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hatefuldisplay
04-04-2004, 11:25 AM
Hmmm. I just watched this for the first time. I know, I'm slow on the uptake... this time. Anyway, I enjoyed some parts of this film and the overall idea behind it. I'll probably even watch it again. The whole time I watched it, I kept thinking that it could have been a good ****ing movie. What went wrong?

First, the game footage thrown in was complete crap. It may have been alright during the opening credits, but not during a battle scene.

Next thing, the people heading to the rave all became ninja assassins. The big battle was ridiculous. The heroes were stomping zombie ass everywhere and would put most special forces units to shame with their fighting ability.

I enjoyed the first big fight to an extent. That was until Liberty began throwing out her best Jet Li impersonation. Maybe I could have let that slide if not for the rest of the cast being ninjas as well.

Next.... man the black chick was ugly. Get a new actress please.

The fourth change would be to let the heavilly tattooed female DJ survive and kill off every one else. OK. Maybe that one could be skipped.

The last thing I would look at changing is the captain. He was screwed up and had to be placed on a table. Suddenly he gets up, walks outside, and shoots his former first mate. Nice adrenaline rush guys.

I think with Hatefuldisplay's changes, this could have been an awesome movie.

Jason Voorhees
04-04-2004, 11:40 AM
*Possible Spoilers*


First off was the terrible acting by everyone in the movie. Especially Ron Howards brother.

Next was the terrible storyline. I mean the captain just happened to have an arsenal on the boat ready for the zombie outbreak?

Speaking of the zombies. They seem to be gymnists that could leap like the Hulk. The make up was decent, but it didn't make up for their world class speed and jumpimg ability.

Last, but not least was all of the damn bullet time. Does every character need their own bullet time moment? Just when the action was getting going they would stop it for a slow mo bullet time or karate scene.

I say scrap the whole thing and start all over with new writers and a new director.http://www.allthingszombie.com/images/jvsmily.gif

hatefuldisplay
04-04-2004, 11:45 AM
Oh shit, I forgot about the big battle problem with the characters suddenly having different weapons in their hands.

OK, maybe the more I think about it, the worse it gets. :lol:

But, the arsenal on the boat was because the captain was a smuggler. But, wouldn't a smuggler have crates of illegal weapons as opposed to a crate filled with some legal and some illegal stuff?

Bad Zombie Night
04-04-2004, 12:24 PM
* * * GET LOST - SPOILERS * * *

Yeah, I agree with everything JV said.
Zombies with 60" vertical leaps? geeesh!
Just imagine, if someone on the movie set, took away their trampoline? The zombie actors, would probably have their knee caps shoved up into their lungs. And, what was the deal with all of those video game CG's? If that didn't take the cake, the absolute worst thing about the film, was when they told you at the beginning, that none of them were gonna survive. I forget now, who was rehashing the story then?
I think Zombie Lake was a little better. At least there, I got to see some skin.
BZN 8)

hatefuldisplay
04-04-2004, 12:42 PM
I think Zombie Lake was a little better. At least there, I got to see some skin.
BZN 8)There was nudity in House of the Dead. Not bad either.

Teh_Zombeh
04-04-2004, 12:43 PM
I like dawn 2004.

hatefuldisplay
04-04-2004, 12:58 PM
I like dawn 2004. Yes, and I like medium rare steak. What exactly does this have to do with House of the Dead?

Dead Kev
04-04-2004, 01:14 PM
I say scrap the whole thing and start all over with new writers and a new director.http://www.allthingszombie.com/images/jvsmily.gif

Agreed. The script was terrible, which is actually surprising considering that Dave Parker was on it. I thought he did a much better job on The Dead Hate the Living. It was predictable, too much bullet-time, and Uwe Boll is a complete hack as a director. If you don't believe me, watch how horrible Alone in the Dark will be...

the_klenzer
04-04-2004, 01:19 PM
It sucked because the director is visionless and untalented.

Uwe Boll (from IMDB.com)
"As a child, he produced a number of short films on Super 8 and video before beginning his studies as a film director in Munich and Vienna where he also studied literature and economics in Cologne and Siegen. Uwe graduated from university in 1995 with a doctorate in literature. From 1995 - 2000, he was a producer and director with TaunusFilm-Produktions GmbH. Dr. Boll is currently Chief Executive Officer of Bolu Filmproduction and Distribution GMBH which he founded in 1992. In 2000 Uwe founded Boll KG and continues to direct, write and produce feature films."

That his professional BIO. Squat.

I try not to trash other people in this profession, because I know how hard it is to even make a movie in the first place, but Uwe Boll really is a bad director. This movie had great potential, but was bloody awful. I'm not sure, but I think his company produced it and he attached himself as director. It was shot here in Vancouver, I'm sorry to say.


PS, he must have a hard-on for Clint Howard, he's had him in 3 of his last 4 films.

Bad Zombie Night
04-04-2004, 02:03 PM
I think Zombie Lake was a little better. At least there, I got to see some skin.
BZN 8)There was nudity in House of the Dead. Not bad either.

Yeah, but my eyes hurt so much, I missed most of it.
Maybe, I'll wear protective eye wear next time.

RIP
04-04-2004, 02:53 PM
I hated House of the Dead. I can't believe that I bought the stupid dvd. It was horribly acted and the whole movie in general was just stupid. At the beginning the narrator told you who was going to die in it, why? I hated it and don't reccomend it at all.

Ravenheart
04-04-2004, 04:32 PM
The first time I saw it I didn't like it but after a second viewing,I liked it a little better.Not the best but not as bad as I first thought.

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 04:37 PM
I didn't find this movie to be as bad as most people. My only complaint was that it was trying too hard to impress video game fans, as opposed to us horror geeks. All that video game footage was just ridiculous. I thought it had some decent gory moments as well as some pretty cool shambling zombies. People knock the running, jumping zombies but you have to remember that they were the ravers; they were still freshly dead. Oh, and I didn't care for the fight with the evil, undead Spaniard at the end. Other than that, I actually enjoyed the movie. It's not the worst I've ever seen.

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-04-2004, 06:06 PM
I love a man with a PhD.

What a shame he sucks so badly. I would rather die a thousand deaths than have to be subjected to House of the Dead again. Seeing the springboard that launched one of the zombies into the air was like an icepick in my spine. No, not even a docorate in Lit can save him for me.

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 07:52 PM
What a shame he sucks so badly.

Um, ok. :roll:

Trust me, doll. When you've seen as many crap flicks as I have, House of the Dead seems relatively tame in comparison. Take out all the video game scenes and situations and it wouldn't have been half bad.

Sadogoat
04-04-2004, 07:55 PM
I'm glad to say I've never seen the film. I don't normally listen to critics, but with this particular movie, the message has been loud, clear, and pretty much universal among all reviewers I've come across....

RIP
04-04-2004, 08:02 PM
I'm glad to say I've never seen the film. I don't normally listen to critics, but with this particular movie, the message has been loud, clear, and pretty much universal among all reviewers I've come across....

You are very lucky to have never seen this film. You would loose brains from it I tell ya. :lol:

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-04-2004, 08:10 PM
Trust me, doll. When you've seen as many crap flicks as I have, House of the Dead seems relatively tame in comparison

Well, guy, I am one of the few and proud (sort of) who has seen the movie Splatter Farm. Once you've been subjected to something like that, you'd think nothing could phase you, but House of the Dead did more than phase me, it traumatized me. :wink:

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 08:24 PM
Have you seen, Ax'Em, Gogo? Out of all the movies I've seen, this is the one that just jumps out at me as extraordinarily bad.

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-04-2004, 08:26 PM
No, Poha Sith Lord, I haven't seen it. You know, we should start a really bad horror flick thread elsewhere...I think I'll do that right now. :mrgreen:

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 08:28 PM
Sounds good, I mean, bad. You know what I mean. :mrgreen:

Post the link to that thread here if you don't mind.

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-04-2004, 08:34 PM
Go find it yourself you lazy bastard. It's not like you have to sort through anything to find it!! :lol:

I'm kidding...it's right here:

http://www.allthingszombie.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=75

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 08:55 PM
Thanks, dear. You know something? You're alright. I don't care what Deadguy and Jason say about you. :evil:

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-04-2004, 08:58 PM
yeah...don't think I'm not aware that you all PM each constantly, talking trash about me... :-|

:cry:

I'm alright...no, really...I'm fine...

**sniff**

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 09:01 PM
Nah, we don't talk trash. We just speculate to each other about how good in bed we think you'd be. Oh, Kev claims to know from experience. :P

Doc_Horror
04-04-2004, 09:05 PM
If we can get back to that piece of monkey crap that was House of the dead,put it this way House of a thousand corpses was like the original NOLD compared to house of dead :x

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 09:14 PM
Wow, you must really hate HOTD. :)

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-04-2004, 10:40 PM
Nah, we don't talk trash. We just speculate to each other about how good in bed we think you'd be. Oh, Kev claims to know from experience.

You can't fool me, Sith Lord, I know it's just you who thinks about that and you're a pervert, so what else can I really expect? :wink: And as for Kev, I don't think he mentioned the fact that it was fully clothed and the thing that I'm good at in bed is actually playing checkers. :?

House of a thousand corpses was like the original NOLD compared to house of dead

Ouch!

Darth Abominus
04-04-2004, 10:59 PM
You can't fool me, Sith Lord, I know it's just you who thinks about that and you're a pervert, so what else can I really expect? :wink:

You're right. I admit it.

<===== ATZ's resident perv :evil:

Mola_Ram_loves_kali_ma
04-04-2004, 11:58 PM
It sucked on so many levels. It had no redeeming qualities IMO. The acting was awful, the zombies were terrible, there were no decent death scenes, no sympathetic characters. The writers and director could have done much more with the story line and main villain had they really wanted to have actual character development. I give it points for having Clint Howard and Jurgen Prochnow :?

