Club Dread (2004)

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• Cindy I

  
  It's amazing the things you'll stop on when you're absent-mindedly surfing the TV. Why I watched more than 5 minutes of this I'll never know. A Jimmy Buffet type musician (Bill Paxton) owns an island resort. All kinds of partying takes place, but then people start… More
  It's amazing the things you'll stop on when you're absent-mindedly surfing the TV. Why I watched more than 5 minutes of this I'll never know. A Jimmy Buffet type musician (Bill Paxton) owns an island resort. All kinds of partying takes place, but then people start dying at the hands of a maniac. Tried to be a horror movie, but because it was miserably failing at that, decided to be a comedy instead. I have news for them -- it's failed there too.

• Conner R

  
  I really thought this was funny and a lot different than most comedies. It pretty much took the idea of Scooby Doo and Friday the 13th and made it into a fresh product. While it isn't as perfect at capturing priceless moments as Super Troopers, this still had the great characters… More
  I really thought this was funny and a lot different than most comedies. It pretty much took the idea of Scooby Doo and Friday the 13th and made it into a fresh product. While it isn't as perfect at capturing priceless moments as Super Troopers, this still had the great characters and writing.

• Wahida K

  
  This was funny

• Derek A

  
  The sophomore installment for the Broken Lizard gang who brought us the hilarious cult hit <i>Super Troopers</i>. The synopsis is a spoof of "who done it" type of mystery thrillers. Chalk full of naked women and drugs, the Broken Lizard gang clearly have a lot… More
  The sophomore installment for the Broken Lizard gang who brought us the hilarious cult hit <i>Super Troopers</i>. The synopsis is a spoof of "who done it" type of mystery thrillers. Chalk full of naked women and drugs, the Broken Lizard gang clearly have a lot of fun making this film. However, the end result is not as enjoyable for the audience. This film would've been a passable decent excuse for a popcorn comedy had it not been for the ridiculously ludicrous ending. Quite possibly the worst ending to a movie of all time... even for a comedy. It was really lame. You almost have to see it to believe it. You can do better Broken Lizard.... or maybe you really are just a one hit wonder.

• Lanning :

  
  One of my guiltiest of guilty pleasures. I can't remember how many times I've seen this, but it never fails to make me chuckle -- all the way through. Jimmy Buffet, you son-of-a-son-of-a- . . . gun, move over. Coconut Pete has your number.

• Dean M

  
  Really terrific comedy-horror in a booze-soaked vaction resort with gang from <i>Beerfest</i>. Lots of hilarious funny, plenty of bikini-clad babes, but Jordan Ladd and Brittany Daniel are really hot and physical - WOW! Too bad that's no nude scene for Daniel only,… More
  Really terrific comedy-horror in a booze-soaked vaction resort with gang from <i>Beerfest</i>. Lots of hilarious funny, plenty of bikini-clad babes, but Jordan Ladd and Brittany Daniel are really hot and physical - WOW! Too bad that's no nude scene for Daniel only, that's what I wished to see.

• Dean !

  
  An almost spoof slasher film, quite funny but it still has some good slasher moments.

• James A

  
  A bad sophmore atempt from Chandrasekar. I tried hard to like it but how could I like a comedy that just isnt that funny.

• E.J. B

  
  It's the movie all the Scary Movie flicks have wanted to be but failed.

• Michael G

  
  It's no Super Troopers, but the kitchen scene kills me every time.

• Luke B

  
  The Broken Lizard boys have done it again. Club Dread is simply hilarious. The troupe are on top form and each relishes their own charcter, while Bill Paxton has all the fun in the world. Certainly not for everyone as the comedy and horror lines are blurred. This is no Scary Movie,… More
  The Broken Lizard boys have done it again. Club Dread is simply hilarious. The troupe are on top form and each relishes their own charcter, while Bill Paxton has all the fun in the world. Certainly not for everyone as the comedy and horror lines are blurred. This is no Scary Movie, this is a normal slasher with a lot of jokes.

• Sylvester K

  
  Despite some good moments, most parts of the film fell to pieces, being too predictable and stupid.

• Doctor S

  
  'Broken Lizard's Club Dread' Could Use Some Repair Bill Paxton does a very funny washed-up Jimmy Buffett (or is that an oxymoron) as Coconut Pete running his own island resort with a mysterious killer on the loose. This coulda-been camp horror film tried to push its… More
  'Broken Lizard's Club Dread' Could Use Some Repair Bill Paxton does a very funny washed-up Jimmy Buffett (or is that an oxymoron) as Coconut Pete running his own island resort with a mysterious killer on the loose. This coulda-been camp horror film tried to push its scary side too much, turning the last half-hour into tired slasher/stalker fare. No great shakes but worth a few quality laughs.

