Broken Lizard's Club Dread

This is a film that is totally cuckoo and corny and proud of it. From the cheeseball lines and acting and the bonkers slasher bits this makes a fun and entertaining film with plenty of eye candy to boot so you can't go far wrong. If you take it as it is, ie not at all serious, then you will really enjoy this movie.

Very funny. Obviously satirical horror-comedy like Scary movie and the like, so don't watch it expecting realistic horror. Good easy to watch slasher type movie with some very funny Broken Lizard comedy.

The first thing you need to know about Club Dread is that it is not to be taken seriously. It’s basically a comedy, but with horror thrown in. It doesn’t so much as lampoon the genre, as adhere to it. Storywise, it’s actually your average slasher film. An unknown killer stalks an island full of annoyingly-fit teenagers and knifes them to death. Nothing new there. Nothing new in the whole film really, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth watching. It’s basically fun. It never tries to be serious and shouldn’t be taken as such. If you like slasher films in general, you should like this. The only downside I found (or rather something I felt was a missed opportunity) were the death scenes. The whole film is surprisingly UNgory for a supposed (half) horror film. As the film-makers are also playing to a comedy audience, you’d think they’d be more creative with the (many) death scenes. There’s certainly scope for it. However, every death is a simple stabbing or slice – hardly imaginative. But, it’s more comedy than horror, so perhaps I’m expecting too much. Basically, as many other reviewers have said, it’s basically Froday 13th meets Porkies and I can’t really add anything to that.

I watched this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it! But if you're looking for a proper teen slasher film, don't bother. It's cliched, the acting is hammy and the plot so feeble that it couldn't fight its way out of a paper bag but it's perfect end of the week viewing if you want to watch something that you don't have to use your brain for. It's pure candyfloss.