Lasakon
04-05-2004, 02:16 AM
I didn't find this movie to be as bad as most people. My only complaint was that it was trying too hard to impress video game fans, as opposed to us horror geeks. All that video game footage was just ridiculous. I thought it had some decent gory moments as well as some pretty cool shambling zombies. People knock the running, jumping zombies but you have to remember that they were the ravers; they were still freshly dead. Oh, and I didn't care for the fight with the evil, undead Spaniard at the end. Other than that, I actually enjoyed the movie. It's not the worst I've ever seen.
I would hardly call randomly inserting 2 second long clips has "trying to impress".
I agree with you that the movie would be twice has good had it not "Took the easy way out" by just placing a bunch of clips from the game. If they wanted to make a House of the dead movie you figure they would actually use the franchise in a good way.

Darth Abominus
04-05-2004, 09:55 AM
I give it points for having Clint Howard and Jurgen Prochnow :?

Finally something positive. I gotta agree with you. I love Howard. He's the quintessential weirdo.

~HorrorCore~
04-05-2004, 05:19 PM
Finally something positive. I gotta agree with you. I love Howard. He's the quintessential weirdo.

Amen JP... errrr DA... Clint Howard is a badass. Did you guys see the MTV awards when he got the lifetime achievement award? Hilarity as always....

Darth Abominus
04-05-2004, 06:25 PM
Yea, I saw that. It was well-deserving. I think when they do the HOTD sequel, they should bring Howard back but in a different role. Kind of like how in ROTLD 2 they brought James Karen and Thom Matthews back. I'd make Howard be the unlikely hero of HOTD 2, though. :)

the_klenzer
04-05-2004, 06:50 PM
Damn, just before the Forum Holocaust of '04, I posted a medium sized rant about how the director Uwe Boll sucks is mostly incompetent. I don't feel like re-writing it.

I'll sum it up:

Director Uwe Boll should not be directing movies. Instead, he should be doing something more up his alley, like stacking cans of beans at a grocery store. I don't rip on directors very often, but he completely f-ed up a movie with lots of potential. Plus he's directing the sequel, and I think ALone In The Dark.
sigh

Darth Abominus
04-05-2004, 08:11 PM
So what did everyone think about the DVD extras that included Tom Savini and George Romero? Funny how they would let their names be attached to a movie such as this that really strikes a negative chord with their fans. :)

RIP
04-05-2004, 08:14 PM
So what did everyone think about the DVD extras that included Tom Savini and George Romero? Funny how they would let their names be attached to a movie such as this that really strikes a negative chord with their fans. :)

You know what, I don't think I even watched the special features on House of the Dead cause I was so pissed off that it was a horrible movie and wasted my money on it. :lol:

I guess I do need to check it out, lol. :mrgreen:

hatefuldisplay
04-05-2004, 08:15 PM
So what did everyone think about the DVD extras that included Tom Savini and George Romero? Funny how they would let their names be attached to a movie such as this that really strikes a negative chord with their fans. :)I think they feel the way most of us do: Any zombie movies are worth watching at least once.

Darth Abominus
04-05-2004, 08:20 PM
Maybe Romero saw it as a way to alienate his fans. Maybe he wants an excuse not to do another Dead movie. :shock:

hatefuldisplay
04-05-2004, 08:28 PM
Well, I don't think Romero or Savini gave their opinions of the House of the Dead. Perhaps they were interviewed before the movie was made......

Darth Abominus
04-05-2004, 08:59 PM
Well, I don't think Romero or Savini gave their opinions of the House of the Dead. Perhaps they were interviewed before the movie was made......

Yea, that's more likely. I don't think they'd willingly have given interviews if they'd known how poorly this movie was going to be received by their fans.

hatefuldisplay
04-05-2004, 09:45 PM
I certainly hope they wouldn't have.

The film did give nods to Romero at least. You have to give credit for that. Unfortunately, they nod a bit too much in my opinion. Trying to ride on his coattail or something. I think just sticking to the zombie geek with the camcorder would have been enough...

Darth Abominus
04-05-2004, 10:56 PM
I certainly hope they wouldn't have.

The film did give nods to Romero at least. You have to give credit for that. Unfortunately, they nod a bit too much in my opinion. Trying to ride on his coattail or something. I think just sticking to the zombie geek with the camcorder would have been enough...

I agree. Unfortunately, the geek didn't last very long. I figured he would have. :)

The One Man Atrocity
04-06-2004, 04:55 AM
Get this...

Last year at the Wondercon in SF, they had an independant filmmaker's forum, which included Mark Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett of "Free Enterprise" fame. Altman was the writer and Exec Producer of HotD, and treated us to a special sneek of some footage and behind the scenes material.

It was hilarious for one reason...it was clear that Uwe Boll was a hack, and that everyone knew it! Altman seemed quite embarrased of the footage, and was quick to poke fun at his director, trying to be as nice as he could without being slanderous. The "behind the scenes" material featured interviews with Boll that were almost incomprehensable, and they really did make him look the fool that his film proves that he is.

hatefuldisplay
04-06-2004, 05:38 AM
How the hell is someone like Boll getting the big budgets? Does he have relatives in the business or something?

And, the zombie geek should have survived and had a victory threesome with the Asian chick and the lead female. We all know that in real life, the zombie geeks will survive! :mrgreen:

Joe Ghoul
04-06-2004, 09:26 AM
I think Zombie Lake was a little better. At least there, I got to see some skin.
BZN 8)There was nudity in House of the Dead. Not bad either.

Just the scene where the redhead runs out before the house blows up (very end of the movie) is very impressive. This chick should be in every zombie movie from now on.

Darth Abominus
04-06-2004, 09:45 AM
How the hell is someone like Boll getting the big budgets? Does he have relatives in the business or something?

Someone should check his pants. If he has dirty knees then we know how he's getting the big money. :lol:

hatefuldisplay
04-06-2004, 05:43 PM
Oh, I forgot the soundtrack. Who the **** decided to play a lousy rap song during the big zombie battle?

:guns: genius who raises his hand :saw:

This isn't Boyz In the Hood, it's a zombie movie. Show some ****ing respect.

kmfdm56
04-06-2004, 05:53 PM
they werent even shooting the guns right just kinda throwing there at and acting like it

Darth Abominus
04-06-2004, 05:58 PM
Oh, I forgot the soundtrack. Who the f*ck decided to play a lousy rap song during the big zombie battle?

:guns: genius who raises his hand :saw:

This isn't Boyz In the Hood, it's a zombie movie. Show some f*cking respect.

I second that. There is absolutely never any reason to play rap music during a zombie battle scene. :x

~HorrorCore~
04-06-2004, 07:18 PM
See I didn't stay for the whole thing so I didn't know that they played any rap during the fights. I got to about the part where the zombies were swimming, that pretty much sold it for me...


:puke: Uwe Boll :saw: There is not enough fecal matter in the world to bury him under...

Darth Abominus
04-06-2004, 10:29 PM
How was the boobage in this movie? I don't recall very much. I remember that one chick that went swimming and then one of those chicks at the rave. Anyone else?

Joe Ghoul
04-07-2004, 06:16 PM
How was the boobage in this movie? I don't recall very much. I remember that one chick that went swimming and then one of those chicks at the rave. Anyone else?

Let me now demonstrate what a pig I am.

Check out the red head as she leaves the exploding house. She's bouncing so much, I'm suprised she didn't knock herself out. It all in slow motion, too, to draw out the bouncing. This has to be the hottest chick I've recently seen in a flick. She was wasted on this dog of a film.

hatefuldisplay
04-07-2004, 06:30 PM
Let me now demonstrate what a pig I am.
You fit right in with the rest of us. Oink. Oink. :mrgreen:

Joe Ghoul
04-07-2004, 07:11 PM
You would think that I would be resigned to the fact that I am a pig. The first inkling I had was the fact that I yell 'titties' at the top of my lungs whenever there is a naked boob on TV. I'm a really classy guy.

Darth Abominus
04-07-2004, 08:48 PM
Ok, so for the record, we now have 2 good things about HOTD, right? The chick with the tits and Clint Howard. :)

Mola_Ram_loves_kali_ma
04-08-2004, 01:47 AM
Yup, much better than having a chick with a d!ck. Although that has possibilities never before seen in a zombie flic.

hatefuldisplay
04-08-2004, 05:21 AM
Yup, much better than having a chick with a d!ck. Although that has possibilities never before seen in a zombie flic. :shock: Uhhh.... Gee, thanks for sharing that.

grifflik
04-08-2004, 08:58 AM
Yet another problem (toss it on the steaming pile along with all of the others) with the flick that bugged me was the "relevatory" comment at the end when the main character reveals that his last name is Curien. If you played the video game, fine. If you didn't it meant absolutely nothing. Stupid stupid stupid.

Oh yeah...and did anyone mention the completely uneccessary and unintelligle montage/flashback sequence the main male character has just after Liberty dies yet? What the hell was that?

Oh...and what about the fact that in a -zombie- movie we don't actually see a character get killed by zombies? The screen just goes red and the camera spins around them (a la video game sorta I suppose). WTF?

And I don't know about anyone else, but the lady cop reminded me of Ellen Degeneress with an M16. The main male character smacked of a bad "Zander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer" clone.

Jason Voorhees
04-08-2004, 09:00 AM
No more dick and tits talk! You little horn dogs. Why did HOTD suck!http://www.allthingszombie.com/images/jvsmily.gif

Darth Abominus
04-08-2004, 09:55 AM
Oh...and what about the fact that in a -zombie- movie we don't actually see a character get killed by zombies? The screen just goes red and the camera spins around them (a la video game sorta I suppose). WTF?

Yes, this was to please the video game fans, not us horror geeks. It's quite possibly the worst effect I've ever seen in any movie. :x

Cyber Bishop
04-08-2004, 10:14 AM
I have steered clear of this movie due to all of the bad PR about it..

Darth Abominus
04-08-2004, 11:00 AM
I just lent this to a buddy of mine at work. He really wanted to see it. I think he's going to enjoy it. This is the same buddy that thinks Jason X is the best horror movie ever made. :roll:

DeadDora
04-08-2004, 07:31 PM
I didn't think HOTD sucked that badly... I kinda liked the video game stuff... But then again, I liked COTLD too... :?

RIP
04-08-2004, 07:32 PM
I didn't think HOTD sucked that badly... I kinda liked the video game stuff... But then again, I liked COTLD too... :?


