Hippies, Ronald Reagan and Chainsaws ... that sums up this horror comedy from the twisted mind of actor, David Arquette. The Tripper is a satire on slasher films, Republicans and vans with peace signs painted on em. The film begins in Reagan-era 80s, where a small boy witnesses his lumberjack father getting into a brawl with a tree-loving protester. While his father is dragged away by police, the boy grabs a chainsaw and cuts up the protester. Fast forward to the present, as a group of teens are vanning on their way to a hippie festival in the woods. Joey and Linda are the "bad" influences for their pals, Samantha and Ivan, while Jack and Jade are busy with each other, getting high and laid.

Before they reach the festival, they get into a tumble with several local rednecks, where we get to see there is a lot more to Sam than meets the eye. You see, she had ended a relationship with a jealous, fanatical republican, Jimmy, during a hallucinating trip with her pal, Linda. While Ivan tries unsuccessfully to cut back on his drug abuse.

The American Free Love Festival is banquet of mind-altering substances, nudism, and rock bands. The perfect setting for a deranged killer sporting a Ronald Reagan mask, and conservative suit and tie. This poses a problem for the town's Mayor and local law enforcement, as the body count begins. They can't afford to lose the potential revenue for the community. And the event promoter, Frank Baker, doesn't want anything to prevent the show from moving forward.

As the festival continues, Sheriff Buzz tries to hunt down the killer, while everyone else is partying their respective asses off. The rednecks are seeking some revenge from our group of doped up heroes. And Jimmy finds out where Sam currently is, and seeks some "closure."

Even more bizarre than the storyline behind The Tripper, is the none typical horror cast (keeping it in the family, aside):

• Samantha - Jaime King (yes, the infamous dual roles of Goldie and Wendy in Sin City and the upcoming Sin City 2, They Wait, Bulletproof Monk, and watch for her in another Frank Miller film - Will Eisner's The Spirit, and My Bloody Valentine 3-D)
• Ivan - (The Cradle, Long Time Dead, Mars Attacks)
• Joey - Jason Mewes (Yes, it's Jay from the Jay and Silent Bob films, Netherbeast Incorporated, Feast, Scream 3, and the upcoming Silent but Deadly)
• Linda - Marsha Thomason (LOST, Messiah: The Rapture, Caffeine, Disney's The Haunted Mansion, Long Time Dead, Black Knight)
• Jack - Stephen Heath (Caffeine)
• Jade, aka Summer - Paz de la Huerta (Anamorph)

• Muff, one of the rednecks - David Arquette (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D, Eight Legged Freaks, Scream films, Ravenous, The Killing Box, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Gus, a quiet local - special effects makeup artist, Christopher Allen Nelson (FEARnet's 30 Days of Night: Dust-to-Dust, Rise: Blood Hunter, Undead or Alive, The Dead Girl, Hostel, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, and the upcoming sequel, Vacancy 2)

• Jimmy - Balthazar Getty (Alias, Feast, Ghost Whisperer, Charmed, The Hunger tv series, Judge Dredd, and Lord of the Flies)

• Sheriff Buzz Hall - Thomas Jane (The Mutant Chronicles, Stephen King's The Mist, Medium, The Punisher, Dreamcatcher, Deep Blue Sea, The Crow: City of Angels, Nemesis, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and look for his directorial debut in The Dark Country)
• Deputy Cooper - (Rob Zombie's Halloween, Medium, The Devil Inside, Scream 3, Legion, Se7en, and the upcoming film - Rift)
• Mayor Hal Burton - (Cloverfield, LOST, Alias, Joan of Arcadia, Serial Killing 4 Dummys, Eight Legged Freaks, Charmed, Devil in the Flesh, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Earth Girls Are Easy, Willow)
• Frank Baker, festival promoter - Paul Reubens (yes, the infamous Pee-Wee Herman, Area 57, Mystery Men, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batman Returns, and of course, back again next year with Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie)

• Boy - Noah Maschan (newcomer, watch for him in the upcoming creep fest, The Confessional)
• Father - Veteran actor, Redmond Gleeson (Dreamscape, The Octagon)

For those of us missing the good ole days smoking grass and road trips with friends ... and of course, funny one-liners from a crazed slasher, then catch this indie horror flick. For more on the film, check out the Official MySpace page for the film:

http://www.MySpace.com/TheTrippermovie

Move Over Jason, Look Out Freddie. HEEERE'S RONNIE!