As the panicked students accidentally kill themselves through their own clumsiness and fear (e.g., diving into a woodchipper), Tucker and Dale conclude that the kids have entered a bizarre "suicide pact".

The students believe Tucker and Dale are deranged serial killers.

(2010) is a celebrated horror-comedy that subverts the "backwoods slasher" trope by following two well-meaning hillbillies who are mistaken for killers by a group of paranoid college students. Plot Summary