Ewwwww......COTLD :puke: :mrgreen:

Darth Abominus
04-08-2004, 08:11 PM
I'm with Dora. I didn't find HOTD that bad. COTLD, though, was awful. :)

Bad Zombie Night
04-09-2004, 11:10 AM
The only thing about HOTD, that was really awful, was those high flying, acrobatic Zombies. :zom1:
The wannabe Zombies, and those video gaming clips, is what really killed it for me.

Darth Abominus
04-09-2004, 11:23 AM
Yea, the video game clips were unforgiveable. Take those away and I would have given this movie one thumb up for sure.

Joe Ghoul
04-09-2004, 07:09 PM
I'm really proud of myself. For a second, the initials COTLD did not register with me. I think my brain is trying to completely eliminate all memories of this movie. I'll probably look at this post tomorrow and not remember posting it.

Darth Abominus
04-09-2004, 10:13 PM
I'm really proud of myself. For a second, the initials COTLD did not register with me. I think my brain is trying to completely eliminate all memories of this movie. I'll probably look at this post tomorrow and not remember posting it.

We won't let you forget, Joe.

COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD, COTLD! :lol:

grifflik
04-09-2004, 11:27 PM
Crappy
Often
Tacky
Lousy
Disk

Except for that Tom Savini bit in the beginning. That was OK. But only marginally so. Anyway, to get back on topic:

Hopelessly
Overused
Technical
Displays

Or/And

Horribly
Over-budgeted
Thoughtless
Dreck

Darth Abominus
04-09-2004, 11:50 PM
Clever shit, man. :lol:

Bad Zombie Night
04-10-2004, 12:59 AM
Yea, the video game clips were unforgiveable. Take those away and I would have given this movie one thumb up for sure.
Come to think of it Darth. Do you Remember Superman part 3, with Richard Pryor? When Lex Luthor shot the missiles at Superman, and they had that video game screen. The funny thing was, the video game sound effects were taken from the Atari 2400 Pacman game (Boy, that brings back some memories). hehehehe. :lol:


It just happen to pop in my head.... nevermind.

Darth Abominus
04-10-2004, 09:52 AM
I've seen Stuporman 3, but I don't really remember that part. I've chosen to block it out. It's probably my least favorite of the Superman movies. I even enjoyed Part 4 with its bullshit PC "give-peace-a-chance" message over Part 3.

DocZomby
04-11-2004, 09:23 PM
Why did House of the Dead Suck? Wow. if that's a question you need to ask, then you probably won't understand the answer. I'm sure these points have been touched on before, but here we go.

Bad costumes (conquistadores who look like guys in skeleton costumes because they ARE guys in skeleton costumes)

Over use of the "wrap around" camera shot.

Fast & decayed zombies (a bad mix :2cents: )

You can see the spring board that one of the zombies jumps with (somebody missed the editing class in film school)

No tension in the action sequences

There's probably a great deal more, but thankfully I seem to ave blocked it from memory. A feat I'm attempting to replicate with the zombie bird pecking scene in Zombie 3

Darth Abominus
04-11-2004, 11:26 PM
Fast & decayed zombies (a bad mix :2cents: )

People seem to cite this alot. But no one seems to get it. The reason there were both fast and slow zombies is simple. The fast zombies were the fresher corpses, the ravers. The slow, shambling zombies were the corpses that had been dead the longest. I thought it was one of the better aspects of the film.

DocZomby
04-11-2004, 11:40 PM
No no dude, I mean there were decaying zombies who were moving fast. It just didn't work. :naughty:

Darth Abominus
04-11-2004, 11:46 PM
No no dude, I mean there were decaying zombies who were moving fast. It just didn't work. :naughty:

Oh, ok. I got you now. :wink:

DocZomby
04-11-2004, 11:47 PM
So I may have missed your opinion earlier on the board, Did you enjoy HOTD?

Darth Abominus
04-11-2004, 11:51 PM
So I may have missed your opinion earlier on the board, Did you enjoy HOTD?

I thought it was okay, but not as bad as some people say it was. Some folks say it ranks down there with the worst zombie movies ever. I disagree. But I DO think it's the worst big-budget zombie movie I've seen in quite awhile. I liked Clint Howard's character. :)

DocZomby
04-11-2004, 11:52 PM
Which one was he?

the_klenzer
04-12-2004, 01:57 AM
Clint Howard was the shipmate, the one with the yellow rain slicker.

He's been in Uwe Boll's last 3 movies I think so maybe they are lovers.

Darth Abominus
04-12-2004, 02:45 AM
Clint Howard was the shipmate, the one with the yellow rain slicker.

He's been in Uwe Boll's last 3 movies I think so maybe they are lovers.

More likely UB owes his brother, Opie, some money. Maybe this is his way of paying off the debt. By giving Opie's retarded brother some work. :lol:

DocZomby
04-12-2004, 10:13 AM
That guy was poorly written just like the rest of the flick. The only difference is that he was SOPPOSED to be a lousy character IMO. It was SOOOOO shocking when he bacame a zombie. I didn't see that one coming at all. :x

Darth Abominus
04-12-2004, 11:15 AM
Yea, his parts usually are always poorly written. It's like no one takes the time to write him good shit. Oh well. At least he still has his MTV Lifetime Achievment Award. :mrgreen:

DocZomby
04-12-2004, 11:17 AM
That poor sap needs a new agent. :lol:

Darth Abominus
04-12-2004, 11:28 AM
He's actually pretty semi-popular with a huge cult following. I love him, myself. I'd like to see him in more starring roles. :D

DocZomby
04-13-2004, 02:09 PM
So if you were going to write a zombie star vessel for this dude would it be the one with Kathy Bates and Pam Anderson?

Darth Abominus
04-13-2004, 03:45 PM
OMG, that would be so funny. After a career of putting up with peoples' snide remarks and fits of laughter, he would finally get a love scene with a hot chick (Kathy Bates). :)

DocZomby
04-16-2004, 06:51 PM
Oh yeah, another reason HOTD stunk was that it had cheap T & A in it without actually delivering the goods. I resent that in a flick.

:x

Darth Abominus
04-16-2004, 06:56 PM
I thought the T&A was decent. What didn't you like about it? If anything, I thought there could have been a little bit more. But I was cool with it.

DocZomby
04-16-2004, 07:01 PM
That's my point. They gave us the tight outfits but didn't provide the running from the undead in terror while toppless shot.

It was like adding insult to injury. :x

Darth Abominus
04-16-2004, 07:05 PM
Topless running . . . . . :P

DocZomby
04-16-2004, 07:07 PM
So you see my point?

Darth Abominus
04-16-2004, 11:30 PM
No. I'm still thinking about bouncing boobies. :oops:

RIP
04-22-2004, 07:26 PM
There was T&A in House of the Dead? I must have feel asleep during that scene cause the movie was just boring. :mrgreen:

Darth Abominus
04-22-2004, 07:59 PM
Yea, there was a little bit. If you blinked (or fell asleep) you definitely missed it. :x

Joe Ghoul
04-22-2004, 09:19 PM
Again, this movie is the definition of wasted potential. The hot redhead, Ona Grauer I think, was crazy hot. I usually don't give a rats ass about nudity in a horror movie. If I want porn, I'll watch porn. However, she was so hot, and jiggled so much in the film, I felt let down when the credits rolled and she still had not gotten naked.

I realize this makes me sound like a pig, but she is the hottest chick I've seen in a movie in a long time.

Darth Abominus
04-22-2004, 09:43 PM
If you're a pig . . . . . . . . welcome to the sty! :mrgreen:


I agree with you about wasted potential. This was a kick-ass video game. It's a shame the movie dropped the ball.

grifflik
04-22-2004, 10:04 PM
Again, this movie is the definition of wasted potential. The hot redhead, Ona Grauer I think, was crazy hot. I usually don't give a rats ass about nudity in a horror movie. If I want porn, I'll watch porn. However, she was so hot, and jiggled so much in the film, I felt let down when the credits rolled and she still had not gotten naked.

I realize this makes me sound like a pig, but she is the hottest chick I've seen in a movie in a long time.

And Liberty didn't...um...liberate her barely concealed bosom, either!

Joe Ghoul
04-22-2004, 10:05 PM
I played the game drunk a few nights ago at a local bar. It was pathetic.

Fearless zombie killer, that's me.

If I were any of you, run as far away from me as you can during an outbreak. I usually do good at shooting games, but not now.

As for the movie, I just realized its on the table in front of me. I might watch it for awhile tonight. Some of the makeup wasn't that bad. Why did they do such a crappy job on the head zombie guy? It looked like something you would see at a haunted house ran by the local Lion's Club or something.

Dead Aim
04-22-2004, 11:47 PM
The movie has Clint Howard in it, so his cameos will make it tolerable.

I haven't seen the movie, but I kinda want too anyway.

Darth Abominus
04-23-2004, 10:18 AM
The movie has Clint Howard in it, so his cameos will make it tolerable.

I haven't seen the movie, but I kinda want too anyway.

That's how I feel. Clint is one of the most overlooked actors of the past 30 years. Ok, maybe not, but he's still fun to look at (and laugh at). You should go watch this movie, Dead Aim. You'll think it's bad, but I'd still like your opinion on it.

uriel
04-27-2004, 09:01 AM
Yup, much better than having a chick with a d!ck. Although that has possibilities never before seen in a zombie flic.

Not true...Wild Zero has a transexual...

:D

BTW, about the only thing that I liked about the movie was that they hired a bunch of girls with real breasts.
I work at a Nightclub, and I can't tell you disgusted i get loking at barbie dolls with fake boobs for 10 hours...

uriel
04-27-2004, 09:08 AM
Oh, I forgot the soundtrack. Who the f*ck decided to play a lousy rap song during the big zombie battle?

:guns: genius who raises his hand :saw:

This isn't Boyz In the Hood, it's a zombie movie. Show some f*cking respect.

I second that. There is absolutely never any reason to play rap music during a zombie battle scene. :x

Agreed.
Zombie movies should only ever have Cannibal Corpse songs...
Zombie Music from a Zombie-Oriented Band. ARGH!!!!!!

uriel
04-27-2004, 09:12 AM
If we can get back to that piece of monkey crap that was House of the dead,put it this way House of a thousand corpses was like the original NOLD compared to house of dead :x

HOTD was so bad, it makes the Dungeons & dragons movie look like Lord of the Rings...

