House of the Dead – ABC Film Challenge – Video Game Movies – H – House of the Dead – Movie Review
Director: Uwe Boll
Writer: Dan Bates, Mark A Altman (Screenplay)
Writer: Dave Parker, Mark A Altman (Story)
Cast
- Jonathan Cherry (Goon)
- Tyron Leitso (Wonderfalls)
- Clint Howard (The Waterboy)
- Ona Grauer (Elysium)
- Ellie Cornell (Halloween 4)
Plot: A group of college students travels to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies.
Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: House of the Dead starts when a group of college students looking to party find themselves paying a rogue sailor to get them to the island. Once they get there, the group find the rave abandoned and start going in search of answers.
After they explore, they start discovering the secret of the island. Meanwhile, officer Casper (Cornell) is hunting down the rogue sailor. However, everyone must come together to fight back against the zombies overrunning the island.
Verdict on House of the Dead
House of the Dead is an action horror following a group of college students trying to get to the years biggest rave. However, once they arrive at the island it is meant to take place on, they find themselves needing to fight against zombies. It becomes a battle to survive against the undead hordes.
This is a notoriously unpopular movie that people love to bash. While it is far from being great, it does seem to understand the chaos of what the arcade style games offered. This ends up being a movie you can have a silly amount of fun with just how bonkers it is. You could easily watch this as a late-night horror movie.
Final Thoughts – House of the Dead is a bonkers late-night horror movie.
