Upon arriving at an island resort, the staff finds that several members and guests are turning up dead, they try to keep it from the guests who are there to enjoy the hedonistic lifestyle promoted on the island while trying to find the identity of the killer and stop their rampage.

This is really the way a horror-comedy should be like. What really makes this one so much fun is the fact that in spite of how most spoofs are more comedy than horror, this is a horror movie with some comedy. It keeps the traditional merging of the slasher genre with the mixture of enough laughable gags that's never unrealistic or way over the top to really make it seem more like it belongs in the horror genre than comedy. This lets on for a ton of fun from a race through a maze dressed up as fruit, the sequence where one guest frantically works to get a getaway vehicle to escape the killer, only to find out it goes under five miles an hour allowing the killer to walk up to it and kill them is a fantastic scene which reveals in complete irony and actual tension as well as the series of confrontations in the jungle as the killer stalks after them around the resort as the attacks by the pool, inside the main hall and out along the jungle courses come complete with all the usual angles and close-ups that are frequently utilized for generating suspense as well as engaging in laughs. This all comes from the story itself which is a great setup for one of these efforts as it's full of surprises and excellent plot twists as you keep guessing who is the killer. It does come as a great shock at the end, and it works as the mystery is very well written and keeps you on the edge of your seat. There's a pretty decent sized body count on display here for a horror-comedy, keeping it bloody quite often and giving it more of a slasher feel to the proceedings with the string of vicious and exceptionally violent kills that are still somewhat hilarious in the concept of their use. There's also the rather fun finale here that goes overboard with the chasing to the final encounter and all the different battles that are more comedic than scary but still fit well within the confines of the story. There wasn't much of anything to really dislike about this one. It's mostly just a case-by-case basis, as the majority of things on display will appeal to certain people rather than others. Very rarely is there a case of individual preference in these films, but this is one of them as the overkill in the final half might be one of these issues. Overall, this was a very pleasant and surprisingly good film.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Extreme Graphic Language, Nudity, several sex scenes and drug use.

Club Dread was one of those in-between films. It wasn't bad, although it had bad parts. But it wasn't really good, although it had good parts. I had never heard of Broken Lizard or Jay Chandrasekhar, nor had I seen Super Troopers. So maybe I just don't get it. There was a lot of opportunity for nudity passed on, and I think that might have been part of the wry, just-under-the-radar humor that this was so full of. It has been called a horror movie spoof, but that's not completely accurate. It is a full-fledged slasher film, but they are obviously having a lot of fun with it. But not all of that fun making and thinking up this film translates into fun watching it. But I will give them credit for putting something out that isn't the same as everything else out there. Kudos for Brittany Daniel who made this easy on the eyes, too. I'd say check it out, but just don't have unrealistic expectations.

Pleasure Isand, Costa Rica is a resort hounded by a serial killer. The place is owned by the once famous musician Coconut Pete (Bill Paxton). The island communication and transport get cut off. The killer leaves writing on a board targeting the staff and warns them to do their job. Pete's former tour security ex-FBI agent Hank (M.C. Gainey) is on the case. The killer could be anyone. Sam is the Fun Police brigade. Jenny (Brittany Daniel) is the sexy aerobics instructor. Lars is the new masseuse with magic fingers. Putman (Jay Chandrasekhar) is the tennis instructor. Yu (Lindsay Price),Juan and Dave are some of the other staff. Penelope (Jordan Ladd) seems to be an innocent guest.

There are a few good laughs but it's mostly a hit and miss comedy. This sex romp horror-comedy actually got me interested in the murder mystery as much as the comedy. I was oddly following the whodunit. This exists somewhere in the middle. It's too silly to be a scary horror but it's not funny enough to be a full-on spoof.