A little zombie/high fantasy splice, but you get the picture of my opinion of the movie. I actually had a headache after watching it...ACK!

Dead Aim
04-27-2004, 09:28 AM
The movie has Clint Howard in it, so his cameos will make it tolerable.

I haven't seen the movie, but I kinda want too anyway.

That's how I feel. Clint is one of the most overlooked actors of the past 30 years. Ok, maybe not, but he's still fun to look at (and laugh at). You should go watch this movie, Dead Aim. You'll think it's bad, but I'd still like your opinion on it.

I think Clint is overlooked, he plays all these oddball roles (well all the movies I have seen him in are atleast) and he does them well. I'm glad he got that award on the MTV movie awards. I think it was the lifetime achievement award. He deserves it. Look at his page on the IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397212/) site. He has done alot.

Darth Abominus
04-27-2004, 10:15 AM
Me and my partner were talking about this at work last night. I let him borrow it a few weeks ago. He liked it so much that he's now actively looking to buy his own copy. :)

Bad Zombie Night
05-08-2004, 01:40 AM
I watched House of the Dead last night, just searching for some particular scenes. One of the things that made the film utterly ridiculous, was when the whole crew went up against the Zombies in that major battle scene. Suddenly, you had people who were totally unfamiliar with using small arms, and hand to hand fighting, instantly became seasoned combat veterans. That one little oriental chick named "Liberty," went from a party tramp, and turned into a Zombie ass kicking machine.
Another lemon award, has to go to the filming director. How many stop action, panoramic views, do you need in one filming sequence? If you were to cut out those alone, the movie would have been a half as long.

Darth Abominus
05-08-2004, 11:16 PM
One of the things that made the film utterly ridiculous, was when the whole crew went up against the Zombies in that major battle scene. Suddenly, you had people who were totally unfamiliar with using small arms, and hand to hand fighting, instantly became seasoned combat veterans.

That happens frequently in zombie movies, but it was so painfully overdone in this one. And the revolving camera thing was stupid, too. :roll:

grifflik
05-13-2004, 10:08 PM
Yet another point hit me this evening about the crappy plot that made absolutely no sense.

They tried to get to Kirk's boat, but there were lots of zombies.

So then they kill all the zombies on and around the boat.

Then, once the boat is clear, they wander back into the woods and abandon the boat.

WTF?

Okay, even if there WERE more zombies by/around the boat, they went into the woods and got Kirk's magic box of weapons. They could have dealt with any remaining zombies easily! Why the hell didn't they just go back to the friggin' boat and LEAVE?

But nooooooo...they decide its better to go back to the spooky house in the graveyard instead because it might be defensible.

Of course upon arriving and seeing it completely swamped with zombies, do they abandon this idea? I mean, does it make sense to plow through a horde of zombies in order to get to a defensible location IN THE CENTER of said horde of zombies? Of course it does!

MORONS.

DAMN this movie sucks!

Darth Abominus
05-13-2004, 10:17 PM
Okay, even if there WERE more zombies by/around the boat, they went into the woods and got Kirk's magic box of weapons. They could have dealt with any remaining zombies easily! Why the hell didn't they just go back to the friggin' boat and LEAVE?

Because then it would have been called Boat of the Dead. :lol:

Actually, that probably would have been better than this crappy story. :wink:

~HorrorCore~
05-16-2004, 01:20 PM
Amen brotha'...

Or Cruise Of The Dead at least then there would have been way more scandly clad women :D

RIP
05-16-2004, 02:10 PM
Amen brotha'...

Or Cruise Of The Dead at least then there would have been way more scandly clad women :D

Or it could have been called The Dead Love Boat starring Issac the Dead Bartender. :lol:

Darth Abominus
05-17-2004, 02:25 AM
Or it could have been called The Dead Love Boat starring Issac the Dead Bartender. :lol:

Yep, leave it to RIP to mention bartenders. :lol: :drinking:

Strongest Redfield
05-19-2004, 09:27 PM
HOUSE OF THE DEAD???

WORST FRICKING BIG BUDGET FILM EVER!!!

hatefuldisplay
05-19-2004, 09:43 PM
HOUSE OF THE DEAD???

WORST FRICKING BIG BUDGET FILM EVER!!!Hmmm. Worse than They? I'm not sure about that. It would be a good contest though.

corgi37
05-20-2004, 01:05 AM
All these negative comments have me enthralled. I'd like to see it, but as far as i know, it aint released here.

DocZomby
05-21-2004, 12:23 PM
It's great if you want to sit there and say "Holy sh!t this movie sucks!" and basic unexposed T & A. Nothing more though. Otherwise its...

:puke:

corgi37
05-22-2004, 09:51 AM
So, far, sounds good! lol. Hiring it is the way to go i reckon. Then i only lose about $5.00

...Boo...
05-22-2004, 11:16 AM
Even though it sucks ass, it still has a very cool head crush at the end. It was enough to lift it from bad to mediocre.......It's still better than Curse of the Cannibal Confederates, and just about anything else that Troma's done.

Darth Abominus
05-26-2004, 11:27 PM
Even though it sucks ass, it still has a very cool head crush at the end.

Definitely. All the haters seem to overlook this scene. I don't care what anyone says, that head-crush-scene kicks ass. :evil:

Zombie Hime
06-01-2004, 10:37 PM
I just watched House of the Dead for the first time...
Hmm..... I just have to say that I am glad I didn't pay to see this movie...

I like "House of the Dead" game though...

Kicken
10-10-2004, 09:31 AM
I watched this movie last night. This is definitely not the worst zombie movie ever! People who claim this, have obvious not seen COTLD! :puke:
This movie got exploding heads, all kinds of zombies, babes, nudity and Captain Kirk.
They should have left out the game footage! That was the worst part of the movie!

Ravenheart
10-10-2004, 10:22 AM
I didn't find it as bad as some people thought it was.The one main thing I didn't like about the movie was how they always cut in shots of the game.That wasn't needed.

JFAK075
10-10-2004, 01:05 PM
I think HOTD could have been a good movie. I REALLY wanted to like it. But I can not defend any movie that uses video game scenes to cut scenes. That's just about as bad as it can get. I purchashed the movie and gave it away as fast as I could. And the acting was really sub-par too. Just my two Lincolns.
-John

Zen Buddakhan
04-01-2005, 10:46 AM
I did not realise that this thread existed...and had made the mistake to rent this movie HOTD, which had been sitting on the shelves and I hadn't notice it. :doh:

Yes I agree with alot of the posted comments about this big budget turd! :poo:

And comparing this to other bad movies is not fair, as this one seemed to have an open cheque book, and Howard and Prochnow talents were wasted.

But I guess a crap director and bad writing plus worse editting job as well as poor sound engineering will always produce a sad end product.

Sure the actors perfomances were bad, but a lot of them do act okay on other canadian shows like Stargate,there lack of direction and unmotivated script affected there craft on HOTD.

Best part of the DVD:
1) Behind the scenes in make up effects.Actually very good makeup but lousy end use of zombie acting skills?

2) Looking at the expensive Bullet time multiple camera system on the set, only from a technical aspect, but waste of money for the ammout of pointless bullet time shots in the film.

3) Zombie graveyard main gun shooting scene behind the cameras, when the shot is taken and the director shouts CUT, one of the lead actors decides to shoot his gun in to the ground(Thank god) after all the crew and extras have wrapped and relaxed.

How they could have saved this movie?

1) Too many guns...limit the weapons.

2) Better script, hell better overall vision of improving whole project.

3) Possibly make it a comedy?

4) Replace some unknown actors with known Brits-Kiwis-Aussi actors?

5) Give the whole project to Peter Jackson? or Lee Tamahori (Bond director)

HOTD2 in production for 2006 :x dammit

Dr. Freudstein
04-01-2005, 11:24 AM
I have to say this is the worst zombie film I've seen, ok, it doesn't have quite the worst acting or poorest fx, but what annoys me more is that it obviously had a decent budget (which a lot of struggling directors could have used to better effect) and it was - wasted...

Perhaps if they'd actually included some reasonable gore it would have at least distracted me a little, rather than the cheap cut-scenes that are supposed to remind us that it's a game adaptation. But the most obvious example of this film's poor direction has to be during the graveyard battle when the second camera crew can be seen on screen shooting another actor's close-ups - did no one on the production spot this, or did they realise they had such a turkey on their hands they couldn't be bothered to re-shoot?

Perhaps an element of black comedy (ala From Dusk Till Dawn) could have injected some life into it, but I certainly agree with Zen regarding the amount of ordnance used during the movie, if any of us had that bullet to zombie ratio in real life we'd be seriously f**ked. However no amount of script changes can save a film with bad acting, any more than acting can save a film with a poor script.

JohnDRobinson
04-02-2005, 03:39 PM
Why did it suck?

Two Reasons:

Uwe

and

Boll

Zen Buddakhan
04-02-2005, 05:32 PM
Why did it suck?

Two Reasons:

Uwe

and

Boll
Yes Exactly! That guy should be banned from making movies..Period!!! :x

Ellis
04-03-2005, 04:19 AM
I wonder if the director cried when he saw the reviews this movie was getting...

:lol:

Till Next Time

Bad Zombie Night
04-03-2005, 03:05 PM
I wonder if the director cried when he saw the reviews this movie was getting...

:lol:

Till Next Time

I think he banged his head against the wall several times, once the box office returns came slowly trickling in. :x

Mr. Grey
04-03-2005, 06:54 PM
I hated House of the Dead. I can't believe that I bought the stupid dvd.
Well RIP, if you didn't buy then your title wouldn't apply. LOL

Zen Buddakhan
04-03-2005, 07:24 PM
I think he banged his head against the wall several times, once the box office returns came slowly trickling in. :x

And decided to make HOTD part 2? To reafirm his ego and status as a director! :x

Divided Soul
04-04-2005, 02:00 PM
Man things can be way worse try... Alien Zombie, or Necropolis awakening man those movies are the worst

EVIL_TONY
04-08-2005, 12:43 PM
Why did House of the Dead suck?

Because it is SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK!

