2006 · horror · comedy · slasher
The Tripper
Directed by David Arquette1h 33m2006
A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.
Our read: The Tripper (2006) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive horror · comedy · slasher entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured horror / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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“You want camp Reagan-mask slasher comedy aimed squarely at hippie concert chaos.”
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