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Club Dread

Club Dread

A vacation to die for.

20045.21h 44m

Overview

When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar
Written by Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
Produced by Richard Perello
Box OfficeBudget: $8.5MRevenue: $5.0M

Top Cast

Kevin Heffernan

Kevin Heffernan

Lars

Jay Chandrasekhar

Jay Chandrasekhar

Putman

Brittany Daniel

Brittany Daniel

Jenny

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

Coconut Pete

Steve Lemme

Steve Lemme

Juan

Jordan Ladd

Jordan Ladd

Penelope

Elena Lyons

Elena Lyons

Stacy

Paul Soter

Paul Soter

Dave

Erik Stolhanske

Erik Stolhanske

Sam

Tanja Reichert

Tanja Reichert

Kellie

Themes & Keywords

islandmachetebeautiful womanserial killerslasher spoofmurder hunt

About Club Dread

Club Dread is a comedy, horror, mystery, thriller film released in 2004 exploring themes of island, machete, beautiful woman, serial killer, slasher spoof, murder hunt. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, it stars Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Brittany Daniel. When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!

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