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Adapted from the popular Sega arcade video game of the same name, director Uwe Boll's action horror effort finds a group of partying teens stranded on an island and doing battle with a new breed of un... read more read more...usually mobile zombies. Looking for a place to party away spring break, college students Cynthia (Sonya Salomaa), Greg (Will Sanderson), and Karma (Enuka Okuma) hear rumors of a rave on a remote island in the Seattle area. Rushing to catch the party boat, the teens pick up friends Simon (Tyron Leitso) and Alicia (Ona Grauer), but discover upon arrival at the dock that the boat has set sail without them. Offering a few dollars to a local captain to hitch a ride to the island, the teens reach their destination only to find it eerily silent with no party in sight. Things go from bad to worse when the group is attacked by a mysterious creature, and they are forced to seek refuge in an old dark house on the island shore. Subsequently running into a few familiar faces and learning to their horror that the rave had been overrun by a horde of terrifying zombies, the group must now make one final bid for survival over the course of a long, blood-soaked night. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Uwe Boll

Release Date: October 10, 2003

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    December 10, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Uwe Boll's zombie movie is one of the worst films in the history of cinema. Uwe Boll has gotten himself the reputation of being one of the worst Hollywood directors in history. Based on a popular video game, House of the Dead is a poorly made film that is beyond awful. House of t... read morehe Dead will disappoint harden zombie fans because this is poorly conceived trash. This film has one thing going for it, it's unintentionally humorous. This film is so bad, that it's hilarious. Uwe Boll actually placed video games scenes in his movie to give it a "video game" type feel. Instead, it's hilarious. The use of cinematography is criminal in this film. Now, I'm an epileptic, and whenever the camera started spinning, I had to cover my eyes because it felt like I was going to have a seizure. If you're looking for a good, entertaining zombie film, you won't find it here because Uwe Boll can't write an effective plot to his films (under the very rare occasion, he's managed to direct two or three watchable films). However, House of the Dead is not watchable, this is a film with no plot, and bad acting, bad special effects, and it feel like a sci fi channel made for TV movie. House of the Dead is yet another prime example as to why video game to screen adaptations do not work. Occasionally they do, but not in the case of Uwe Boll's House of the Dead. If you're looking for a good zombie action film, watch Resident Evil instead, and skip this film. You'll be glad you did.
  • DragonEyeMorrison
    October 9, 2011
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Stop spinning the fucking camera Uwe!
  • FilmFanatik
    September 24, 2011
    FilmFanatik
    Since its release, I've always written House of the Dead off as a terrible piece of celluloid that should never have been made. I have since gone back on that statement for a couple of reasons. Don't get me wrong though. I don't consider it to be any sort of a masterpiece, or eve... read moren craptastic. It still falls into the category of being an awful movie, but there are a couple of things about it that brought me around to it a little bit more. First of all, there are, in my opinion, very overt humorous moments built into the movie. You don't catch them the first time through because you're too busy focusing on how terrible the whole thing is. Second, it has Clint Howard and William Sanderson in it, so that's got to count for something. Third, it has Ona Grauer's amazing cleavage bouncing around at every turn. Fourth, it's a very good adaptation of the game. Some might call me crazy for saying that, but if you've ever played the game, you know how terrible the story, the story logic and the dialogue is in those games. This movie matches that successfully. It's not that Uwe Boll knew what he was doing or anything (Alone in the Dark proves that), but his lack of talent makes it all work somehow. I can't say that I'd want to stick this on very often, but I did find it slightly more enjoyable this go round and I guess that's the most positive thing I can say about a movie everybody is so negative about - including myself.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    June 4, 2011
    LoughnerWasLucid
    "Does anyone have... a cellphone?"
  • WrenchLT
    January 12, 2011
    WrenchLT
    Heard how bad this one was prior to watching it and it was every bit as bad as I anticipated... doesn't mean it wasn't fun though! I enjoyed watching its awfulness unfold before me. But to be fair it had a couple of impressively cool moments during the Matrix inspired epic shoot-... read moreout in the zombie graveyard. If you get enjoyment from hilariously bad movies than this is one of the best of them along with Shark Attack 3.
  • 366weirdmovies
    November 23, 2009
    366weirdmovies
    A bunch of attractive college students go to an island for a rave and find its been overrun by zombies created by an undead pirate, or something. Sloppily made, with no characterization and terrible continuity, but it's never boring, and the Matrix-style music video zombie slaug... read morehter is so overdone it plays like a parody of the first-person shooter mentality.
  • Stinger839
    February 2, 2008
    Stinger839
    this concept had so much promise, but like many video game licences, it translates poorly to screen
  • allan913
    January 18, 2008
    allan913
    Feels like over lone music video with bad action scenes and teriable zombies. Made me want to tear my eyes out.
  • Deano78
    June 3, 2007
    Deano78
    Pure popcorn fun all the way. Tongue in cheek horror based on the gun game, this is good fun.
  • DrZeek
    May 22, 2007
    DrZeek
    Rudy: You did all this to become immortal. Why?
    Castillo: To live forever!

