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Club Dread (2004)

Club Dread poster
Directed by
Jay Chandrasekhar
Genre
horror film, comedy horror, slasher film, parody film, teen film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 398 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Staff members at a tropical island resort are picked off one by one by a masked killer. The comedy troupe Broken Lizard plays the employees who try to survive the murder spree.

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What happens

Club Dread (also known as Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy slasher film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by and starring the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brittany Daniel, and Bill Paxton. The film follows a group of staff members on a tropical island resort, where an unknown killer begins a murder spree. It's an international co-production film between the United States and Mexico. Though the story is set on an island in Costa Rica, filming took place in Mexico. Club Dread was released on February 27, 2004, and grossed $7.6 million at the box office on a budget of $8.6 million, becoming a financial failure. The film received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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