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5.0/10
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A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Courteney Cox
- Dog Lover Hippie
- (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
China Crawford
- Paramedic
- (as China Raven Crawford)
Paz de la Huerta
- Jade
- (as Paz De La Huerta)
- …
Norwood Fisher
- Band
- (as John Norwood Fisher)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt rained so much during filming of The Tripper that director David Arquette, at the wrap party, gave each cast and crew member a personalized poncho. In fact, one of the few days it DIDN'T rain was when they shot the rain scenes. They had to make rain for these scenes.
- GoofsThe US flag behind the stage is an old 48 star version.
- Quotes
Hippy: We're going to stay here until we get the petition to save these trees.
Bert - Lumberjack Foreman: Yeah, and what is that petition made out of? Paper, you moron! Paper from trees!
- Crazy creditsNo hippies or republicans were harmed in this film
- Alternate versionsThe R-rated version is cut in the US.
Featured review
In "The Tripper," a slasher movie with a political conscience, a serial killer wearing a Ronald Reagan mask stalks a group of anachronistic hippies (so anachronistic they have cell phones along with their tie dye t-shirts and psychedelic van) who have come to the forests of Northern California to celebrate free love and partake in unlimited drug use at a Woodstock-type outdoor event.
The Red State/Blue State divide is never far from the filmmakers' minds as a bunch of gun-toting rednecks go up against a group of Flower Power love children who suddenly descend on the area. The saving grace, if indeed there is one, of this gory, but not particularly disturbing, splatter-fest is the tongue-in-cheek humor it manages to display from time to time. Otherwise, this odd little mixture of horror movie clichés and outdated political satire (does anybody really care about the Reagan administration any more?) falls strangely flat.
The Red State/Blue State divide is never far from the filmmakers' minds as a bunch of gun-toting rednecks go up against a group of Flower Power love children who suddenly descend on the area. The saving grace, if indeed there is one, of this gory, but not particularly disturbing, splatter-fest is the tongue-in-cheek humor it manages to display from time to time. Otherwise, this odd little mixture of horror movie clichés and outdated political satire (does anybody really care about the Reagan administration any more?) falls strangely flat.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- El republicano
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,840
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,840
- Apr 22, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $20,840
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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