:evil: :evil: :evil:

goesaround
04-16-2005, 03:24 PM
Well after hearing on the board how suck city this was I never sought a viewing. It came on t.v. I agree with the folks who said it was not that bad. When you are expecting the worst it had room to go up. I even kinda liked it. Of course it sucked. I laughed out loud when the police woman shows up . I was like what the F? But you know what? I liked it more the zombie 3 or 4. You want politically incorect? Admit you kinda liked this. Not spending a nickle on it 'liked' but 3 in the morning, insomnia kinda 'liked'.

SanElizando
04-16-2005, 04:16 PM
I actually kinda liked it... I certainly preferred it to Resident Evil Apocalypse which is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, so House of the Dead came as a bit of a shock. Sure, it has bad direction, bad acting, an awful script but... it had something that's kept me coming back for multiple viewings... :evil:

Perton
04-16-2005, 04:55 PM
God, this must have been one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Everthing about it was horrible. They could have done so much better.

Flesh-Aholic
05-21-2005, 07:22 PM
I know this has been hashed for a whlie now, (I'm pretty new to this site) but I just have to add my pennies here.

First of all, a bit of personal info here. I work in the projection booth at a theater. My 1st viewing of HOTD was the night before it opened. We prescreen all movies to inspect for any problems with the presentation (Visual/Audio). Film Inspection screenings for me (and most of the other people in this line of work that I've talked to) kind of put a damper on any movie. So I walked out of the theater after HOTD had finished playing thinking "I did not get paid enough to watch that piece of S***!". And that is the understatement of all time

After joining this site, and discovering this thread, I decided to give HOTD another chance. I know my 1st opinion was tainted because I was working when I first saw it. I borrowed it from one of my friends (the only person I know who has it, should have told me something right there), and watched it again last night. Or I should say I tried to watch it again. The only way HOTD could have been redeemed is if it had never been made.

First of all, (I know this is been brought up so many times bfore, but this is my rant) those damned video game sequences were way ****ed up! I mean, if you absolutely had to put them in a movie, at very least edit out the "demo mode" or "free mode" or whatever it was flashing at the bottom of the screen. Also, the slo-mo death sequences with the rotating camera sweep was another example of something that MIGHT have looked good on paper, (if you were on crack) but ultimately made an already unbearable movie just that much longer.

The director needs to be shot and disected for semen samples. Not his, but the people that he's taking loads in the mouth and @ss from to get any money or jobs directing movies. This is further reinforced by "Alone in the Dark". Said load shooters then MUST be hung by their sacks with piano wire, set ablaze with napalm, dropped from the Sears Tower onto a bed of 10 feet long spikes, and then shot. Overkill? Maybe, but I think we should make a clear example.

The actors/actresses all need to be sent back to school, work on TV roles some more, or give up period. I don't know about Clint Howard so consider him exempt from my wrath. For now. Although the hot red hed (don't remember name, sorry) could proly make a fortune in porn with that bouncing rack she has.

The editing errors (i.e. the springboard, close-up camera crew, and also a scene where the boom mics are on screen sporadically) are all things that should have been caught during editing/post production. Maybe they were. Maybe everyone realized by that point the movie wasn't worth the effort to go back and fix.

Keep in mind, everything above was what I thought of HOTD when I first saw it in the theater. I could post a **ckload more of gripes after seeing it again last night, but I've already gotten way more long-winded than I meant too.

Too sum up, HOTD is the worst movie I've ever seen. (Except maybe for Birth)

Zen Buddakhan
05-21-2005, 10:59 PM
Why did House of the Dead suck?

Because it is SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK!




Funny, with the female hotties in it, I think porno could save this film? :lol:
(Or maybe not?)

Slumlord
05-21-2005, 11:47 PM
Well just to make it quick. Stupid things in the movie which just ruined it:

The video game intro.

Matrix zombie jumping fifty feet in the air.

Zombies quietly and very stealthly running through the forrest yet when they reach the house they slow down and start shambling.

Teenagers fighting like highly trained marines.

But, I have seen worse so... I didn't mind that I only rented it.

Coldshot
06-01-2005, 07:36 PM
i liked the titties in it. thats about it. i think it sucked so much cause the zombies sucked. the only reason i watched it was cause the games where awesome and i saw george ramero in like an interview about the movie.

Bad Zombie Night
06-01-2005, 08:33 PM
Well just to make it quick. Stupid things in the movie which just ruined it:

The video game intro.

Matrix zombie jumping fifty feet in the air.

Zombies quietly and very stealthly running through the forrest yet when they reach the house they slow down and start shambling.

Teenagers fighting like highly trained marines.



Slumlord, those are excellent observations about why that movie sucked so bad... I agree with you on every point. :clap:

hatefuldisplay
06-05-2005, 12:17 AM
Slumlord, those are excellent observations about why that movie sucked so bad... I agree with you on every point. :clap:Trained Marines? I thought they were more like the SAS or Delta Force.

Anyway, I'm surprised this thread is still floating about. This was one of my first posts on the new board.

Bad Zombie Night
06-05-2005, 02:15 AM
Trained Marines? I thought they were more like the SAS or Delta Force.
Yeah... Even if you teamed up Arnie and Sly, I don't think the outcome would be that one sided.


Anyway, I'm surprised this thread is still floating about. This was one of my first posts on the new board.
People just enjoy battering the :poo: out of this movie, don't they?

Slumlord
06-05-2005, 11:59 AM
People just enjoy battering the :poo: out of this movie, don't they?

So much that when I looked at the DVD case for Alone in the Dark it states:

A Uwe Boll Film:

Alone In The Dark


I just laughed and sat the movie back down which is strange considering that I was a huge Alone In The Dark fan when it came out since it was my first taste of the 'survival horror' genre. I'm sure I'll rent it some day but I'm in no real hurry.

Emperor
06-05-2005, 01:16 PM
Well just to make it quick. Stupid things in the movie which just ruined it:

The video game intro.

Matrix zombie jumping fifty feet in the air.

Zombies quietly and very stealthly running through the forrest yet when they reach the house they slow down and start shambling.

Teenagers fighting like highly trained marines.

But, I have seen worse so... I didn't mind that I only rented it.

Good points. There are a lot of pokes in the eye like those but my main problems with the film are broader "conceptual" issues are:

1. The overly literal direction. You can nearly hear the mental cogs turning: "Must make film of House of Dead game" - there is little attempts to give it his own twist or to take the basic premise and run with it - he has made the game if he wanted t make it nymor like the game he'd have had to film someone playing it and then shown it. No vision, no flair - its nearly like you'd set a crude film making robot the task: feed data in, add live action, make film. Lets be honest Bio Zombie did a better House of the dead homage without going over the top.

2. It just doesn't feel like a zombie movie. The "zombie aesthetic" can nearly be tasted - you can sit in fortn of a zombie movie and even without the zombies appearing you'd be able to know that it is a zombie movie. This film is set up and plays out like a slasher movie - the only difference is that inside of a lone psycho stalking the woods or a group of inbred hillbillies it just happened to be zombies. Also you have to be able to engage with the group trapped even though you know most of tehm are going to be killed off but with that gaggle of vacuous himbos and bimbos it was impossible. It also shared other slasher similarities - you have sex you die, etc. And where was the darkness? Not the band but you know the night shadows in which drak shapes loom? That forest is so brightly lit, the local electrity supply may have been endangered. I've only seen it doen like that in some Honk Kong movies and they make sure they use a tonne of dried ice and tend to only have it for visual effects (so you can see action in silhouette at nigth) and keep the nasty things in the shadows (see Tsui Hark's films for examples). Its not grimey and dirty and dark - it has the odd feel of a themepark esp. the set in the approach to the hosue. You could imagine them sitting in a little box trundling past as animatronic zombies move in the background.

Granted I'm sure there are plenty of zero budget zombie movies out there which have bad acting, a crappy script, etc. but House of the Dead is flawed on a much higher level - I would have thought it would have been difficult to make a zombie movie which didn't look and feel like a zombie movie. Even with no script and just a couple of friends smothered in mud filmed on your mum's camera if you'd actually watched and enjoyed some zombie movies then you could actually make a zombie movie.

Boll tried (I assume) and failed.

But thats just my opinion. ;)

I also think the DVD extras are a dead giveaway - interview with Romero and Savini which don't really touch on the actual film to reel the zombie movie fans in. "Stacked for Zom-Bat" - pos. the worst/tackiest DVD extra ever - I was expecting them to all jump in the hot tub and start making out (I'm unsure if they cut that bit just before release).

King Robert
06-08-2005, 06:32 PM
House of the Dead, or House of 1000 Corpses, I forget which. The acting is poor, the characters are dumb, the plot is stupid and wholly lousy, and for some reason, some asswipe came up with the idea of sticking in clips from videogames, which is not only dumb and annoying but makes no sense whatsoever. Everybody do yourself a favour and don't rent that film. Instead, you should rent Jackass: The Movie. Crapping in a display toilet in public is true comic genius at its finest.

Divided Soul
06-08-2005, 11:23 PM
King Robert... I think your reign of sensless posts is ending soon..... instead of watching Jackass... try the original CKY series.

Darth Erroneous
06-11-2005, 08:41 PM
Because the Rave was sponsored by Sega and it lacked the usual fat guy twirling the glow sticks. The movie sucks but somehow it is in my collection... :x

jackskellington
06-12-2005, 12:05 AM
it lacked the usual fat guy twirling the glow sticks.

Ha!! That's awesome!!!

SGT. DEATH
06-28-2005, 06:40 PM
Just got this on DVD and although I seen this in the cinema I still got it even to just expand my collection.The thing I loved about this DVD was the documentary called Behind the house:Anatomy of the Dead.This featured GAR & Savini talking about the whole dead quadoligy along with F/X and other stuff. :drinking:

Darth Erroneous
06-28-2005, 06:59 PM
Just got this on DVD and although I seen this in the cinema I still got it even to just expand my collection.The thing I loved about this DVD was the documentary called Behind the house:Anatomy of the Dead.This featured GAR & Savini talking about the whole dead quadoligy along with F/X and other stuff. :drinking:

That's on there? I'll have to check that out when I get home! :lol:

devourthesun
06-28-2005, 08:33 PM
Im going to remake this movie. I swear, i could make a better "House of the Dead" with a budget of 100 bucks and video cammera.

And was i the only one who noticed the lack of recoil all the guns had?

