The Tripper

The Tripper (2006)

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

A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.

Date of release
2006-04-20
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (115)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Director
David Arquette

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

The Tripper is a 2006 American comedy slasher film directed by David Arquette. Starring Jaime King, Thomas Jane and Lukas Haas and follows a group of hippies at a music festival who get stalked by a madman dressed up like Ronald Reagan.

Production

David Arquette came up with the idea for the film when he was at a reggae concert in Northern California. "We're surrounded by redwood trees and the redwood trees are always so creepy anyway. And I thought it would be crazy if a madman came out of the woods and started hacking up all these hippies," said Arquette.

Arquette decided to make the killer obsessed with Ronald Reagan because he wanted the film to be a commentary on Reagan era- policies. Said Arquette, "Reagan was president, and governor while I was growing up in California and I remember for the first time I saw homeless people everywhere and that was due to cuts in mental health that he did.

The Tripper was shot in Boulder Creek. The redwood mountains of Santa Cruz, California.

In August 2007, writer-producer Fritz Jünker sued the Arquettes' production company, Coquette Productions, Inc., for copyright infringement, claiming Jünker's 2001 film, The Truth About Beef Jerky, was the basis for The Tripper. The Truth About Beef Jerky was also shot in the same state park north of Santa Cruz, several years before The Tripper.

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