2017/10/05

Bottome 100 Movie Review: #28 House of the Dead



Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whenever it is you have come across this entry.  I am returning the realm of expected bad movies today (9/19/17) as I am checking the 2003 flick House of the Dead.  It stars Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso and Clint Howard.  "A group of college students travel to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies." To quote the late Roddy Piper, sweet baby Jesus, this is a Uwe Boll flick?!?!  While I like a few of his films he does not have a good record at all, especially with video game franchises!  Well I cannot delay it any longer (which isn't true, I mean it is my choice to punish myself with these bad movies after all).  Lets go check out...uggg....House of the Dead!

  • You can bet there will be a lot of gore in this flick as Boll loves his gore
  • Nice Sega reference....or actually huge product placement
  • Does Clint have a hook for a hand?
  • Good grief, it starts bad...and we have a Capt. Kirk joke...fantastic
  • It is too bad that he is in this flick because Jürgen Prochnow is a good actor.  Loved him in the audio book of World War Z, one of my favorite parts
  • Takes off her top but not her underwear?  Wonder why that would be....I mean besides movie rules
  • Pointless boobs underwater shot there
  • Probably shouldn't be watching this flick at work
  • Matt just disappeared with nothing left behind, not even a struggle, weird
  • More toplessness for no reason
  • Yes he went into the crypt, I mean why wouldn't someone go into a crypt on a mysterious island graveyard!  I love movie logic
  • Ah yes now the zombies have found the "rave"
  • WTF?  Random video game clips?
  • They don't find it weird that NO ONE is at this "rave"
  • groove to funky tunes?
  • Yes more video game clips, can't figure out how this is a bottom 100 flick
  • They sound more like beasts then zombies
  • There are a lot of video games that could be movies but House of the Dead, a shooter on rails was low down on my list
  • Yes, keep filming the entire time
  • There are zombies attacking people, you hear someone pounding on the turned over portajohn and you open it?
  • These zombies die from body shots?  What are the rules of this flick?
  • Now they run?  And I hate running zombies
  • So is Capt Kirk dead?
  • Nope there he is...and there he goes :(
  • Uggg, the use of shake first person cam is enough to get this in teh bottom 100
  • Ah yes, the gearing up scene followed by video game clips
  • I think that was actually a zombie out to the game!
  • Also they have the Hershal unlimited ammo cheat!
  • WTF was that zombie doing?
  • Where did the dead find all these melee weapons?
  • Why go in the cabin, you seemingly can take them just fine, killing 3 or 4 with one bullet even
  • Also these zombies LOVE to jump
  • Its a zombie not a T-Rex there Malcolm
  • Oh the karate American Flag Wearing girl goes down
  • They ate her legs that fast?  That is going to get you sick zombies
  • So bites don't turn you?  Again what are the rules?
  • Yes, now is the time to make out...wait...they dead are cleaning up their own?
  • More making out as they are near the dead
  • Where did they find more ammo? 
  • He dropped a bullet, that will cost him
  • So they were in this house the entire time before and never looked around?
  • So these things aren't really zombies as much as undead.  I know it seems the same but it isn't!
  • Howdy Rudy get in front of everyone?
  • I don't think that is how gun powder works, but I can't say for sure
  • Yes, follow the weird cloaked person
  • Nice, a great skin mask
  • Owe loved this 360 cam and slow motion
  • Why isn't she bleeding?
  • Oh, there is a little blood there
Well that was as bad as I expected.  Or what I expected.  The 2 on IMDB is perfect for this flick and it all falls on Boll's head.  The actors did what they could but when you have a director that goes for sizzle instead of steak this is what you get.  

I cannot say anything stuck out as horrible but nothing stood out a good.  The writing was bad, the acting at time was bad, it was a glorified stunt show most of the time actually.  Zombies jumping and using axes (I know it is in the game) explosions randomly or because why not throw a grande without telling the others.  

I can't say to watch this, it is not the kind of bad that it is enjoyable, it is just bad.

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