Two friends buy a vacation home together, which is a cabin in the woods. A series of misunderstandings follow, leading a group of college kids to accuse them of being deranged serial killers. What ensues is both hilarious and gory...
Let me first point out the great cast: Tyler Labine as Dale, Alan Tudyk ("Dodgeball" and "Knight's Tale") as Tucker. A sexy newcomer named Katrina Bowden as Allison, and Jesse Moss ("Dear Mr. Gacy") as Chad. The rest of the cast is also great, but these key roles made the whole thing perfect and the comedy a smash.
My girlfriend and I saw this at HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis, and we loved it. I would say she loved it even more than me, with it keeping her laughing the whole time. That, and she loves wood chippers. Yes, there is a wood chipper, and yes, it does get used. That alone should make you want to see it!
The version we saw was a work print, so not all the special effects were in place yet. But the humor is what carries the film -- the whole idea of college kids being the heroes and hillbillies being cannibals... it is taken here and twisted, with no real bad guys at all. (The title is somewhat misleading... at no point did the guys fight "evil".)
I wish I could write a better review, but I could only do that if I pointed out flaws, and there just are not any I can think of. It was well-paced, funny, bloody, sexy (though there is never any nudity) and somewhat charming. This is really a horror-comedy that I think everyone can get behind.
Let me first point out the great cast: Tyler Labine as Dale, Alan Tudyk ("Dodgeball" and "Knight's Tale") as Tucker. A sexy newcomer named Katrina Bowden as Allison, and Jesse Moss ("Dear Mr. Gacy") as Chad. The rest of the cast is also great, but these key roles made the whole thing perfect and the comedy a smash.
My girlfriend and I saw this at HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis, and we loved it. I would say she loved it even more than me, with it keeping her laughing the whole time. That, and she loves wood chippers. Yes, there is a wood chipper, and yes, it does get used. That alone should make you want to see it!
The version we saw was a work print, so not all the special effects were in place yet. But the humor is what carries the film -- the whole idea of college kids being the heroes and hillbillies being cannibals... it is taken here and twisted, with no real bad guys at all. (The title is somewhat misleading... at no point did the guys fight "evil".)
I wish I could write a better review, but I could only do that if I pointed out flaws, and there just are not any I can think of. It was well-paced, funny, bloody, sexy (though there is never any nudity) and somewhat charming. This is really a horror-comedy that I think everyone can get behind.