Club Dread

  • 2004
  • 1h 44min
  • R

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

  • Jay Chandrasekhar
  • Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures, Baja Studios, Broken Lizard Industries
  • Lance Hool
  • Elena Lyons, Dan Montgomery Jr., Tanja Reichert, Nat Faxon, Michael Weaver, Kevin Heffernan, Michael Yurchak, Jordan Ladd, Brittany Daniel, Richard Perello

  • 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-to-negative reviews from critics.