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Tucker & Dale vs. Evil - wikipedia Tucker & Dale vs. Evil <Th_colspan="2"> Tucker & Dale vs. Evil <Td_colspan="2"> Theatrical release poster Directed by Eli Craig Produced by Morgan Jurgenson Albert Klychak Rosanne Milliken Deepak Nayar Screenplay by Eli Craig Morgan Jurgenson Story by Eli Craig Starring Tyler Labine Alan Tudyk Katrina Bowden Jesse Moss Chelan Simmons Music by Michael Shields Andrew Kaiser Cinematography David Geddes Edited by Bridget Durnford Production companies Eden Rock Media Looby Lou Reliance BIG Pictures Urban Island Distributed by Magnet Releasing Release date 22 January 2010 ( 2010 - 01 - 22 ) Running time 89 minutes Country Canada United States Language English Budget $5 million Box office $4.7 million Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a 2010 comedy horror film directed by Eli Craig , written by Craig and Morgan Jurgenson , and starring Alan Tudyk , Tyler Labine , Katrina Bowden , Jesse Moss , and Chelan Simmons . Tudyk and Labine play a pair of well - meaning hillbillies who are mistaken for killers by a group of clueless college students . The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and received a limited release in the United States . Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 5 Accolades 6 Sequel 7 References 8 External links Plot ( edit ) A reporter and cameraman sneak into a closed off murder scene looking for anything the police missed in the hopes of breaking a bigger story . They are ambushed by a crazed man with half of his face burned , and who is badly injured . Allison , Chad , Chloe , Chuck , Jason , Naomi , Todd , Mitch and Mike are going camping in West Virginia . While at a gas station , they encounter Tucker and Dale , two well - meaning hillbillies who have just bought the vacation home of their dreams : a run - down lakefront cabin , deep in the woods . On Tucker 's advice , Dale tries to talk to Allison , but because of his inferiority complex and appearance , he only scares her and her friends . Tucker and Dale arrive at their decrepit cabin and begin repairing it . Nearby in the woods , Chad tells a story about the `` Memorial Day Massacre '' , a hillbilly attack which took place 20 years ago . The college kids go skinny - dipping where Tucker and Dale are fishing , and Allison , startled , hits her head . Tucker and Dale save her from drowning , but her friends think she has been kidnapped . When Allison wakes up in Tucker and Dale 's cabin the next day , she is initially scared but gradually befriends them . The other college kids arrive at the cabin to save Allison from her `` psychopathic captors '' , and Chuck runs away to get the police . While Dale and Allison are inside the cabin , Tucker angers some bees and frantically waves around his chainsaw , which the college kids misinterpret as hostility . They scatter through the woods , where Mitch accidentally impales himself on a broken tree , killing himself . After finding Mitch 's body , Chad persuades the others that they are in a battle for survival . Allison 's friends follow Tucker and Dale back to their cabin and see Allison helping out with construction of an outhouse , but they assume she 's being made to dig her own grave . The college kids attack , but Todd and Mike end up accidentally killing themselves , and Allison is accidentally knocked unconscious by Dale 's shovel . The other kids assume the hillbillies killed the two when they see Tucker trying to save Mike from the wood chipper . Tucker and Dale think the college kids are suicidal and that contacting the police will make them murder suspects . Chuck arrives back with a sheriff , who expresses doubt over Tucker and Dale 's suicide - pact theory . The sheriff goes inside the cabin and accidentally kills himself , then Chuck accidentally kills himself with the sheriff 's gun . Chad reappears and attempts to shoot Tucker and Dale but only manages to capture Tucker , whom he ties upside down to a tree . Chad then tortures Tucker and cuts off two of his fingers . He sends them with a message to Dale , to come and get Tucker . Dale leaves to rescue Tucker while Chad and Naomi return to the cabin to save Allison . When Allison tries to explain the situation , they accuse her of having Stockholm syndrome . Tucker and Dale return , and Allison attempts to lead a calm discussion . Chad says his grandmother told him that his father was killed in the Memorial Day Massacre , and his mother was the lone survivor . Jason and Chloe break in to save everyone , and a fire breaks out . Tucker , Dale , and Allison escape ; Naomi , Chloe and Jason die , and Chad , insane and scarred , vows revenge . After a car crash , an injured Tucker tells Dale that Chad has taken Allison to an old sawmill . At the sawmill Chad ties Allison up and forcibly kisses her . Dale arrives and rescues Allison , and the two barricade themselves inside an upstairs office where they discover news clippings revealing Chad 's father to be the killer and rapist , not one of the victims . Chad becomes enraged , and Dale stops his attack by throwing a box of chamomile tea at Chad , giving him an asthma attack . Chad , standing near a window , convulses and falls to his apparent death . The police and a news crew arrive late at the cabin and broadcast a news report stating that the deaths appear to be the result of a suicide pact and a deranged killer ; the reporter and cameraman are the same two from the movie 's opening scene . Tucker watches the report on the