| | | A vacation to die for.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Audio Commentary, French, Spanish, Dubbed, English, Subtitled
Welcome to Coconut Pete's Pleasure Island, a tropical, tequila-soaked vacation resort where high-spirited fun soon takes a deadly turn--leaving the island's hilariously inept staff to battle a machete-wielding maniac as they fight to survive another day in paradise. Filled with sidesplitting humor, scary slasher scenes, and plenty of bikini-clad babes, Broken Lizard's Club Dread is a comedy to die for!
"The Broken Lizard guys don't so much send up a genre as inhabit it, and subvert it from the inside." Glenn Kenny, Premiere
"Broken Lizard manages to poke fun at the genre without falling into the trap of recycling old Scooby-Doo jokes. " Kevin Carr, Film Threat
"With Super Troopers and Club Dread, Broken Lizard has cranked out two genuinely funny movies in a row." Nathan Rabin, The Onion
Editor's Note
With CLUB DREAD, the twisted minds behind 2001's surprise hit comedy SUPER TROOPERS return with a machete and more laughs. This time, the Broken Lizard troupe--Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske--send up two genres at once, combining the spring break romp with the gory slasher picture. It's spring break on Pleasure Island, Costa Rica, and bikini-clad revelers have just landed to spend the next week partying their days and nights away. There's Dave (Soter), the drug-wielding DJ; Putman (Chandrasekhar), the ambiguously accented tennis instructor; Juan (Lemme), the diving guru; Sam (Stolhanske), the Fun Sheriff; Lars (Heffernan), the incredibly gifted masseur; and Coconut Pete (Bill Paxton), the flaky island guru. Then there is Jenny (Brittany Daniel), the gorgeous aerobics instructor, and newcomer Penelope (Jordan Ladd), who falls under the spell of Juan. Unfortunately, someone else has arrived on the island with a machete and a severe dislike for several of the camp's residents. As the blood begins to flow, and flow, and keep flowing, everyone becomes a suspect, until no one can trust anyone else. Directed with a casual touch by Chandrasekhar, CLUB DREAD proves that Broken Lizard is a very talented group of performers with the ability to find humor in the least likely of places.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Spanish, French Dolby Surround | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Side 1: Full Length Feature Widescreen, Soundtrack Spot, Director Commentary, Broken Lizard Commentary | | Side 2: Full Length Feature Pan & Scan, Soundtrack Spot | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 7/14/2009 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 2222559 | | UPC: 00024543125594 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 1.85:1/1.33:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"A few gags are brilliantly staged..." 03/05/2004 p.50Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
I think I'll give it two and a half stars plus a nudge and a wink, as a signal to those who liked Roger Ebert
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