House of the Dead
by Uwe Boll
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Actor: Clint Howard, Ellie Cornell, Jonathan Cherry, Ona Grauer, Tyron LeitsoDirector: Uwe Boll
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: Christoph Nuehlen
Producer: Dan Bates
Writer: Dan Bates
Producer: Dan Clarke
Producer: Dan Sales
Writer: Dave Parker
Writer: Mark A. Altman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of House of the Dead
Movie Review: Lower your standards and you might enjoy it
Summary: 2 Stars
A group of 20-something university students find themselves stuck on an island that is overrun by zombies.
I'm not going to deny it, "House of the Dead" is a terrible film - bad acting (Clint Howard's performance is so bad that it is laughable), bad direction, bad make-up effects and a script that is primarily made up of scenes in which the main characters stand around shooting zombies (well, what do you expect from a movie that is based on a video game?). Yet, in spite of this, I didn't hate this movie. I've been extremely busy at work lately, and when I sat down to watch this film, the last thing I wanted to do was think. In that respect, "House of the Dead" definitely delivered. "House of the Dead" is a mindless action/horror film reminiscent of the horror movies of the early 80's (such as many of the "Friday the 13th" sequels) - light on plot, and heavy on gore and violence. If your idea of fun is watching zombies getting shot in the head for 90 minutes, then you'll probably enjoy it. A lot of people have given this film 1 star, and I can understand why, but at the same time, it's not that much worse than a lot of blockbuster action movies that I've seen. Lower your standards and give it a try.
Summary of House of the Dead
The game has just begun!The usual slasher-movie teens charter a boat to attend a rave in Washington's San Juan islands, find zombies there, and splatter their guts all over the place. House of the Dead shows early promise when the boat captain is the dude from Das Boot (J?rgen Prochnow) and the mate is the inimitably weird Clint Howard. Alas, things devolve from there. The movie includes frequent flashes from its video game inspiration, not that we need much reminding of the obvious source. Amongst the rotten dialogue, bad acting, and gratuitous topless scenes, there's one looooong shootout sequence in the middle of the picture that should be the main attraction for fans of this kind of thing. Otherwise, it's at the level of every other slasher movie, video game or no video game, in which stupid people do stupid things to keep themselves in harm's way. --Robert Horton
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