Instant Favorite.

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Released in 2004, "Club Dread" is a horror/comedy/spoof about a mad slasher who's systematically slaying the staff at Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort, an island paradise whose clientèle consists mostly of hedonists and swingers. The story's a whodunit and I was trying to figure out who the killer was, but failed.This is a competently made slasher parody that's fairly amusing (and sometimes almost scary), but only sporadically laugh-out-loud funny. The actors are good, highlighted by Bill Paxton as Coconut Pete and Kevin Heffernan as a masseur, but the two main female cast members aren't that interesting, to me at least (Brittany Daniel and Jordan Ladd). However, there are some interesting peripheral women.Another reviewer effectively summed it up: "Club Dread is one of those in-between films. It wasn't bad, although it has bad parts. But it wasn't really good, although it has good parts." The film runs 104 minutes with a longer unrated cut; it was shot in El Tamarindo, Jalisco, Mexico.GRADE: C+

When you combine horror and comedy mostly things doesn't work out, because you make scary situations funny. Far most of the comedies coming out of the US didn't gave me a smile. Jay Chandrasekhar, the director did put in some comedy but not too much, it laid underneath, you had to search for it and by doing so the humor did work. He also knew his stuff in the horror genre by giving us some winks to classics. Just see how the killer comes up after being stabbed to death. Didn't that ring a bell, Michael Myers from Halloween, anybody? Or when the survivors are on a boat with happy music and suddenly one is attack like Jason did in Friday The 13th. On part of the horror it isn't that scary at all but it's just a flick you have to see with your friends and a six pack of beer. The acting was rather good for such a dumb flick. But some of the girls do know their stuff, Jordan Ladd (Penelope) went further on to act in Hostel part 2 and Cabin Fever and Death Proof. The best known face for me was Brittany Daniel (Jenny) who moved on to The Hamiltons and Skyline. Of course there's a bit of nudity in it, you get it straight away in the beginning of the flick. Funny was although that Jenny was going for a shower and reacted rather funny towards the viewers. I admit, even as it clocked in at 104 minutes I was attracted to the screen due the horror and comedy. Don't expect a flick like Scary Movie, it has more to show us. Some parts were on the gory side but overall it's watchable for teenagers too. Made in full bloom of the torture porn genre, that's why it flopped, being a slasher with some laughs. Gore 3/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 2/5

This is possibly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I loved Super Troopers and had high hopes for this film too but was sadly disappointed. The real sad thing is that I was high when I watched it and still didn't laugh and thats saying something. If you can't make pot smokers laugh then you should stop trying to make funny movies. I understand that they were not trying to make a high class movie, that much I get but come on stupid wigs and crap accents do not make for a funny movie. Let's just hope whatever kind of movie they chance their hand at next is at least written better than this stinking pile of excrement, shame on you Broken Lizard, shame on you. With saying that, at least it had some nudity. :)

Club Dread is a very interesting piece of work, not really too original, exciting, well done, action filled or intelligent... and honestly not even good. Basically it pivots around a bunch of people stuck on an island with a killer, giving it quite the "oh please not another movie like that" feeling. However, they are not just a handful of people on a deserted island, they are the staff of "Pleasure Island" and need to keep their cool while taking care of a load of tourists. The plot is by no means complicated but it stands out just enough and can be quite unpredictable sometimes. Just beware of a very common mistake! Don't give up after the first few minutes, it gets better and better all the way to the end!This movie needs you to fulfill three different criteria before you can truly enjoy its interesting properties to the fullest. I have listed them below, the first being the most important and so on. Number 1; you need to be able to laugh freely and comfortably at silly, odd and stupid things. Number 2; you need to make sure you are not disturbed by "almost well done gore" or attractive women not wearing a whole lot of clothes. Number 3; you need to be observant enough to notice details, and too tired (or possibly drunk) to be upset when these details don't match, instead you need the ability to laugh at it.With these things in mind, my punchline is; This movie is a total piece of crap! Characters, script, effects, dialog, actors and most other stuff too can't be called anything other than crap! However, follow the simple guidelines and force a few friends to watch it with you and you will laugh so hard you will never forget this movie. Hard to tell if the movie was intended to be hilarious or serious, but regardless the intentions behind it... this is a comedy overdose! Total piece of crap but in a Very entertaining way, I give it a 7 out of 10 because months later I still start laughing like a maniac when I think about some of the scenes in the movie.