House of the Dead (2003)

A group of college students travels to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies.

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Mark A. Altman (story) (as Mark Altman), Dan Bates (story)

Stars:

Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard

Bottom Rated Movies #8 | 2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonathan Cherry	...	Rudy
Tyron Leitso	...	Simon
Clint Howard	...	Salish
Ona Grauer	...	Alicia
Ellie Cornell	...	Casper
Will Sanderson	...	Greg
Enuka Okuma	...	Karma
Kira Clavell	...	Liberty
Sonya Salomaa	...	Cynthia (as Sonja Salomaa)
Michael Eklund	...	Hugh
David Palffy	...	Castillo
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Kirk (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Steve Byers	...	Matt
Erica Durance	...	Johanna (as Erica Parker)
Birgit Stein	...	Lena

Storyline

This film is a prequel to all of the The House of the Dead video games. Set on an island off the coast, a techno rave party attracts a diverse group of college coeds and a Coast Guard officer. Soon, they discover that their X-laced escapades are to be interrupted by zombies and monsters that attack them on the ground, from the air, and in the sea, ruled by an evil entity in the House of the Dead...

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Plot Keywords:

zombie attack | zombie | voyeurism | z movie | trash movie | 

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Taglines:

The game has just begun!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong violence/gore, language and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Salish, the name of Clint Howard's character, is also the name of a Native American tribe local to the Pacific Northwest.

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Goofs

(at around 12 mins) Matt watches his girlfriend swimming from the beach, but he disappears in wide shots. Her head partially obscures the view of the particular shot, but when she moves, only Matt's white trousers are visible on the beach.

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Quotes

Capt. Victor Kirk: [before blowing up the zombies] See you in hell, boys.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits play over video of the games, from both the arcade and Dreamcast versions, begining with the famous "You must stop Curien!" scene from the game!

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Alternate Versions

In 2008, Lionsgate has released a Director's Cut version of the film on DVD. The film was made into a comedy with new music, alternative scenes, outtakes and several overlay-commentaries, which is the reason for the subtitle "Funny Version" on the DVD's front cover. This works remarkably well, thanks to self-ironic, exposing humor (continuity-issues, plot holes, sub-par acting performances etc. are mentioned; partly a little dumpy, e.g. when fart noises are faded in).

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Connections

References Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

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Soundtracks

The Rotten Smell
Written by M. Burns / T. Brokeman
Performed by The Horror Boogies

User Reviews

quite possibly the worst movie ever made

This is one of the worst films I've seen. The only positive thing I can say is it was so bad that is seemed comical. First off, there's no plot. The actors appear to be reading off cue cards and do the dumbest things. Such as being chased by dead people but yet wanting to go out and look for their friends. Also the zombies were terrible, no where near as fun as any of Romero's work, who gets s plug in the movie. And the dumbest part of all was they kept showing flashes of the video game in the action sequences. Like we don't get the video game is about shooting zombies. Also, all the 20 somethings some how know how to use automatic weapons and hit a target without even aiming the gun. And the way the people die is so stupid. It's like they run out of ammo so stand around waiting to be jumped on. And when cornered in front of the house they run out of ammo instead of shooting the door open, So dumb.

FINAL VERDICT: If any of these actors appear in another film, then they've been blessed with a second chance. Definitely the worst film I've seen in years. A B-movie on cinemax is better.

Details

Country:

Germany Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

House of the Dead

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,500,000, 12 October 2003

Gross USA:

$10,249,719

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,818,181

Company Credits

Production Co:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Mindfire Entertainment, Brightlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1