"If you hate Jimmy Buffett, you'll love Bill Paxton's Coconut Pete. If you like naked girls who happen to be gymnasts, you'll love Jordan Ladd. This is a FUN flick!" John Venable SUPERCALA.COM "This is very different from what the Broken Lizard comedy team has done before. Refreshingly, so." Jeff Vice DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY "If the lizard ain't broken, don't fix it." Phil Villarreal ARIZONA DAILY STAR "A shabby attempt at mixing elements of a teen slasher flick with the lowbrow laughs of a teen sex romp." Ted Fry SEATTLE TIMES "A pretty creative conceit and often quite funny and creepy, to boot." Dustin Putman THEMOVIEBOY.COM

"Very silly and quite funny." Scott Nash THREE MOVIE BUFFS "As relaxed and fun-loving as its characters." Ben Kenigsberg VILLAGE VOICE "Will appeal to everyone who enjoys the shenanigans of movies like Army of Darkness, Tommy Boy, or even the Scary Movie series." Rudy Joggerst REEL.COM "Come for the boat drinks and super soaker tequila shot, stay for the silly murders and bikini babes." Stefan Halley HERO REALM "The jokes don't always work, and some of the scares are weak. But Club Dread is a comedy that tries to be scary, and much of the time succeeds at both." Gary Dowell DALLAS MORNING NEWS

At A Glance

"... there is something to be said for goofiness without apology by broken lizards who just wanna have fun." Roger Ebert CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Who are Broken Lizard? That's the question many may ask? The answer is simple. Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan, five guys with "a hip sense of humour and plenty of quotable one-liners". Five very talented young men who have "been honing their unique brand of irreverent, character driven comedy for a decade now." The groups first film "Puddle Cruiser" may not have taken the world by storm but the groups 2001 film "Super Troopers turned quite a few heads. Following the success of that film, the guys started "looking for something completely different to sink their comic teeth into." With a keen interest in the horror genre, "it seemed a blood curdling tale would be a natural match for their fearless style of comedy." And, as the Lizard's didn't want to do a horror spoof "they decided to incorporate elements of a serial killer thriller right into their trademark comedy style." So how did they come up with the idead of a club set on an tropical island? It seems they wanted to "go somewhere a bit more sexy than Poughkeepsie, the locale of Super Troopers." But why? The answer to that question came from group member Paul Soter who explained, "Sure Poughkeepsie was lovely, "but we thought, why not take our next movie somewhere with no lack of women in bikinis and tropical drinks?" Sure why not. Every teenagers fantasy come true. An island filled with scantilly clad, wanton, willing young women and an endless supply of high powered tropical drinks. And so Pleasure Island was born. A little patch of paradise "designed as a singles resort taken to the ultimate extremes of let it all hang out indulgence." Knowning their fearless style of humour, their had to be a catch. "It's a fantasy come to life. You've got this island where a new boatload of young, fun, horny people comes every week and the drinks are flowing. It's the last place in the world you'd ever want to leave," says director Jay Chandrasekhar, "but only until people start getting murdered, and then it becomes the place you desperately want to escape." Many may be shocked to think that in real life island like Pleasure Island really do exist. It's true acording to another Lizard member Steve Lemme. "I've been to some of these resorts before and you realize that they are literally designed to get as many people laid as possible and they disguise the entire day around that." Couldn't you just kick yourself. I bet there's more than a few reading this review and thinking to themselves, "Shit! Just my luck to have missed out on the experience." When it came to "Club Dread" there is that little twist of course and it does make for a fun experience. So what's the twist? The staff who run the resort is "trying to keep that get laid attitude going while also trying to figure out who's killing people on the island," Steve explained. Leading the bunch of whacky staffers is Coconut Pete an aging, hedonistic, washed up, 70's rock star played by non-lizard Bill Paxton who "so loved the idea of the island paradise that he even jokes he might start such a resort himself." Paxton says he can relate to Coconut Pete's "seize the day and party hard philosophy." And how does he see his character? "I see Pete as a guy who believes we're only on earth for a short time, so why not sit back, relax and have a great time. I loved the opportunity to embrace that whole lifestyle." A bonus for Paxton was learning to play the guitar, revealing that "If I had known how to play the guitar, I would probably never would have become an actor." Crikey Bill that's a bit much! Was there a downside to the role? "I got these hair extensions that turned out to be the most painful thing I've ever done for a movie role," he confided. "They took about eight and a half hours to put in and my head was sore for days." Well, if there's an upside there has to be a downside Bill, but what's your own verdict on "Club Dread". "I think the film has a terrific and original sense of humour," he said. The adds, "Perhaps Jordan Ladd put it best when she called it "sophisticated low brow". The Broken Lizard style is contemporary but there's also something classic and old school about their routines, which are filled with gags out of Laurel and Hardy, physical comedy out of Buster Keaton, absurbity out of Monty Python and a lot of contemporary sexual innuendo." I couldn't have put it better myself Bill. The final choice when it comes to seeing "Club Dread" should be tempered by those words. Broken Lizard comedy is not for everyone, but let's hope that as they progress, one day it will be. Cast & Crew Bytes "Club Dread" was ........
directed by Jay Chandrasekhar ["Puddle Cruiser" and "Super Troopers"]; produced by Richard Perello ["Puddle Cruiser", "Super Troopers", "On The One" and "Way Off Broadway"]; edited by Ryan Folsey ["Lost Souls", "Muppet From Space" and "Cabin Fever"]; costume design by Melissa Bruning ["Kissing Jessica Stein", "Just One Time", "Follow Me Outside" and "Super Troopers"]; original music by Nathan Barr ["Cabin Fever"] and cinematography by Lawrence Sher ["Kissing Jessica Stein", "Captain Jack" and "Garden State"].
"Club Dread" stars ........
Jay Chandrasekhar ["Puddle Cruiser" and "Super Troopers"]; Erik Stolhanske ["Puddle Cruiser", "Super Troopers" and "The Sweetest Thing"]; Paul Soter ["Puddle Cruiser" and "Super Troopers"]; Steve Lemme ["Puddle Cruiser" and "Super Troopers"]; Kevin Heffernan ["No Looking Back", "Puddle Cruiser" and "Super Troopers"]; MC Gainey ["The Cooler", "Wonderland", "Meet The Parents", "The Fan" and "Terminator III"]; Brittany Daniel ["Sweet Valley High", "Hillside Strangler", "Joe Dirt" and "Sonic Blast"]; Samm Levine ["Freaks and Geeks"]; Jordan Ladd ["Never Been Kissed"]; Tanja Reichert ["Relic Hunter"]; Lindsay Price ["Beverly Hills 90210"] and Bill Paxton ["Titanic", "True Lies", Frailty", "Aliens" and "Thunderbirds"] as Coconut Pete. The Story

