History YMMV / TuckerAndDaleVsEvil

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The film, rather violently, drops one about prejudice and not letting your fears overwhelm your judgment, coupled with a liberal dose of how PoorCommunicationKills.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason and ''it doesn't work at all'', as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that some people (*cough* Chad *cough*) simply can't be reasoned with, no matter how good your intentions are. Now the communication may have seemed at first to be having the desired effect - until those that were LockedOutOfTheLoop interfered, thinking that the situation had turned hazardous, which Chad saw as a chance to resume his killing attempts and show that talking is no help when it falls on deaf ears.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason and ''it doesn't work at all'', as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that some people (*cough* Chad *cough*) simply can't be reasoned with, no matter how good your intentions are.
** However, the communication ''did'' seem to be having the desired effect - until those that were LockedOutOfTheLoop interfered, thinking that the situation had turned hazardous.

* HilariousInHindsight: The primary villain's name is Chad, an egotistical Fratboy with a ''massive'' case of EntitledToHaveYou - predating [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(slang) the popular rise of the name as slang]] for an overly-aggressive "Alpha Male" stereotype.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason and ''it doesn't work at all'', as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that some people (cough Chad cough) simply can't be reasoned with, no matter how good your intentions are.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason and ''it doesn't work at all'', as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that some people simply can't be reasoned with, no matter how good your intentions are.

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason and ''it doesn't work at all'', as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some people simply can't be reasoned with, no matter how good your intentions are]].

* IdiotPlot: PlayedForLaughs. The ''only'' reason any of the kids get killed is because they collectively have the same lack of self-preservation instincts and make the same [[TooDumbToLive braindead decisions]] as you'd expect from [[GenreBlindness your average horror movie cast,]] with inevitably lethal results. [[spoiler: Except for Chad, who is both WrongGenreSavvy and genuinely malevolent.]]

** Mitch can be this to some viewers because he's one of the more level headed students and [[spoiler: is still the first to die]].
** Chloe, by the end. She ends up a BloodSplatteredInnocents in a fairly graphic way, wants no part in any of her friends' plotting against the two heroes and desperately begs to leave several times, but is always shot down by Chad in a cruel fashion which leave her even more frightened and upset. Finally, she's left briefly thinking the situation is better (during a DumbassHasAPoint moment when she points out to Jason how it looks like the others are sitting down and talking) and having a HeroicBSOD after accidentally [[spoiler: setting Jason on fire]].

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason and ''it doesn't work at all'', as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop some people simply can't be reasoned with, no matter how good your intentions are.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jason, Chloe and Chuck of the college kids all have their fans for combining some truly astounding IdiotBall moments with a little genuine pathos and sanity in noticing There's something messed up with Chads strategies.

** Chloe, by the end. She ends up a BloodSplatteredInnocents in a fairly graphic way, wants no part in any of her friends' plotting against the two heroes and desperately begs to leave several times, but is always shot down by Chad in a cruel fashion which leave her even more frightened and upset. Finally, she's left briefly thinking the situation is better (during a DumbassHasAPoint moment when she points out to Jason how it looks like the others are sitting down and talking) and having a HeroicBSOD after accidentally [[spoiler: setting Jason on fire]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jason, Chloe and Chuck of the college kids all have their fans for combing some truly astounding IdiotBall moments with a little genuine pathos and sanity in noticing There's something messed up with Chads strategies.

** Chloe has some of this by the end. She ends up a BloodSplatteredInnocents in a fairly graphic way, wants no part in any of her friends' plotting against the two heroes and desperately begs to leave several times, but is always shot down by Chad in a cruel fashion which leave her even more frightened and upset. Finally, she's left briefly thinking the situation is better (during a DumbassHasAPoint moment when she points out to Jason how it looks like the others are sitting down and talking) and having a HeroicBSOD after accidentally [[spoiler: setting Jason on fire]].

** Chloe has some of this by the end. She ends up a BloodSplatteredInnocents in a fairly graphic way, wants no part in any of her friends' plotting against the two heroes and desperately begs to leave several times, but is always shot down by Chad. Finally, she's left briefly thinking the situation is better (during a DumbassHasAPoint moment when she points out to Jason how it looks like the others are sitting down and talking) and having a HeroicBSOD after accidentally [[spoiler: setting Jason on fire]].

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: On one level, the moral of the story is that PoorCommunicationKills... but this is challenged by the fact that the characters all literally sit down around a table to talk out their grievances and resolve the situation with reason, and it doesn't work at all, as talking doesn't immediately equal to true communication. An alternate take is that [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop actually, some people just can't be reasoned with no matter how good your intentions are.]]

** Dale is ''such'' a passive nice guy that he advises taking the safety off ''to a kid who wants to shoot him'' (although to be fair, the kid ends up showing ''himself'').

** Dale is ''such'' a passive nice guy that he advises taking the safety off ''to a kid who wants to shoot him.''

** Mitch, can be this to some viewers because he's one of the more level headed students and [[spoiler: is still the first to die]].

** Although this crosses back when you realize that the talk ''might'' have resolved the issues if Tucker and Dale had been given enough time to explain their side of the story (why they brought Allison back to their cabin, how the depths had been accidents etc.) before the college kids that stayed outside "just in case" charge in because they weren't privy to the attempted truce, reigniting the conflict.

** Although this crosses back when you realize that the talk ''had'' resolved the issues... until a third party (the college kids that stayed outside "just in case") intervenes because they weren't privy to the new information, reigniting the conflict.

** Although this crosses back when you realize that things ''had'' been resolved... until a third party (the college kids that stayed outside "just in case") intervenes because they weren't privy to the new information, reigniting the conflict.

** Chloe has some of this by the end. Having ended up a BloodSplatteredInnocents in a fairly graphic way, wants no part in any of her friends' plotting against the two heroes and desperately begs to leave several times, but is always shot down by Chad, briefly thinking the situation is better (during a DumbassHasAPoint moment when she points out to Jason how it looks like the others are sitting down and talking) and having a HeroicBSOD after accidentally [[spoiler: setting Jason on fire]].

** Chloe has some of this by the end. Having ended up a BloodSplatteredInnocents in a fairly graphic way, desperately wanting to leave several times but being shot down by Chad, briefly thinking the situation is better (during a DumbassHasAPoint moment when she points out to Jason how it looks like the others are sitting down and talking) and having a HeroicBSOD after accidentally [[spoiler: setting Jason on fire]].

** Dale.