• Lord N

  
  As slasher spoofs go, you could do a lot worse. A whole lot worse. I was perusing Youtube one day and I came across a movie review segment called Horrible Horror (I think the guy is Danish or something). He had this segment entitles top 10 funniest slasher films of all time and a kill… More
  As slasher spoofs go, you could do a lot worse. A whole lot worse. I was perusing Youtube one day and I came across a movie review segment called Horrible Horror (I think the guy is Danish or something). He had this segment entitles top 10 funniest slasher films of all time and a kill from this one had a place on his list. deservedly so but I think it was actually kinda funny. The movie certainly didn't take itself seriously. Until the very end. then it got stupid. If you want to check out this Horrible Horror guy and see the kill without actually having to see the movie, here's the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipuuiEPkxY&feature=related Wait, sorry it's this one. Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCAiGWfisE&feature=related Acting/Characters: You know, this one wasn't too bad. Yes every single character was the stereotype of all of the other ones, but they had island resort twists. They were actually funny in SOME moments. One of them was just over the top stupid. Way over the top. Oh, and let's not forget that one of the characters was a token black who was the only black person in the whole resort...wait, no. He wasn't black. He was a stereotypical Jamaican with an English Accent who taught tennis on the resort (And used the tennis racket and balls as a weapon later). Also, if you have trouble remembering characters and telling them apart, don't worry, the more nameless ones will die quickly. They were trying to get a laugh just having the guys onscreen. The only actor that anyone who saw this movie would recognize would be Bill Paxton as Coconut Pete (Yeah, try to envision that with a straight face or at least without rolling your eyes). Of course everything I have seen him in is much better such as, oh, I don't know, Aliens and Terminator. It wasn't trying to be amazing it was just trying to be over the top. Succeeded on some levels. 5/10 Plot: The plot is incredibly loosely based off of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (Which should be requited reading in all high schools btw). The problem with making a movie like this based off of a book like that that I have read is that I generally know how the film will end. Normally. This one wasn't too much like the book actually. I know that some might say that it is based off of the book, but I didn't see that so much. But I will say that the plot was funny and over the top for most of the film and in that it was good. But when we got to the normal "25 minutes left the Killer is taking off their kid gloves until he/she is stopped 19 minutes later" but, it abandoned all traces of trying to be funny and just started trying to be a horror film. Total fail. I gotta take of some serious points for that one. The setup was normal for a slasher. A bunch of horny teens who want booze go and get isolated. 4.5/10 screenplay: Like I said, I laughed at a lot of points where I was supposed to laugh. Even in that last 25 minute bit I laughed once where I was supposed to. When it wasn't trying to make you laugh it was a pretty weak screenplay. It was extremely hit and miss. 4.5/10 Likableness: I would watch it again. Particularly with a group who know how to laugh at movie like this. It would be a grand old time (Wait...Grand old time? Who says that anymore?) it didn't take itself seriously most of the time and when it did wit was incredibly weak. It was better than most slasher films and was one of the better parodies too. it was alright. 6/10 Final Score: 20/40 50%. (M) TRIVIA TIME: 1. Broken Lizard screened the film for Jimmy Buffett, who was so amused that he requested permission to sing some of the film's original songs on one of his live tours. 2. During the campfire scene, the cast tells the story of a former employ being tricked into having sex with a female corpse and going insane. This closely resembles the back story of the killer in the movie Terror Train 3. In the DVD Commentary, it is explained that the line "How many of you knew that he was uncircumcised and smelled of oranges?" was a line included in the script to see if anyone was really reading the script before the film was green lit. (With a line like that how does one take a film like this seriously? How does the film take itself seriously?)

• cody f

  
  Fun, but my least favorite Broken Lizard film so far. That's not saying this film was bad, I just love Supertroopers and the greatness of Beerfest a lot more. I did laugh out loud several times and always enjoy 80's style nudity and a panicky Bill Paxton. Fun film, but it is… More
  Fun, but my least favorite Broken Lizard film so far. That's not saying this film was bad, I just love Supertroopers and the greatness of Beerfest a lot more. I did laugh out loud several times and always enjoy 80's style nudity and a panicky Bill Paxton. Fun film, but it is about 10 minutes too long. I do love the music lyric "You have to have a Ponytail to get tail." Classic!

• RJ M

  
  For all the noise made for the Scary Movie series, this movie beats them all by far. The guys who delivered Super Troopers give a horror spoof filled with tons of laughs, lots of hot women, outright gore, and a couple of fairly good scares. Bill Paxton is the best he's been since… More
  For all the noise made for the Scary Movie series, this movie beats them all by far. The guys who delivered Super Troopers give a horror spoof filled with tons of laughs, lots of hot women, outright gore, and a couple of fairly good scares. Bill Paxton is the best he's been since Aliens as the Jimmy Buffet wannabe, Coconut Pete. On his "Pleasure Island" guests come to live out every pleasure they can. Only now there's a psychopathic killer on the loose on the island, and everyone's good times (not to mention a few other things) are going to be cut short. All of the Broken Lizard guys are also at their best, most of them playing against type. But were also treated to a couple of major hotties. Jordan Ladd as a limber maybe-not-quite virgin, and Brittany Daniel...Brittany Daniel....sorry, got lost thinking about the scene of her in nothing but a t-shirt and underwear. You'll see what I mean. The Scary Movies were mediocre at best. They just took shots and scenes from scary movies and tried to put a humorous twist on them. Hardly inspired. But here the Broken Lizard guys deliver a sharp comedy that actually pays respect to the genre that it's spoofing. Not all of the gags work, and the killer's secret identity is more than a little obvious. But it's still a hilarious, bloody, booty filled good time.

• Nicky M

  
  Tries to spoof the slasher/whodunnit type films with mediocre results. I was expecting more from Broken Lizard delving into my love of horror but this falls short.

• Christopher B

  
  Paxton is hilarious in this schizophrenic film. Not that good, but still very watchable, and rewatchable for that matter.

• Leo L

  
  Funny!

• Chad R

  
  Holy Christ did this blow - not even worth a B rating. Every Time I see that choad Bill Paxston I hear "That's just great man, what the fuck are we gonna do now, huh, what're we gonna do???" Pussy

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