news while convalescing in the hospital . Dale enters and they discuss Tucker 's recovery . Tucker asks Dale whether he managed to invite Allison on a date and is happy to hear the two of them are going bowling . Later that night at the bowling alley , the two profess their feelings for each other and kiss . The beginning of the film is revealed to be the chronological ending and the person who attacks the reporter and cameraman is revealed to be Chad , who had survived his fall . Cast ( edit ) Tyler Labine as Dale Dobson Alan Tudyk as Tucker McGee Katrina Bowden as Allison Jesse Moss as Chad Chelan Simmons as Chloe Philip Granger as Sheriff Brandon Jay McLaren as Jason Christie Laing as Naomi Travis Nelson as Chuck Alex Arsenault as Todd Adam Beauchesne as Mitch Joseph Allan Sutherland as Mike Karen Reigh as Cheryl Tye Evans as Chad 's Dad Weezer as Jangers the Dog The film 's director , Eli Craig , and his wife Sasha have brief roles at the beginning and the end of the movie as a cameraman and reporter respectively . Production ( edit ) The production began in June 2009 with the casting of the actors . Principal photography started one month later in Calgary , Alberta . In October 2009 , post production ensued in British Columbia , and the first images were released as part of the American Film Market . On 31 October 2009 , the first trailer was released . Reception ( edit ) Box office ( edit ) The film premiered on 22 January 2010 at Sundance Film Festival and was on 12 March 2010 part of the SXSW Film Festival . The film was distributed by Magnolia and received a limited theatrical release in the US on 30 September 2011 . On its opening weekend , the film grossed $52,843 from 30 theaters . Domestic gross currently stands at $223,838 , with foreign gross adding $4,525,678 , bringing the worldwide gross to $4,749,516 ; almost recouping its $5,000,000 budget . Critical response ( edit ) Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , reports that 83 % of 102 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review ; the average rating is 6.9 out of 10 . The critical consensus states , `` Like the best horror / comedies , Tucker & Dale vs. Evil mines its central crazy joke for some incredible scares , laughs , and -- believe it or not -- heart '' . The film also has a score of 65 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 23 reviews , indicating `` generally favorable reviews '' . Todd Gilchrist of Shock Till You Drop wrote , `` Eli Craig 's feature debut celebrates genre conventions while turning the traditional view of horror - movie heroes and villains upside down . '' Roger Ebert also gave the film a positive review , writing , `` Students of the Little Movie Glossary may find it funny how carefully `` Tucker and Dale '' works its way through upended cliches `` . Noel Murray of The A.V. Club rated it C+ and called it `` surprisingly clever '' but `` too slick and too cute '' . Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that the film `` offers good - natured , confidently executed splatstick whose frequent hilarity suffers only from peaking too early . '' Accolades ( edit ) Award Nominee Result Leo Award Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Drama David Geddes Nominated Best Feature Length Drama Rosanne Milliken and Crawford Hawkins Nominated Best Overall Sound in a Feature Length Drama Paul A. Sharpe , Graeme Hughes and Iain Pattison Nominated Best Sound Editing James Fonnyadt Nominated Best Sound Editing in a Feature Length Drama Dario DiSanto , Brian Campbell , James Fonnyadt , Jay Cheetham , Kirby Jinnah and Kris Casavant Nominated Best Stunt Coordination in a Feature Length Drama Jodi Stecyk Nominated Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Jesse Moss Nominated Sitges Film Festival Best Film Eli Craig Won SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Won Fantasia Festival Jury Prize ; Best First Feature Won Ampia Awards AMPIA Award ; Best Feature Film Won Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Actor Tyler Labine Nominated Best Supporting Actress Katrina Bowden Nominated <Td_colspan="2"> Best Limited - Release / Direct - to - Video Film Won Best Screenplay Eli Craig , Morgan Jurgenson Won Sequel ( edit ) At HorrorHound Weekend 2014 , cast members Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk confirmed that a sequel is in development . In 2016 , the two revealed that they are still actively developing the project despite other commitments . When asked of the status of the sequel at Boston Comic Con 2017 , Alan Tudyk responded that a script had been written but was disappointing and unlikely to be moving forward . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Tucker & Dale vs. Evil ( 15 ) '' . British Board of Film Classification . 2011 - 08 - 22 . Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 31 . Jump up ^ Buchanan , Jason . `` Tucker & Dale vs. Evil '' . Allrovi . Retrieved January 17 , 2012 . Jump up ^ `` Tucker & Dale vs. Evil ( 2011 ) '' . The Numbers . Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 19 . ^ Jump up to : `` Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil '' . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 31 . Jump up ^ Miska , Brad ( 2009 - 07 - 08 ) . `` Cast Fills Out for ' Tucker and Dale vs. Evil ' '' . Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 31 . Jump up ^ Miska , Brad ( 2009 - 10 - 28 ) . `` AFM ' 09 : First Image from ' Tucker & Dale vs Evil ' '' . Bloody Disgusting . 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