    The first movie to unleash us to the masterful work of Uwe Boll. Ok, for a second there I thought my computer my explode for typing that. Uwe Boll is the Ed Wood of our generation. He makes terrible film... read mores, but is in no way dissalusioned to stop.

    While this film is terrible, it is hilariously terrible. There is a boat captain named capt. Kirk...ned I say more? Well I will.

    Adapted from the shooter-video game, we have an incredibly lame story involving some teens stranded on an island, forced to battle zombies.

    Alicia: Guys, check out this book. Looks pretty old, maybe it'll help us!

    There is plenty of gore, terrible acting and dialogue and an even worse story to follow. The movie even tries to be creative by having bullet time sequences and inserting video game footage into the movie.

    Why do I give it 2 and a half stars? Because it is entertaining. Why not more stars? Because I absolutely do not want to watch it again, but if I did, it wouldn't kill me.

    This movie is godawful in almost every way, but it is still fun to laugh AT.

    Jordan Casper: Who was that thing?
    Karma: Our best friend.
    Jordan Casper: Not anymore.

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J. R. Jones
January 8, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

Don't come looking for a story -- this is a hunt. Full Review

Bob Campbell
October 17, 2003
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger

Takes out a moviegoer's limbic brain and cerebral cortex. All that's left functioning is the reptilian brain, droning: Kill The Things. Kill The Things... Full Review

Loren King
October 17, 2003
Loren King, Chicago Tribune

Here is yet another video game transferred to film with little enhancement or development. Full Review

Scott Brown
October 16, 2003
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly

To properly convey the jaw-dropping shoddiness of this videogame-based 'horror' 'movie,' one must approach what scientists call Absolute Stupid. Full Review

Frank Scheck
October 15, 2003
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

Misbegotten horror movie adaptation of the best-selling video games.

Roger Moore
October 13, 2003
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Idiotically written, badly acted and directed, with Boll underlining the film's gory video game plot by intercutting video game effects into the slaughter, it's a staggering failure on pretty much eve...

Dave Kehr
October 13, 2003
Dave Kehr, New York Times

Cutting around frantically in a vain attempt to stir up some energy, the director, Uwe Boll, drops in occasional images from the video game itself, as if he were subliminally trying to remind ticket b... Full Review

Lou Lumenick
October 13, 2003
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

You'd be hard-pressed to find a duller, more incompetent -- and less scary -- flick with cheesier effects in a remainder bin crammed with direct-to-video horrors.

Kevin Thomas
October 13, 2003
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

There's scarcely a whiff of originality in the zombie horror picture House of the Dead, but Uwe Boll has directed it with enough energy and style that it adds up to passably mindless if grisly fun. Full Review

Gary Dowell
October 13, 2003
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News

Even connoisseurs of bad movies will find little to enjoy in this one. Full Review

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