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The overlong Club Dread is certainly something different, a combination of comedy that doesn't always work, and underestimated gore. One plus of course is the hot Brittany Daniel, but overall this comedy/psycho/horror thriller just sets itself at that really bad standard, and mate, do you get your gore's worth. As a thriller, the film really works, with many a suspect, but you've got everything you want here, where sometimes these low denominator films do have great appeal. Horror freaks of trashy films, you'll be right at home at home here on an island of love, romance and homicidal killings, for who is the really sick puppy committing these hideous mutilations. With barely a run at one S.A. cinema, here's one of the worst films of 2004, with addictive appeal and rightly so.

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

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.

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.