Analysis Of Transference In Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil

In Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, there are many psychological twists you can evaluate, such as transference. The movie satirizes horror by producing a comedic spin on many of the would be scary situations, all the while exemplifying many psychological concepts, such as: blame, projection, idealization, and emotion, which can all be highlighted through transference.The college students show different types of transference, whether it is long term, short term, positive or negative, all focused on the main characters, Tucker and Dale. Transference is an easily recognizable problem when seen in movies, and it can greatly improve overall plot and character depth, which is shown in Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Dawn Devereux defines transference

Evil, it is easiest to identify examples of transference through Chad, as he shows the most standard type of transference: long term. Chad possesses an underlying negative opinion toward hillbillies due to his terrible childhood, which is explained at the table during the therapy session, which is rather ironic. Chad states, “A long time ago, you see, my parents, they were attacked by hillbillies, just like [Dale]” this is when we learn the origination of Chad’s hatred toward Tucker and Dale (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil). Chad’s negative opinion towards the hillbillies is what causes the entire plot of the movie too last, which is seemingly a group of college students attacking clueless rednecks and dying. None of these things would have happened if Chad would have been more rational and valued the individuality people possess, meaning the hillbillies might not be psycho murderers just because they fit the physical credentials. Instead, Chad’s rage helps convince the other college kids to fight back against the ‘wretched murdering hillbillies’, which ends in a lot of

Due to Chad’s scary story about the Memorial Day massacre, and the short encounter at the gas station where all Dale seems to sputters out is “you guys goin’ campin’’ (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) followed by a very creepy laugh, all the while carrying a giant scythe like a grim reaper, leads the other college students have the bad taste towards the hillbillies. This opinion is then reinforced when Ally is taken by Tucker and Dale. The college kids jump to conclusions due to this negative opinion, which causes a big misunderstanding and entails wrongfully blaming Tucker and Dale for all of the mishaps that occur. Michael Cholbi writes, “to blame an individual for an act is to adopt (or confirm) particular attitudes in light of conduct for which the individual is blameworthy” (Cholbi 314). This means that people blame others for the sake of the person being “blameworthy” or easily accusable based off of predispositions or opinions. Such as when the first college student dies, they wrongfully blame Tucker and Dale solely because they are ruthless rednecks. The students jump to an irrational decision without knowing anything about the people they are blaming, except the generalization they fit into based off of physical