31 days of horror Year 3 day 24

Club Dread unrated cut
2003
20th century Fox unrated DVD

This is the third film made by the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. I had already seen Super Troopers and loved it. So when I heard that Broken Lizard was making a spoof of slasher films I had to see it. But for some reason I didn’t go see it when it was out in theaters. But as soon as it hit DVD I rented it. Well I really enjoyed the film. Then flash forward to 2008. And I see that a store in town has the unrated DVD for $3. Well I didn’t own the first DVD release and was interested in seeing what was added back into the film. Well I picked it up, and about half way into the film the DVD froze up. So I tired it out on some other DVD players and it did it on each one. So the next day after work I took it back and got another copy. And this new copy did the same damn thing. So again I returned it. And the store only had one copy left. But thankfully this copy worked perfectly.

Club Dread is about a resort set on a private island. The island and resort are owned by a musician that is very similar to Jimmy Buffet. Someone is killing off the staff of the resort. We start off with 1 guy and two girls going out into the jungle to have sex. And right after the two girls take off their tops the killer attacks. All three of them die and we go back to a few hours before this. When a boat arrives with the guests and the new member of the staff.

We get a decent “who done it” style mystery. With plenty of suspects. The various kills are pretty well done. Plus we get a huge amount of comedy that helps the film out. Plus like all 80’s slashers, this film has an abundance of nudity. The cast is really good. We get all the guys from Broken Lizard. Plus Britney Daniel, Lindsey Price, Bill Paxton, M.C. Gainey and Jordan Ladd. Now I am not a fan of Jimmy Buffet’s music, but the Buffet style songs that Bill Paxton’s character does are all great.

This DVD has a load of extras. We get two commentaries. Each one has half of the Broken Lizard guys.  Both of them are funny and well done, the guys reveal all kinds of behind the scenes stuff. Also there is 22 deleted or extended scenes. This feature also has optional commentary with 2 of the Broken Lizard guys. And of course we get the theatrical trailer. Club Dread unrated cut gets a A-.