The Tripper (Unrated) [DVD]

I remember seeing this movie a few years back on Starz or somewhere on-demand & found myself sucked in right from the beginning scene to the intro credits. This review contains "spoilers" i guess that's what you would call it,but trust me my review will not dull the hype of the movie nor will it ruin it. The film is a slasher flick riddled with dark humor almost in vain of Dead Alive(well Dead Snow 1&2 are more similar in that respect) but there is alot of that humor & throwback lines from the killer and the philosophy behind the killings,it is like going back to the Regan days. Partially becaus the killer grew up during the Regan Anti-Drug war days & wears a Regan mask while slashing his way through a Southern California psychedelic jamfest.The movie is produced & written by David Arquette as well as him playing a part in the film,also in the film is Jason Mewes(Jay & Silent Bob) and Tomas Jane(Punisher) and Peewee Herman amongst others.But the film starts out with a child watching Regan on tv while his dad tends to his sick wife who is dying of cancer. So the kid goes with his dad to the logging site where some hippies are protesting the chopping down of trees & proceed to offend the husband who's son is with him & wife is dying of cancer at home.So the kid grabs a chainsaw and goes nuts,then he is shoved in an insane asylum. Fast forward to modern day America where a group of drug fueled youngins go in the woods of California for a party & concert. Little do they know that a maniac who hates drugs,sex and violence(in vain of the Reganomics) ready to slice,dice and smash them all to pieces. There are traps set in these woods so alot of deaths are considered accidents,until they find disemboweled & beheaded bodies. Thomas Jane plays the head sheriff in this town & he knows about the old man whos son was released from the psyche ward in the woods living off the land,with traps set and vices against outsiders. Amongst all that chaos the main girl in the film thinks she is being stalked by her overly posessive ex-boyfriend who is determined to get her back from the dregs of society that are drug addicted youth.There is nothing but drugs,sex,violence and madness involved in this film which to me makes it a prime slasher flick. The kills are all pretty gory and violent,most of them are unique as well is the debauchery involved. The storyline is very interesting & i find it very intriguing as well as in it's own way it is pretty unique. The acting is damn good,the violence and story are top notch & the jokes are hilarious,all the dark humor involved is just hilarious.If you dig sex,drugs & violence all wrapped up in a nice gory slasher story The Tripper is a must see movie for you.Watch it,love it,buy it !

The Tripper (2006). David Arquette's directorial debut proves to be an absolute delight: funny, smart, weird. A scathing anti-Reagan polemic, The Tripper tells the story of a bunch of hippies at a musical festival that are beset upon by a psychotic killer, one that bears an unmistakable resemblance to to a certain jelly bean-loving former president. But it is so easy to forget these days, as we stare down the monster currently lurking in the white house, that awful monsters proceeded him, and Ronald Reagan was no exception. Reagan was truly awful, viciously so, and it's valuable, I believe, to model a cinematic serial killer after him. Valuable and appropriate. The Tripper is loaded with wonderful performances, led by Jaime King, who is simply a delight, and she anchors the whole thing. She brings baggage with her, of course, thereby providing her with additional--and deeper--motivation. Thomas Jane is on hand to play the sheriff, and he mines it for all the fun it's worth. Jason Mewes is also pretty awesome; he, of course, does tons of drugs, but in a much more low-key way than we're accustomed to. And there is copious drug use, sex, and rock n' roll, as if to really give Reagan and his cronies the big middle finger. David Arquette proves to be a confident and capable director, as The Tripper moves beautifully, establishing the narrative impetus and then hurtling forward. Visually, this movie is stunning, even more so due to its presumed lack of budget. Not only does all the acid being dropped lend to some really, ahem, trippy camera work, but the locations in Northern California are filmed gorgeously. Several times I found myself appreciating how beautiful the woods, swamps, and nature in the movie are, and how perfectly Arquette and DP Bobby Bukowski capture them. Truly, this movie was something of a revelation, smart, funny, gory, and above all else, deliciously entertaining. Features copious male full frontal nudity, always a plus! Arquette should absolutely direct more.

Loved it!David Arquette does a lot on a small-ish budget, creating funny situations, dark humor, interesting textures and scenes, and lots of gore. Apparently the filmmakers of 'The Truth About Beef Jerky' whined that 'The Tripper' ripped off their film, but the research I did didn't confirm that.'The Tripper' is about a Ronald Reagan mask-wearing axe murderer who hunts hippies at a music festival in the northern CA woods. What's not to like about that?Jason Mewes is hilarious.The music festival and neo-hippy culture is supposed to be about (yawn) peace and love, but there's so much tension and violence and malignant behavior in this film from so many characters, it reminded me of Werner Herzog correcting the grizzly man's peace and love view of the universe in 'Grizzly Man.'The film gets preachy in the closing credits, which I didn't like, but that's a minor complaint.Highly enjoyable and recommended.

A van full of friends head out into the woods so that they can attend a free~loving festival of music and hedonistic drug abuse. Only to be hunted down and hacked into pieces by a nut~case dressed up as Ronald Reagan, who has an axe to grind against all hippies...Usual slasher fare, which although pepped up by offering a few good performances and a handful of splattery moments, never exceeds the dizzying dalliances of being totally mediocre!It's major problems for me, other than it being completely cliched and rather dull because of it, are that it has an unlikeable heroine and really isn't witty or satirical enough to set it apart.Yeah, sure, one could argue that it's a slasher film, and therefore it doesn't need to be clever, providing it gives the fans what they want, namely gratuitous sex and violence, but unfortunately it doesn't really give us much of that either.. At least not to the levels that will make it stand out, and as I've already said, one can't help but think that somewhere it missed a trick and that the writing team should have gone for at least another draft in an attempt to make it that bit smarter. Oh, and the maniac doesn't really look all that much like Ronald Reagan either...So what does it have going for it? Well, for a start it's quite well made, and certainly less inept than some efforts in this genre, and along with having one or two fun moments, it also has some quite cool trippy bits and neat colourful lighting effects. But aside from that, that's about your lot. Not bad, but just nothing to set it apart.The disc on review is the unrated region 1 disc, which is uncut, unlike the R Rated print, which was used for the UK release.The disc has a commentary, a behind the scenes featurette and 3 making of... short shorts.3/5

In all honesty, this film has less than nothing to offer.Story is mundane.Characters aren't even one dimensional.The staging and cinematography are a joke.The fx are very poorly executed, unoriginal, uninspired and dull as dishwater.The "political" referencing is pointless unless you're American. The "drug" use/abuse scenes are clichéd and 100% inaccurate. Why did I watch it? Because I was stupid enough to believe the reviews/write up saying how gory it is. The old school stalk and slash expectations never materialised. Still, it's your time and money, if you want to endure a "horror" film co produced by Monica from Friends, go ahead fill your boots. But remember, I told you it's crap.

David Arquette has created an original and fun horror movie, It has a cool funny cast, and has loads of classic gore moments! The film has also created a brilliant new maniac killer.. i hope there's a sequel!!the import black edition Blu-ray is region B and in English language, no features, picture quality is a bit grainy and not a perfect transfer unfortunately but it still looks better than DVD, and it is uncut like the R1 DVD release.

Slasher movie with a Ronald Reagan obsessed maniac, what's not to like? Seriously though I really did enjoy, well made, great gore & certainly different.

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