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Review: A group of young adults travel to an island for a rave party, but
find the island overrun with zombies. With the help of a few
well-armed individuals, the group fights to stay alive.
Based on the laughably low user rating at
IMDb, I was expecting the worst. House of the Dead is
truly an awful movie, but with such low expectations the tiniest
positives made it watchable.
Director Uwe Boll made one of the worst decisions in filmmaking
history by incorporating constant references and clips from the
House of the Dead video games into the movie. The clips detract from
the action and ruin the flow of the scenes. I've never played the
game, but it looks to be from the Castle Wolfenstein/DOOM-era of
first-person shooters. Good games for their time, but not major
motion picture material.
As for the positives, the action sequences are entertaining with
a ton of gun play and gory special effects. The amount of detail put
into the top-notch zombie makeup and costumes is impressive.
Another big positive are the attractive actresses,
some of whom get naked and one that doesn't (Ona Grauer). The eye
candy does earn House some points, but it's not enough to
push this slick-looking zombie flick into the neighborhood of
quality filmdom.
Also, how does Uwe Boll keep getting work? House of the Dead (2003),
Alone in the Dark (2005) and BloodRayne (2005)
have all received horrible reviews and yet Uwe has five movies in
production slated for release in the next three years.
Learn more: IMDb
DVD version viewed: House of the Dead (Artisan Entertainment,
UPC 012236148890)
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