Wordiezett So much average

Lawbolisted Powerful

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

callanvass Clearly I am not one for Broken Lizard's stuff. There certainly seems to be audience for this stuff, but I am obviously not apart of this audience. From the rather dubious opening which was filled with sexual tension (not that I mind!) It was just the way it was done. I cannot believe Bill Paxton was apart of this crud. This is the guy who had the hilarious turn in True Lies; one of the best character actors of all time in my opinion, and he's relegated himself to this? Why Bill. Why?! The best thing about this movie is probably the gore. It has a decent amount of bloodshed, but one crucial error. IT LACKS LAUGHS! That is why you made this movie, right guys?Final Thoughts: This was terrible in my opinion. This is not worth the mediocrity you will go through. Give it a miss3/10

Steve Pulaski Broken Lizard's Club Dread doesn't try to pay homage to slasher films as much as it laughs at them by introducing a bunch of oddball characters that are jumping around off their own medicine. The lively actors, beautiful scenery, and suspenseful scenes actually make this one of the few comedy/horror films that I'll recommend.I normally hate comedy and horror mixed together, but that doesn't mean it can't be done well. Maybe I've just been unlucky when it comes to seeking out the right films. Broken Lizard's Club Dread compiles cliché, tired elements from old slasher films and truly makes them work with the cast's quick wit and the stylish directing which goes to Jay Chandrasekhar.The story takes place at Coconut Pete's Pleasure Island, and our host of the same name is played by Bill Paxton in a very Jimmy Buffet-esque manner. Many tourists arrive at the island to have too many drinks and way too many careless hookups. Among the staff is Lars (Hefferman), a chubby man who has the hands for giving a great massage among other things, Jenny (Daniels), the sweet and "innocent" Yoga instructor, Putman (Chandrasekhar), the champion tennis player. Dave (Soter), Pete's crazy son. Juan (Lemme), a sex-maniac who is obsessed with a tourist named Penelope, but nicknamed by him "Pee-na-lope" (Ladd). And Sam (Stolhanske), the fun police of the island.There learn that a killer is on the island, and is killing people in rhythm to a song written by Coconut Pete years ago called "Naughty Cal." The song has shocking parallels to a number of the murders, and only makes more out of such a small thriller.Among the counselors, I think Lars and Putman where my favorites. Lars is sensitive, yet sometimes short tempered, and Putman is by far the quirkiest one of the bunch. Which is pretty much the highest compliment I can give him and the Broken Lizard group. They are a delightful, quirky comedic group that projects a unique type of humor onto modern society. Some love it, others don't.To recommend this film to everyone would be a big mistake. It's a common sense recommendation - if you like comedy and horror, this is for you. If you don't, you should skip it. If you're new to the horror genre, this is not the place to start. Broken Lizard's Club Dread dares to be different, and it works out more often than not.Starring: Bill Paxton, Kevin Heffernan, Brittany Daniel, Steve Lemme, Jordan Ladd, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Greg Cipes, and M.C. Gainey. Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar.

Paul Andrews Club Dread is set on the holiday resort of Pleasure Island just off the Costa Rican Coast where hedonistic teens go to drink, have sex & laze about on the beach all day. Pleasure Island is owned & run by old timer Coconut Pete (Bill Paxton), he also has staff including a tennis instructor, the fun police & a new masseur. However all is not well on Pleasure Island, members of the staff are turning up dead with cryptic clues & warnings carved into their chest's. How could be responsible? A disgruntled customer? Someone with a grudge against Coconut Pete? Or maybe it's one of the staff themselves? No-one know's who to trust as the bodies continue to pile up & with the only boat to the mainland still a couple of days away will anyone still be left alive to get on it & to safety?Co-written & directed by Jay Chandrasekhar who also has a fairly large part in the film & is apparently a member of the Broken Lizard comedy team who also all have major roles I suspect that Club Dread was meant as a comedy horror spoofing the teen slasher film in particular but it's turned out as a bit of a disaster, neither funny nor scary what is Club Dread actually good for? When, during the first hour, the only moment that I can assume was meant to be funny involves a guy introducing himself to an Asain girl named Yu (pronounced You) & saying 'it's nice to meet you Yu' I think a film is in trouble. When a film has it's cast run around in giant novelty foam food costumes (bananas, a slice of pizza, a pear) for comic effect you know the makers were desperate. I honestly can't think of a single gag or joke that worked & to be honest I can barely even remember any attempts at humour (Yu in a slow moving cart trying to escape the killer but they still just walks up to her, Putman serving tennis balls at the killer & a terrible last shot of the killers severed legs trying to swim to shore). The entire plot is poor, it's very predictable & doesn't even play on the aspects of the average teen slasher to any sort of effect, the camp fire tale with a n old legend, lots of people jumping out of nowhere & some fairly bloodless murders means any horror fan will surely be disappointed as will anyone looking for some laughs. The murder mystery side of things is awful, the killers identity feels like a random afterthought & their motives are as shallow as they come.I had the unfortunate luck to see the extended 'Unrated' version of Club Dread which runs some fifteen minutes longer than the theatrical 'R' rated version, fifteen more minutes of lame humour & simplistic slasher film clichés. Oh God. There's not much gore here, there are a few blood splatters, a decapitated head, a few dead bodies & someone is cut in half at the end. There's no suspense, no tension & no scares together with zero laugh & it's like the makers didn't know how far to take either element & in the end fail miserably on both counts. Club Dread just misses the mark by the proverbial mile on both the horror & comedy content. There's a bit of nudity & some mild sex scenes but nothing to write home about.With a supposed budget of about $8,550,000 this had a decent budget, filmed in Mexico the scenery is nice but there are plenty of films where the scenery is nice so that's no recommendation. The acting is awful, really some of the self indulgent performances here are just annoying. Bill Paxton must have been desperate.Club Dread is a horror comedy that fails miserably on both counts, do yourself a favour & give this a wide berth. Maybe the zany idiotic low brow murder mystery & occasional stab at humour will appeal to some but I couldn't stand Club Dread, a big misfire on all fronts as far as I am concerned.

BA_Harrison The staff of Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort are dedicated to delivering sun, sea, and sex to a hedonistic crowd of fun-seeking part-goers, but when a serial killer begins to bump them off one-by-one, the partying stops and the panic begins.I'm a big fan of extremely hot women in teeny bikinis, and I always welcome a bit of senseless violence in my films; serve these ingredients up with generous helping of humour and I'm usually good to go. On this basis, Broken Lizard's Club Dread looked to be a surefire winner.Unfortunately, not only is the comedy in this film exceedingly puerile and poorly delivered, but most of the characters are irritating in the extreme, particularly Putman, the dread-locked Indian with the English accent (who couldn't die soon enough as far as I was concerned) and Bill Paxton's hippie singer Coconut Pete (who I may have found funny if I knew who the hell Jimmy Buffet was... but I doubt it!).Admittedly, the film's makers keep their promise of much quality female flesh and there is the odd genuinely creepy scene enlivened by a smattering of gore, but Club Dread's complete and utter lack of decent laughs ultimately negates all the good work done by the semi-naked babes and the machete wielding maniac.