Club Dread (2004)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers (WGA):

Jay Chandrasekhar (written by) &
Kevin Heffernan (written by) ...

Release Date:

27 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Sun, Sea, Sex and Slaughter (Ireland DVD)

Plot:

When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!

Plot Keywords:

Island | Resort | Beach | Serial Killer | Sex

Cast

Elena Lyons	...	Stacy
Dan Montgomery Jr.	...	Rolo
Tanja Reichert	...	Kellie
Nat Faxon	...	Manny
Michael Weaver	...	Roy
Kevin Heffernan	...	Lars
Michael Yurchak	...	Burke
Jordan Ladd	...	Penelope
Brittany Daniel	...	Jenny
Richard Perello	...	Cliff
Steve Lemme	...	Juan
Jay Chandrasekhar	...	Putman
Paul Soter	...	Dave
Erik Stolhanske	...	Sam
Lindsay Price	...	Yu

Also Known As:

Broken Lizard's Club Dread (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, sexual content, language and drug use.

Runtime:

104 min | USA:119 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 (alternate rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Italy:VM18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39818)

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Broken Lizard Industries

Trivia:

When the staff members are looking at Coconut Pete's old album, one of the song titles is "I Could Tell Ya, But Then I'd Have Tequila".

Goofs:

Continuity: Juan's shirt is covered in blood before he breaks the hot tub window. Once the water runs over everyone, his shirt is clean. Later, his shirt is covered in blood again.

Quotes:

Putman: You've manacled me to my death-bed, you Piccadilly whore!

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Soundtrack:

Dejemee Vivir

Like a smelly nugget of gold...

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.