"A movie made by guys who laugh at their own jokes, directed at people who will laugh at anything." Adam Nayman EYE WEEKLY

Pleasure Island is the perfect place to spend a hedonistic holiday on. Here the drugs, booze and women are are, well, free. Coconut Pete, former rock era great, is the host and operator of Pleasure Island where every holiday is one big party. Until staff members start turning up dead. It seems there's a muderer on the loose who is intent on killing everyone but the guests. Slowly but surelythe mysterious fark figure is whittling the numbers with a razor sharp machete. And, as if to taunt the intended victims, the killer leaves behind cryptic messages on the clubs message board. Those messages are the words to one of Coconut Pete's greatest hits. While the guests party, the surviving staff members try to keep their cool, putting on a brave face while realizing that at any moment they could be the next victim. When the clubs Security Chief Hank turns up dead, panic really sets in. Who will survive. Can anyone survive. They are about to find out. The Verdict "This is the sought of film critics laugh at in the dark and then tell you not to see. Their right! But .... not if you enjoyed zanny comedies such as "Not Another Teen Movie", "Naked Gun", Scary Movie 3" or "Guest House Paradiso". If you can laugh at slapstick silliness and outrageous stupidity, then you'll probably find this very funny and, a better offering than "Super Trooper", Lizards debut film. "Club Dread" is exactly what you'd expect from Broken Lizard. Outrageously silly! Decidedly black!" The Cast

Bill Paxton Jay Chandrasekhar Erik Stolhanske Paul Soter Steve Lemme Kevin Heffernan Elena Lyons Dan Montgomery Jr Tanja Reichert Nat Faxon Michael Weaver Michael Yurchak Jordan Ladd Brittany Daniel Richard Perello Lindsay Price Julio Bekhór Greg Cipes MC Gainey Ryan Falkner Fabiana Ferre Paola Hinojos Veronica Segura Samm Levine Jessica Moreno Heather M Pemble Benjamin Digby

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Coconut Pete Putman Livingstone Sam Dave Juan Castillo Lars Stacy Rolo Kellie Manny Roy Burke Penelope Jenny Cliff Yu Carlos Trevor Hank Marcel Go-Go Girl Go-Go Girl Zoe Dirk Fiona Amy Aerobics Dr Wick

The Crew Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar Written by Jay Chandrasekhar/Kevin Heffernan/Steve Lemme/Paul Soter & Erik Stolhanske Produced by Richard Perello Executive Produced by Lance Hool & Peter E Lengyel Original Music by Nathan Barr Cinematography by Lawrence Sher Film Editing by Ryan Folsey Casting by John Papsidera Production Design by Benjamin Conable Art Direction by Theresa Wachter Set Decoration by Hermelindo Hinojosa Costume Design by Melissa Bruning Makeup Department Head Sheri Kornhaber Production Management [Mexico] Arturo Brito Rated MA15+ [AUST] Run Time 104 minutes Copyright © 2004 - Fox Searchlight Pictures - All Rights Reserved Copyright Protected © 2004 - Impact Internet Services - All Rights Reserved