I watched this knowing it was a spoof of slasher/horror films. Club Dread has its charms. It's not the "best" spoof of slasher/horror teen-aged films out there, but it isn't one of the worst either.
Every character represents another character -- or two -- you've seen in these "legitimate" slasher/horror films over the years. Same formula, same outcome, same ole, same ole. But this spoof makes no bones of how ridiculous it all can be...and I must admit in some places in the movie, they could have done more to make it even funnier. Much humor is lost to the silliness of it all, but I am looking at a spoof of a genre that is overdone to begin with.
This is a nice piece of spoof fluff in a subtle way. Bill Paxton as "Coconut Pete" was a wonderful spoof within itself and I wish they could have done a bit more on this.
Club dread doesn't hit you over the head with it's attempt at tongue in cheek spoofing...where as in some parts it should have. But maybe being too much 'over the top' too much can spoil a good thing.
Every character represents another character -- or two -- you've seen in these "legitimate" slasher/horror films over the years. Same formula, same outcome, same ole, same ole. But this spoof makes no bones of how ridiculous it all can be...and I must admit in some places in the movie, they could have done more to make it even funnier. Much humor is lost to the silliness of it all, but I am looking at a spoof of a genre that is overdone to begin with.
This is a nice piece of spoof fluff in a subtle way. Bill Paxton as "Coconut Pete" was a wonderful spoof within itself and I wish they could have done a bit more on this.
Club dread doesn't hit you over the head with it's attempt at tongue in cheek spoofing...where as in some parts it should have. But maybe being too much 'over the top' too much can spoil a good thing.