God i hate this movie

Darth Erroneous
06-28-2005, 08:36 PM
Im going to remake this movie. I swear, i could make a better "House of the Dead" with a budget of 100 bucks and video cammera.

And was i the only one who noticed the lack of recoil all the guns had?

God i hate this movie
I love the cheap bullet time of the people firing the guns like they're stone statues! I can hear the techno music now...

Normal everyday rave partying teen + zombies + lots of guns = super commandos!

akira12
06-28-2005, 08:46 PM
Agreed.
Zombie movies should only ever have Cannibal Corpse songs...
Zombie Music from a Zombie-Oriented Band. ARGH!!!!!!

what about send more paramedics there super zombie oriented the call them selfs zombie-core

check them out http://www.sendmoreparamedics.com/SendMoreParamedics.htm

Preach
06-28-2005, 09:27 PM
I would rather watch "House of the Dead" than "Dawn of the Dead" 2004 anyday...really

The Blind Dead
06-28-2005, 11:30 PM
I swear, i could make a better "House of the Dead" with a budget of 100 bucks and video cammera.

Really? How so?

devourthesun
06-29-2005, 05:26 PM
1. Better cast. except ron howards brother, he can stay.
2. Better script.
3. Gore. Because gore fixes everything
4. Real F-cking Zombies (well not REAL zombies. though that would be cool)


Or

Film some one playing "House of the Dead"
Ten times more entertaining, and alot more swearing

jackskellington
06-29-2005, 07:01 PM
Making this movie kick ass is very simple. Put it on MST3K!!!

Chibi
07-29-2005, 09:03 PM
now...i just finished...and the word isnt WATCHING it is FLICKING through random bits of house of the dead on my pc.......now..my post name is a small clue on my current thoughts, frankly im going to watch it in full and challenge my self to think of 50 different reasons or thoughts about why this movie is the worst film i will see.
i know this is a forgotten subject but i mean jesus christ it was awful and i only watched about 15 minutes in total of clips.

i also found mr bolls comments on the reviews of his film


"
If you think that HOD is shit you are right in a way because it is cheesy but you are wrong in a lot of ways. First of all if you really see the move on screen or DVD you will recognize that the CINEMASCOPE look of the movie and the sound are absolutly A LIST and not one percent less quality as RESIDENT EVIL or UNDERWORLD. Second: What is the game HOUSE OF THE DEAD about ? It is a cheesy action shooter. And dont forget I made a movie out of that game. I did not made a ZOMBIE movie alone - I made a game based movie. So the game is an action shooter game where you kill zombies - and if you really compare my movie to movies like RESIDENT EVIL or UNDERWORLD then I dont know what you was waiting for? In HOD we have a lot of GORE and a lot of action. Much more as in Resident Evil. The big battle in front of the house with the MATRIX and TURN TABLE effects, over 100 blood effects and 11000 cuts in 13 minutes will be film history in a few years because in NO OTHER FILM EVER was a similar scene. Also Rodrigez or Tarantino ever made a scene like this escalating action scene in HOD. I really tried to make out of a teenage horror script a special new form of a videogame based movie. I'm not 100% satisfied with the result but it was the maximum what I could do with the budget and script. And what is really pissing me of is that a lot of real horrorfans (especially on Creature Corner, IMDB, Yahoo) are not able to see a difference and judge unfair"



HE COMPARES HIS FILM TO ANYTHING ACTION WISE TARANTINO HAS DONE........DEAR.......****ING.............GOD!!!! !!!!!!

ZombieMannXIII
07-29-2005, 09:07 PM
good luck with the list. I was lucky enough to miss this in theaters, but I did watch a little of it on some movie channel. They used footage from the game as gore efx. Oh the jaggies, how they jump from the screen and tear at my eyes...

HOO-HAA
07-30-2005, 05:34 AM
Mr Bolls sounds like a 12 yr old kid who's mum just told to go to bed...

WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! Why do I have to go to bed? WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! I want to make more shite movies before I go to bed! :cry:

SanElizando
07-30-2005, 06:05 AM
I'm going to go against the grain here and say that I actually enjoyed House of The Dead! Enough to buy? No, certainly not (but then again I do own Children of the Living Dead - so anything's possible). The film has it's flaws, sure but it entertained me for 90 minutes and that's all I could ask for.

Resident Evil Apocalypse on the other hand...

jackskellington
07-30-2005, 07:25 AM
HOTD over RE Apocolypse? That's like comparing Herbie the Love Bug to Ben-Hur. You must be outta your mind!! :)

hatefuldisplay
07-30-2005, 11:16 AM
I think Uwe is full of shit with his commentary. Certainly, if he had a script to go with, he can't be blamed for the dialogue and plot. But, the poor acting can't be forgiven. Hey, isn't that why you get to say, "Cut!" when you're a director?

As for the script, did it state that video game footage was to be inserted where it was? Did the script say the ravers were to turn into super ninja special ops folks at the first sight of zombies? Did the script state that during the scene outside the house would require the heroes to freeze and have different weapons appear in their hands than they had before the scenes began? Did the script call for a trampoline to be visible when a zombie jumped? If the answer to all of these questions is "Yes," well then Mr. Boll has been wrongly accused of masterminding this film. If not, he really has no room to claim his massive amount of creative genius was held back.

The other thing that catches me is this: If Uwe Boll is going to take shots at thefilm being made from a video game, why does he continue to make films that come from video games?

I own this film. I own tons of zombie stuff. It's far from the worse I've seen. Hell, I think I've watched it twice. But, that's saved for when I'm really bored.

Slumlord
07-30-2005, 02:02 PM
The other thing that catches me is this: If Uwe Boll is going to take shots at thefilm being made from a video game, why does he continue to make films that come from video games?

As long as he leaves Silent Hill alone. Not that I'm saying a Silent Hill movie won't be terrible but I don't want decomposing nurse meatbags going Matrix style on the hero. In House of the Dead, Matrix zombie really ruined it for me.

zombiekilling101
07-30-2005, 02:23 PM
lol, now your a man, for watching that shitty movie:)

I for one im looking forward to the next

nirvroxx
07-30-2005, 02:48 PM
thankfully, ive never seen this...and after hearing all the bad shit about it, i think i never will!

Chibi
07-30-2005, 06:25 PM
apperently on the bonus ( i guess that word is VERY loosely used ) materials he was showing clips of the Dday landings on saving private ryan and was comparing the action in that to his film..................WHAT A ****ING ****!!!!!!!!! HE IS USING THE MASTERPIECE WORKING OF MR SPIELBERG FROM A FILM WHICH IS TO SHOW HOW ****ING HORRIBLE IT WAS TO BE IN THAT WAR AND COMPARING IT TO HIS "LETS FLICK THE SCREEN OVER AND OVER AND SEE IF WE CAN CAUSE SOME FITS" FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOW ****ING INSULTING

Dead Remains
07-30-2005, 07:29 PM
As long as he leaves Silent Hill alone. Not that I'm saying a Silent Hill movie won't be terrible but I don't want decomposing nurse meatbags going Matrix style on the hero. In House of the Dead, Matrix zombie really ruined it for me.
its ok, the director Christophe Gans is making silent hill, and he's also made Necronomicon which is one of those hp lovecraft movies so he might be a cool director. and sanelizando, leave re apocalypse alone. i might be one of the few who actually liked that movie but i never have argued about it because i can see why people didn't like it but do not, i repeat DO NOT say that hotd was better because that is just wrong!

zombiekilling101
07-30-2005, 10:16 PM
I'd say RE2 and HOTD are on par with each other, they both freakin suck and are lame additions to the zombie genre.

9th Lv. Paladin
07-30-2005, 10:55 PM
HOTD over RE Apocolypse? That's like comparing Herbie the Love Bug to Ben-Hur. You must be outta your mind!! :)
Okay, I haven’t seen HOTD yet (games fun though) But it'd have to be REALLY bad to top RE apoc, I mean, that movie sucks harder than Kirby. (Come on, you know you love him :) )

Zombie Survivor
07-31-2005, 06:36 AM
Well, I liked this movie very much and it's standing on my DVD-shelf...

jackskellington
07-31-2005, 06:55 AM
Well, I liked this movie very much and it's standing on my DVD-shelf...

It takes different strokes to move the world!! :)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/th_garycoleman.jpg (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/garycoleman.jpg)

JohnDRobinson
08-01-2005, 03:40 PM
I enjoyed this film. I rented this and Cabin Fever on the same day and I enjoyed House of the Dead more (on it's first viewing). Since then I've fallen in love with both Cabin Fever and Eli Roth :oops:, but that's another story.

I am partially biased because Uwe Boll did help me when it came to my screenplay, School of the Dead. He gave me some helpful hints for distribution and producers so he's not all bad. I think the ambition of House of the Dead far outweighs it's quality. Boll was trying to make the next generation Night of the Living Dead, he failed. But I enjoyed it because it was goofy. Because it was lame. It didn't respect the laws of zombie-dom and that excited me. Much like 28 Days Later. Much like the Dawn remake. Boll went for a three-pointer and missed. Big time. But I appreciate someone stepping behind the line instead of taking the easy two. When Dawn and Days Later succeeded, House failed. It's really the ambition that gets me interested.

Like all good zombie movies and one of the reasons I like it is the silliness. The game footage didn't bother me. The spinning cam didn't bother me either. I loved the shootout in front of the house.

It's stupid fun. Answering the question: Why did House of the Dead suck?

I don't think it did.

SanElizando
08-01-2005, 04:51 PM
It's stupid fun. Answering the question: Why did House of the Dead suck?

I don't think it did.

I have to agree. It IS stupid but for 90 minutes (or so) it entertained the hell out of me (far more than Resident Evil Apocalypse EVER did). Uwe Boll certainly had ideas above his station but at least he went out there and tried. Gotta give the guy respect for that at least...

Or maybe it's just me! :loon:

EDIT: Wow, forgot I'd already posted on this...

Darth Erroneous
08-01-2005, 08:32 PM
I always thought it was decent film. However, I've found that it's more obnoxious and annoying the more I drink...the exact opposite of every other film I've seen while drinking.

