House of the Dead

2003
R
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

2.1/10

39K

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Zombie Horror Action Adventure Horror

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

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IMDb RATING

2.1/10

39K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

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

Jay Brazeau

Captain

Adam J. Harrington

Rogan
(as Adam Herrington)

Colin Lawrence

Storyline

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Trivia
Reviews were so bad that Danish cinemas refused to show it.

Goofs
(at around 35 mins) In the boat shootout, the same zombie (with the net on his back) is killed four or more times.

Quotes
Rudy: You created it all so you could become immortal. Why?
Castillo: To live forever!

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!

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).

Connections
Edited from The House of the Dead (1996)

Soundtracks
Danger
Music by Oliver Lieb / Peter Zweier
Words by Mark Montague Jefferis
Performed by Codetrasher
Published by Copyright Control/Edition 2HZ/Warner Chappell/D.A.N. Music Publishing

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Featured review

1/10

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.