Day 2 Film 6 - Tucker & Dale vs Evil vs Kidnapped

This is going to be a hard one for this writer. Not to choose. But to unbiasedly write about them both. For me, Tucker & Dale is one of the very biggest highlights of the festival. And Kidnapped is well... what it says.

Tucker & Dale vs Evil - Mainscreen 9.55pm

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Can you gather something from that?! THIS is something to be excited about. When the lineup was first announced back on the 1st of this month and this writer sat down for a Youtube marathon to watch all the trailers. There were 4 that I got really really excited about it. And this is one of them:

You know how 'Zombieland' took zombie conventions, flipped them headlong and made them funny; well it looks like Tucker & Dale is gonna do that somersault for 'Friday the 13th'/'Wrong Turn' ethos of horror. Having seen the first half (albeit without any visual effects added), I can tell you this film is funny. It is clever. It is dumb. Its just what you want in the midst of a day of bleak horror. This looks set to break the tension just like Andy's Quiz or Adam Green & Joe Lynch's 'Road to Frightfest' shorts do.

Kidnapped - Discovery Screen 9.30pm



So for those that dont seek that tension release and would prefer something a little more... vicious, there is Kidnapped. And viscous it certainly looks. Taking a Haneke/Zombie hyper real approach to its violence, this little Spanish flick seems set to take what Mothers Day did earlier this year and smash you in the face with it. Repeatedly. As winner of best horror at Fantastic Fest, this looks like it could be a real surprise success for those that take the Discovery Screen gamble.

So theres your choices, LOL's or :O's?