Club Dread Year: 2004 Director: Jay Chandrasekhar Written by: Broken Lizard (aka Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter) Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Machete IMDb page:

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Rish's Reviews
My brother has a thing for Brittany Daniel, so he recommended this film to me. He and I are not close, but he seemed to have pretty good taste in picking this one.
Combining all the tenets of a slasher flick with your basic spring break extravaganza, Club Dread tells the tale of Coconut Pete, a Jimmy Buffett knock-off , who runs a resort island paradise, complete with hot chicks, sun, an endless supply of alcoholic fun . . . and a killer on the loose.
Starring the comedy troupe that brought you Super Troopers, there are many, many positives to the flick. For example . . . beautiful chicks throughout. Is that Bill Paxton? Awesome nudity in the first five minutes. Many nods to the Horror conventions tyranist and I live our lives by. The aforementioned Brittany Daniel. A live action game of Pac Man with real people in a maze. A lot of laughs. And Jordan Ladd, the insanely hot daughter of Cheryl Ladd.
This flick got TONS of Skulls, folks . . . and I'm glad. It had been too long.
Primarily a comedy for stoners and/or teenagers, crazily, it was actually cleverly written in the Horror department. There are some really dumb moments, potentially laughable in a Scooby Doo scenario, but for some reason, I thought it was cool. And the film was very funny. I have a feeling that this will be one of those films people watch again and again in the next couple years (mostly because due to the state they watch it in, they won't remember most of it). In the corner of my notes I drew a big smiley face. I was going to sum up this little review by saying that Club Dread was stupid, but kind of brilliant. But you know what? Forget that. This movie WAS brilliant.
Best Scare: There were no scares that I can remember. Not even close.
Line To Remember: "How the hell are we supposed to do our jobs when somebody is killing the dick out of everybody on the island?"
I.R.I.T.: Awful, but great. If you dig this kind of thing, it's highly recommended.
Posted: April 5, 2005

Total Skulls: 27

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc.
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?