Rated R for violence and language
Starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme, Brittany Daniel, Jordan Ladd,
Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar
The Story:
Coconut Pete (Paxton) is a washed up singer, a la Jimmy Buffet, who runs an island resort filled with an odd assortment of staff. However, when they all start turning up dead, there may be trouble in paradise!
The Broken Lizard (Chandrasekhar, Heffernan, Stolhanske, Soter and Lemme) troupe return to the screen in their followup to the cult classic Super Troopers.
Not nearly the same following has surrounded this film as Troopers, but it's not for lack of trying. Club Dread is both a comedy, and a perfectly themed horror movie, often at the same time.
The cliches and trappings are all around, and naturally everyone is considered a suspect...
Until that character turns up... Dead!
I'm not sure that the best villain and motive were selected for the picture...
But when you're doing a horror-comedic send-up, perhaps that's the perfect character and motive?
Worth a spin for Broken Lizard fans, and fans of horror films.
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I'd say that this one was probably good for a once in a blue moon viewing.
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