Free Film Screening: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Center for Humanities at Virginia Tech presents a Free Film Screening of "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Join us for a free reception and screening of the 2010 comedy horror "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil", followed by commentary from Director of Appalachian Studies, Professor Emily Satterwhite.

A reception in The Lyric lobby will precede the film from 6:00-7:00 PM. Light snacks will be provided and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. Film and discussion to follow at 7:00 PM.

Just in time for Halloween, watch "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil", a beloved parody of the hillbilly horror genre rated R. College students’ unfounded fears about working class white Appalachians are the source of their own undoing at a cabin in the woods.

For more information about the film, visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465522.

Dr. Emily Satterwhite will lead a post-film conversation exploring how the film’s hilarious send-up of stereotypes and defense of rural places may inadvertently reinforce homophobic and anti-Black sentiments.

This event is free and open to all.

Registration is encouraged but not required. To register, visit this link: https://forms.office.com/r/4ZqEWTgK1v.

This event is part of Virginia Tech Humanities Week, sponsored by the Center for Humanities and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

The Lyric Theatre is located at 135 College Avenue in Blacksburg, VA.

For more information and to learn more about Humanities Week and to see a full schedule of programming, visit: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/humanities-week.html or https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=534365~4ab27fc5-7b1f-40ac-9bdb-32c61284f6ac& or https://www.facebook.com/VTHumanities or https://www.facebook.com/events/4199895893578326 or https://www.instagram.com/vtcenterforhumanities/ or for questions, email humanities@vt.edu.

For more information about The Lyric, visit: https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=534365~4ab27fc5-7b1f-40ac-9bdb-32c61284f6ac& or https://www.facebook.com/lyric.blacksburg or https://www.instagram.com/thelyrictheatre/ or call 540-951-4771.

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