This game isn't exactly what I expected...
It's awesome, in it's own way, just kind of different!
Imagine combining "Call of Cthulhu" style Investigation with "Feng Shui" style Combat...
Now, mix in a "Paranoia" level Body Count (Yours, Theirs, Does it Really Matter?}, and you're getting pretty close to what Dread is like!

The main shock (which I shan't reveal here) is one that made me realize that characters in Dread weren't just gritty, "Film Noir" style Superheroes kicking Demon Posterior...
That, and the high "Entropy Level" {Body Count, if you prefer} tends to limit the long-term play value of the game.
It's a great "pick-up" game for Convention play, and it's probably good for a "fill-in" when the regular GM just called in sick...
But, there's no real point in getting emotionally attacthed to your character, and start making plans for the Future, when the whole World is just about to end!

Stylistically, there's still a few too many typos, and some pieces that deliberately try to jar the reader (and succeed a little too well). There's a bit too much tendency to "explain by example", when there really should have been a clearly written rule...
but, otherwise, within it's limitations, I think the game works very, very well!