Ark
08-02-2005, 04:30 PM
I only saw the first half hour or so, then the disk messed up. Overall, pretty lame, but entertaining in it's lameness. It followed that same basic slasher movie formula:

If You Have Sex, You Will Die In Some Pointless, Bloody Way.

It was entertaining in it's lameness, though, especially the "Twilight of the Dead" crack.

Darth Erroneous
08-02-2005, 04:38 PM
Did you get to see the part when they all become bad @$$ commandos blowing zombies away with the heavy artillary? :machgun2:

zombiekilling101
08-02-2005, 06:10 PM
Did you get to see the part when they all become bad @$$ commandos blowing zombies away with the heavy artillary? :machgun2:

how couldnt we:loon:

my favorite bad part in the "movie" is where that one pretty boy goes off wtih that chick cop, and she gives him a fresh loaded gun, he runs away, shoots twice, and is out of ammo!

Darth Erroneous
08-02-2005, 06:19 PM
how couldnt we:loon:

my favorite bad part in the "movie" is where that one pretty boy goes off wtih that chick cop, and she gives him a fresh loaded gun, he runs away, shoots twice, and is out of ammo!
I never caught that! That ranks up there with Savini's part in Children when his gun runs dry and miraculously has a new magazine loaded without ever doing so.

zombiekilling101
08-02-2005, 11:29 PM
I never caught that! That ranks up there with Savini's part in Children when his gun runs dry and miraculously has a new magazine loaded without ever doing so.

that movie is in my cart over at amazon, waiting to order it.

Rookie
08-03-2005, 08:18 AM
I went to the movie's with my father when HOTD came out.. It was either house of the dead or the texas chainsaw massacre remake..

Sadly.. I went to HOTD and was treated by one of the worst movies In the history of mankind,

PERIOD.

Maybe I should have noticed when it was one day after the movie opened and NO ONE WAS IN IT BESIDES US.

Good god, im in it for a zombie movie as much as the next guy, but phew! When the credits dropped I got the hell out of there...

The acting...
The video game scenes..
The directing..
The...God..
EVERYTHING MADE ME CRINGE. Thus I was forced to use caps there to emphasize my point.

This movie is horrible.

The Blind Dead
08-03-2005, 01:15 PM
Sadly.. I went to HOTD and was treated by one of the worst movies In the history of mankind,

PERIOD.

Worst movie in the history of mankind? :roll:

Did you get a ticket to get on that bandwagon or did they just stamp your hand?

Chibi
08-03-2005, 08:08 PM
Worst movie in the history of mankind? :roll:

Did you get a ticket to get on that bandwagon or did they just stamp your hand?

how can it NOT be stamped into you! My own worst movie i have ever seen was dude wheres my car until i watched this

Bad Zombie Night
08-04-2005, 07:24 AM
The acting...
The video game scenes..
The directing..
The...God..

Yep... Everything there is on my checklist also.

In addition, you and also add:

Zombies jumping 10 feet high in the air... 'Air Bub'
Zombie leaders (never, ever, liked them in Z films)
Movies that tip their hand, as to who's going to make it all the way to the end of the film.

xxJmAxx
08-04-2005, 10:53 AM
The stupid ass rap song in it

The Blind Dead
08-04-2005, 01:09 PM
My own worst movie i have ever seen was dude wheres my car until i watched this
You've obviously never seen The English Patient or How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

The Blind Dead
08-04-2005, 01:16 PM
Sure, the acting was a bit wonky. The video game cut scenes were annoying and the zombies were goofy, barely disguised stunt men.

So who enjoyed it anyhow? *raises hand*

In every genre there's always one black sheep director who can do no right. Everything that director makes is blackballed and spit on. Even people who haven't seen that directors films will lie and hate on them. Peer pressure abounds and some folks who even enjoyed the film will claim they hated it to avoid stares or disrespect. Boll seems to be that director in horror.

Yeah he's arrogant and inept, but I for one am going to admit that aside from the video game cut scenes I thought this movie was fun as hell. Jiggly boobs, high octane, unrealistic action and zombies jumping higher than Olympic athletes!

It seems most horror fans spend so much time whining about films and yammering about why things sucked and how they would change them that they forget to just shut up, kick back and let themselves be entertained.

Anybody else enjoy this goofy little step-child chained to the wall?

Bad Zombie Night
08-04-2005, 01:55 PM
TBD... ATZ is opened to all points of view... I thought you should know. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/bnz_smiley.gif

The Blind Dead
08-04-2005, 03:29 PM
TBD... ATZ is opened to all points of view... I thought you should know. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/bnz_smiley.gif
I do. That's why I stated mine and started a thread dedicated to those who wanted to show their appreciation for HOTD. Thanks for "reminding" me though. It's a good thing you're on the job. :pray:

Bad Zombie Night
08-04-2005, 04:24 PM
I do. That's why I stated mine and started a thread dedicated to those who wanted to show their appreciation for HOTD. Thanks for "reminding" me though. It's a good thing you're on the job. :pray:
Sorry to disappoint you TBD, but the comment wasn't intended solely toward you... I was just giving my reasons for combining the two threads, and I changed the title slightly to accommodate it. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/bnz_smiley.gif

The Blind Dead
08-04-2005, 05:37 PM
Sorry to disappoint you TBD, but the comment wasn't intended solely toward you... I was just giving my reasons for combining the two threads, and I changed the title slightly to accommodate it. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/bnz_smiley.gif
NO WAY!!

:)

So, anybody actually enjoy kicking back with a beer and watching HOTD?

zombiekilling101
08-04-2005, 06:08 PM
Ive seen house of the dead 1.5 times. I dont like it, except for a few moments which every movie has (the part where the chick cop gets her legs hacked off and the girl with the slow motion runs:) ).

I dont like it, but I enjoy it, I cant watch it by myself but I can easilly watch it with a buddy, its a nice stupid movie that you can laugh at.

Zombie movie=sucks, Shitty horror movie=good times

MonsterHunter
08-05-2005, 12:07 PM
3,532 Views!!

No wonder Uwe Boll get to make more movies! It seems that this is the director that everybody loves to hate! There a worse zombie movies out there but still everyone are talking about this movie!

I feel House is similar to movies like Night Of the Zombies and Zombi 3. Its so bad that it becomes good.

VXTip556
08-10-2005, 04:49 AM
House of the Dead physically hurt me, i was in pain but i couldnt stop watching because i had invested 15 minutes into it already but if i had realized what a complete waist it was to watch the rest i would have shot my computer than and there, oh well the pain is gone now

jackskellington
08-10-2005, 08:44 AM
3,532 Views!!

No wonder Uwe Boll get to make more movies! It seems that this is the director that everybody loves to hate! There a worse zombie movies out there but still everyone are talking about this movie!

I feel House is similar to movies like Night Of the Zombies and Zombi 3. Its so bad that it becomes good.

Yes there are worse zombie movies out there but the reason this one is so despised is that it had more potential, a bigger budget and tons of advertising. Those other shitty ones didn't really have any of that which is why no one was surprised that they sucked. HOTD fumbled the ball with a clear shot to the goal line.

Bad Zombie Night
08-10-2005, 06:01 PM
3,532 Views!!


Updated: Now it has 3,615 views to go along with 199 posts!
Yeah, believe it or not, this House of the Dead thread is the most popular thread in the Classic Zombie Movies forum. :loon: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

Pain
08-10-2005, 06:11 PM
Updated: Now it has 3,615 views to go along with 199 posts!
Yeah, believe it or not, this House of the Dead thread is the most popular thread in the Classic Zombie Movies forum. :loon: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest. It was such a high profile movie, with such a large fanbase considering its gaming background.

Bad Zombie Night
08-10-2005, 06:13 PM
That doesn't surprise me in the slightest. It was such a high profile movie, with such a large fanbase considering its gaming background.
I think it's because people love to bitch, and complain. :roll:

Pain
08-10-2005, 06:19 PM
I think it's because people love to bitch, and complain. :roll:

Oh yes, that would be why! My copy should arrive soon, then i can join in! :evil: Am expecting garbage, so anything above that and i'll be happy! :scare: :drinking:

SGT. DEATH
08-10-2005, 07:48 PM
Oh yes, that would be why! My copy should arrive soon, then i can join in! :evil: Am expecting garbage, so anything above that and i'll be happy! :scare: :drinking:
The extras are great on the DVD with GAR and Savini makes the DVD worth buying.

jackskellington
08-10-2005, 07:53 PM
The extras are great on the DVD with GAR and Savini makes the DVD worth buying.

I enjoyed the extra interviews with those two when it first hit DVD because it got me hyped about Land. But now that I've seen that piece of crap...Oh wait...You haven't seen it yet have you Sarge?

Bad Zombie Night
08-11-2005, 05:44 AM
Oh yes, that would be why! My copy should arrive soon, then i can join in! :evil: Am expecting garbage, so anything above that and i'll be happy! :scare: :drinking:
I had no idea that you haven't see this one yet... Looking forward to hearing you insights on this. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

Zen Buddakhan
08-11-2005, 06:32 AM
I guess as much as this movie sucked and it annoyed me at times to watch....it still is a zombie genre that I will eventually include in my collection.

~Zen

Pain
08-11-2005, 09:33 AM
I had no idea that you haven't see this one yet... Looking forward to hearing you insights on this. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

And my insights you shall receive! :)

VXTip556
08-12-2005, 01:37 AM
makes ya wonder if they'll make a sequal!!!

The Blind Dead
08-12-2005, 03:31 AM
makes ya wonder if they'll make a sequal!!!
House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim has been on track for a few months now.

Bad Zombie Night
08-12-2005, 05:42 AM
I know nothing has been mention in a while with the sequel, but TBD is right, the movie production wheel are in motion... Here a link to a list of articles from Movies Online, if you want to check the film's progression.

Movie Online Articles (http://www.moviesonline.ca/film1213.htm)


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/ATZ%20Pics/Zombie%20Movies/HotD219020501.jpg

hatefuldisplay
08-14-2005, 09:03 AM
Updated: Now it has 3,615 views to go along with 199 posts!
Yeah, believe it or not, this House of the Dead thread is the most popular thread in the Classic Zombie Movies forum. :loon: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gifOh, you guys must simply adore me for bringing this thread your way.

