House of the Dead is "zombie movie" that is based on the video games, and is one of the lowest rated movies on IMDb. While I would never consider this movie a cinematic masterpiece, I would still watch and enjoy it more than many of the critically regarded "top films", any day of the week. It is directed by Uwe Boll; 'R' rating is for violence, gore, language, and nudity.
**spoiler alert**
The film is about a group of friends who venture out to an island for a rave party, and upon their arrival discover the island is overrun with zombies. The captain of their boat named Kirk (Jurgen Prochnow) - yes there was a pun intended - turns out to be a gun runner, so the few remaining survivors from the party and from the boat grab as many guns as they can carry and proceed to a spooky looking old house to "make a stand" against the zombie onslaught. A little history is learned about the zombie leader, and by the end almost no humans or zombies survive the night.
There is very little in the way of a plot, although the history of the zombie leader was so what interesting; the dialogue is borderline brainless, except for the puns and tongue in cheek humor; and the acting for the most part is more comical than dramatic. So what remains is a host horror movie cliches, a ton of gunfire, some explosions, and senseless nudity - which is exactly you should pick up this movie out of the discount bin for $1.99. The director stated during an interview that he wanted to make this a fun, adolescent, R rated adventure based on the video game, and I believe he completely succeeded. The action is decent, and the slow parts are filled with the aforementioned comedy, even though it was presented as trying to be serious - which then made the on screen product twice as funny.
Yes, there are better ways to spend 90 minutes, but there are many, many far worse films to watch than House of the Dead.
Trivia:
- 32 clips from the original arcade game are shown at various points in the film
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