really liked Abbott and Costello Meet
Frankenstein. It also featured Dracula and the Wolfman.
I'll chose one you introduced me to: Troll 2. OK, it wasn't meant as a comedy, but it sure as hell succeeds as one.
"The film isn't greatly
acted or written..." This seems to be a prerequisite for most horror
movies, unfortunately, and is the main reason I've seen so many yet
remember so few of them.
Abra, of course Abbott
& Costello Meet... counts! VA - the best horror comedies weren't
initially conceived as such, and Troll 2 perhaps is the most epic
example. See also Exorcist 2: The Heretic
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