Pain
09-03-2005, 08:47 PM
I had no idea that you haven't see this one yet... Looking forward to hearing you insights on this. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

Well I started watching it at about 1am yesterday morning. Probably not a good idea as i was tired as hell, so I am going to watch it through again tomorrow at some point. Then I will post my thoughts. I will say this however, I hated the rave music! Also my initial thoughts keep Children of the Living Dead as the piece of crap de resistance!

pimpkilla
09-03-2005, 09:18 PM
what went wrong


-shots from the video game being added in
-bruce lee karate shit (some of it was cool, but wtf)
-that asian chick in the american spandex could have easily gotten away from the horde of zombies about to kill her, i was like wtf shes stupid
-why the **** would the gun dealers guns all be loaded?
-the end was kinda gay


other than those and a few obsucre things, the movie wasnt bad, but yes it would need to have like 50% of it redone to make it a quality movie

pimpkilla
09-03-2005, 09:21 PM
I know nothing has been mention in a while with the sequel, but TBD is right, the movie production wheel are in motion... Here a link to a list of articles from Movies Online, if you want to check the film's progression.

Movie Online Articles (http://www.moviesonline.ca/film1213.htm)


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/ATZ%20Pics/Zombie%20Movies/HotD219020501.jpg
THERES GOING TO BE A SEQUAL?


what for?

ohh well form the end i thaught there might be one, but its not like im going to bend over backwards to see it

BLADES
10-17-2005, 06:29 PM
I know that most of the community here hates this movie... I however saw past its unlikness of the game (and the incredibly crappy Zombies in bullet time) I thought the make-up was at least B+ and the acting was ok, especially on the part of Capt. Kirk, the badass smuggling son of a bitch :) I wish the main zombie could have been hidden in shadows better but atleast it was better then ROTLD Rave to the Grave. I also understood that the zombies weren't exactly zombies, they did have minor intelligance and thinking skills, they knew how to arm themselves and could run fast like the 28DL "Zombies". I liked the movie, and I know alot of ya'll don't. I was wondering who else enjoyed this movie? and why?

Pain
10-17-2005, 06:31 PM
I did too, cos it was fun. Over the top, stupid, b-movie fun :)

BLADES
10-17-2005, 06:32 PM
I did too, cos it was fun. Over the top, stupid, b-movie fun :)

yep... may be stupid but really fun, though if I ever see Zombies in Bullet Time again I will hunt down and kill Uwe boll for starting it in this movie.

Bad Zombie Night
10-17-2005, 07:59 PM
I realize that many of the old thread topics were lost when Kev did that major pruning job at the end of September... However, the old Why did House of the Dead suck or succeed? (http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13&highlight=House+Dead) is still around, and kicking.


Now back to House of the Dead. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gif

Zombie Survivor
10-18-2005, 01:16 PM
I also like(d) House of the Dead. It's fun to watch it

The Blind Dead
10-18-2005, 01:50 PM
I also like(d) House of the Dead.You and me both Bubba! I think many people are just too scared or embarrassed to come out and admit it. Uwe is persona non grata in horror.

SGT. DEATH
10-19-2005, 04:57 AM
I know that most of the community here hates this movie... I however saw past its unlikness of the game (and the incredibly crappy Zombies in bullet time) I thought the make-up was at least B+ and the acting was ok, especially on the part of Capt. Kirk, the badass smuggling son of a bitch :) I wish the main zombie could have been hidden in shadows better but atleast it was better then ROTLD Rave to the Grave. I also understood that the zombies weren't exactly zombies, they did have minor intelligance and thinking skills, they knew how to arm themselves and could run fast like the 28DL "Zombies". I liked the movie, and I know alot of ya'll don't. I was wondering who else enjoyed this movie? and why?
I enjoyed house of the dead as well,not a great movie but still very enjoyable and I find theres a lot worse out there. :drinking:

The TRUE lord of the dead
10-19-2005, 09:06 PM
I have a suggestion that could solve all our problems. lets all donate money to the mob to get a hit man to take out uwe boll :machgun2: :zom2: :saw:

hatefuldisplay
10-21-2005, 09:33 AM
I realize that many of the old thread topics were lost when Kev did that major pruning job at the end of September... However, the old Why did House of the Dead suck or succeed? (http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13&highlight=House+Dead) is still around, and kicking.


Now back to House of the Dead. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/bzn123/Smileys/Characters/1bnz_smiley.gifThis thread is like the Energizer Bunny. It never stops. I generally don't add pointless spam, but I felt the urge to here.

Dodger
04-06-2006, 03:42 AM
What's wrong with matrix shots? and what is so crappy about inserting video game footage in a movie?

Zombie Survivor
04-06-2006, 04:27 AM
Absolutely nothing. I'm one of the few who thought HotD was okay, not that sophisticated, but enjoyable.

Courage
04-06-2006, 05:13 AM
I thought it was an okay movie. But if a movie is based on a game, they compare it to a game. If you look at it away from House of the Dead, the game, it's not bad.

!Vision!
04-06-2006, 03:17 PM
What's wrong with matrix shots? and what is so crappy about inserting video game footage in a movie?

Nothing's wrong with Matrix shots if they're in the Matrix. It's when they try and pretend people can do that stuff in the real world that it gets ridiculous.

Zombie-A-GoGo
04-06-2006, 03:23 PM
Matrix Shots: By the time HotD came out, I could have done without ever seeing another Matrix Shot again--so it was overused even by that point.

Video Game insertion: If I want to watch a video game, I'll go play one. Not to mention that I didn't think it had the intended effect--to me it just broke the flow of the movie---but then, I'm sort of unsure there was flow to begin with. Maybe it helped, for all I know.

evil-h
04-06-2006, 05:34 PM
Because it takes away from the entire feel of what's supposed to be a horror movie (not to mention a zombie movie) by going in a tired, blase' and unoriginal direction that's been done over and over and over and over (and over) again?...

Pain
04-06-2006, 05:39 PM
Merged this with an old thread

Darth Erroneous
04-06-2006, 09:22 PM
There were not enough glow sticks at the rave. Damn them! They need glow sticks to counteract the massive Sega banner!

Pain
04-07-2006, 02:14 PM
Although i enjoyed the movie, one thing did stick out in particular as being exceptionally bad, and that was Ellie Cornell:scare:

Godzilla_Rules
04-24-2006, 07:23 PM
HI. I am new here but I thought the movie was so bad I walked out of the theater in the middle of the film. I rarely if ever do that. But dispite how horrible the movie is I am suprised at how popular it is. Everyone seems to be talking about this movie.

zombiekilling101
05-06-2007, 05:33 PM
house of the dead is on the scifi channel right now. Still bad. But I see now why some members enjoy it. Just really bad.. really bad dumb semi fun. plust ona's rack.:love:

UNDEAD FRED
05-06-2007, 09:42 PM
Yep I watched it today, Its allright on TV. I wouldnt buy the DVD.

DocZomby
05-06-2007, 09:48 PM
I too caught this on TV today. I changed the channel after about two minutes. It was all I needed to be reminded that I have better things to do with my life. Like come to ATZ! Thanks Kev!

Iron Knuckles
05-07-2007, 09:05 PM
I liked HOTD. I own 3 games and the movie I thought was pretty good. I love a good camp movie. There was plenty of action and that 10 minute gun fight. My only complaint is that the coast gaurd chick didnt get topless.
That and I hate raves.
I mean I would rate it 2 out of 5 for a movie but 5 out of 5 for an experiance.


Damn haters

chewy
05-07-2007, 09:10 PM
Just really bad.. really bad dumb semi fun. plust ona's rack.:love:

Oh, yeah. No discussion of this movie is complete without meticulously detailing how Ona's rack was this movie's lone saving grace.:)

AN OLD SHOE
05-07-2007, 09:46 PM
the girl with the black shirt in house of the dead was hot and worth watching the hole thing

to bad i saw it on cable tv and saw no skin :(

she was prolly naked too

i liked house of the dead 2 better lol just didnt have the girl with the black shirt :(

zombiekilling101
05-07-2007, 11:07 PM
the girl with the black shirt in house of the dead was hot and worth watching the hole thing

to bad i saw it on cable tv and saw no skin :(

she was prolly naked too

i liked house of the dead 2 better lol just didnt have the girl with the black shirt :(

thats the ona girl. sadly she didnt bare them. some other chicks did though... I own the vhs.. might update to a dvd for the sake of growing the zombie collection..

evilzombie20
05-07-2007, 11:20 PM
thats the ona girl. sadly she didnt bare them. some other chicks did though... I own the vhs.. might update to a dvd for the sake of growing the zombie collection..

The DVD's cheap enough now but I heard somewhere they're planning on re-releasing it sometime. One rumor I heard was Uwe Boll is going to re-cut the film and point out all the goofs and make it more funny. Another rumor I heard was it's going to be released uncut and in it's original aspect ratio as the DVD is cut and in the wrong aspect ratio.

zombiekilling101
05-07-2007, 11:22 PM
The DVD's cheap enough now but I heard somewhere they're planning on re-releasing it sometime. One rumor I heard was Uwe Boll is going to re-cut the film and point out all the goofs and make it more funny. Another rumor I heard was it's going to be released uncut and in it's original aspect ratio as the DVD is cut and in the wrong aspect ratio.


meh.. Id rather just make fun of it myself.:) now if he got the mst 3000 guys to do it.. that would be something.

AN OLD SHOE
05-08-2007, 06:30 AM
that sux so bad though i mean the hole movie(even though i was watching it edited on sci fi) i was waiting for her to rip off her shirt lol

and if they recut it that would be amazing

anyone knowo where i can get the dvd of 1 and 2 ?

vortec1
05-12-2007, 01:56 AM
This was a gem compared to part 2:poo:

Flyboy
05-12-2007, 06:03 AM
Uwe Boll.

That is all.

zombiekilling101
05-12-2007, 12:47 PM
This was a gem compared to part 2:poo:


part 2 kicked part ones ass around the block :)

AN OLD SHOE- you can get the dvds of these flicks anywhere dvds are sold. Id check the bargain bins and blockbuster and hollywood video.

lavel
05-12-2007, 03:10 PM
Yes, and I like medium rare steak. What exactly does this have to do with House of the Dead?

I guess they forgot where they:lol: was.