Tucker and Dale vs Evil premiered at the 2010 Sundance festival and had a limited release in the United States. We found this film by accident years ago and ever since viewing, we became eager to introduce more and more people to its insanity. Did our subject find the twists in this backwoods horror comedy heart racing or did the silliness prove to be the death of our scale?

SYNOPSIS:

Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students.

What is FearScale? We’ve all heard the expression ‘Scared to Death’ or how something ‘Made My Heart Skip a Beat’, but what does that actually look like? Studies have shown that even when subjected to stimuli that can not present a true threat of danger, our bodies will still produce a physiological response. By analyzing real-time results we are able to give you the most accurate reviews for anything that makes your heart race.

Test Subject: Leah

Age : 35

Gender: Female

Fears: Teenagers

Resting HR: 62-65 bpm

Walking HR: 80-85 bpm

ANALYSIS:

The film began with our introduction to stereotypical college students. Over the top acting had our subject fooled into thinking she knew the familiar plot unfolding. Her confusion cleared and laughter began once the charming main characters appeared onscreen. Heavy gore was introduced within the first fifteen minutes. This caused a subtle heart rate rise as our subject anticipated more gory scenes. Her highest peak came during an intense confrontation when her pulse raced to 81bpm. Shocking scenes generated several more heart rate spikes on our scale however comedic elements and plot points slowed their rate of escalation. The finale became a roundtable discussion of backstory but eventually led to a heart racing showdown.

CONCLUSION:

The splatter along with the slapstick comedy aka splatstick made for a hilarious film of grave misunderstandings. Unfortunately for our scale, the kills were too quick and the film so fast paced at times that it failed to create real anxiety in our subject. She was having too good a time for the film to induce a significant amount of stress. Our terrifyingly accurate fear results may be low but the film left our subject high on laughs. She expected a predictable hillbilly horror but what she got was a inventive gore fest able to burn off nearly an entire can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Tucker & Dale vs Evil : Burns an average of 132 Calories

Can of Pabst Blue Ribbon: 145 Calories

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