The Tripper

Released - 2006
Genre - Horror, Comedy
Director - David Arquette
Starring - Jaime King, Jason Mewes, Lukas Haas, Courteney Cox, Thomas Jane

This muddled slasher was written and directed by David Arquette and it features a bunch of hippies being murdered by a Ronald Reagan fanatic with an axe. When the hippies arrive for their drug and sex fuelled concert in the woods they clash with the local rednecks, there´s also another sub plot about a psycho ex-boyfriend and then there´s the Ronald Reagan serial killer. There are plenty of murders, some nudity and sex and a bit of gore but the film is disjointed and there is no tension at all. Mostly it seems to be aiming for comedy and despite a few funny lines in the script it doesn´t raise many laughs. The direction is poor and much of the editing feels random. The result is a bunch of slasher film cliches packed into a very forgettable film.

Gore - limbs and heads chopped off, lots of stabbing

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