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House of the Dead (2003) -- A group of teens arrive on an island for a rave--only to discover the island has been taken over by zombies. The group takes refuge in a house where they try to survive the night.
House of the Dead (2003) -- A group of teens arrive on an island for a rave--only to discover the island has been taken over by zombies. The group takes refuge in a house where they try to survive the night.
House of the Dead (2003) -- A group of teens arrive on an island for a rave--only to discover the island has been taken over by zombies. The group takes refuge in a house where they try to survive the night.
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Overview

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Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Mark A. Altman (story) &
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Release Date:

10 October 2003 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Horror more

Tagline:

The Dead Walk... You Run more

Plot:

A group of teens arrive on an island for a rave--only to discover the island has been taken over by zombies. The group takes refuge in a house where they try to survive the night. full summary | add synopsis

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2 wins more

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(34 articles)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jonathan Cherry ... Rudy

Tyron Leitso ... Simon

Clint Howard ... Salish

Ona Grauer ... Alicia

Ellie Cornell ... Casper
Will Sanderson ... Greg

Enuka Okuma ... Karma

Kira Clavell ... Liberty

Sonya Salomaa ... Cynthia (as Sonja Salomaa)

Michael Eklund ... Hugh

David Palffy ... Castillo

Jürgen Prochnow ... Kirk (as Jurgen Prochnow)

Steve Byers ... Matt

Erica Durance ... Johanna (as Erica Parker)
Birgit Stein ... Lena
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

House of the Dead (USA) (recut version)
House of the dead: Le jeu ne fait que commencer (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence/gore, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Germany | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

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DTS | Dolby Digital


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Trivia:

Thirty-two video clips from the original game appear in several parts of the movie. Twenty-six appear during the 10-minute battle in front of the house. The remaining 6 are used as transitions prior to the battle. more

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: After Greg lost Casper in the forest, he gets chased by a bunch of zombies. He hides under a tree, but they discover him again. That's when you can see one of the jumping devices one zombie uses to bash against a tree. more

Quotes:

[after being attacked by Castillo]
Alicia: Isn't it nice to know someone wants you for you body?
Rudy: Yeah. Depending on what they want to do with it.
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Movie Connections:

References Dawn of the Dead (1978) more

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Danger more


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45 out of 67 people found the following comment useful.
So bad its......, 12 October 2003
Author: Ace-38 from Tulsa, OK

Actually reasonably enjoyable, but in a comic book, silly kinda way. This is by no stretch of the imagination a good movie in any sense, but you cant help but laugh yourself silly through most of it.

Plot line is this: A group of ravers travel to an island near Seattle, an island known as Isla del Morte (Island of the dead, and my Spanish spelling is likely incorrect). Once they arrive, they find the biggest rave of the year deserted. Why? they find out once they stumble upon survivors and are shown video footage of what happened.

This is really an elementary movie, poorly written by Mark Altman (who did one of my favorite films, "Free Enterprise") and equally poorly acted by the mainly unknown cast. Along with Jurgen Prochnow, Ellie Cornell ("Halloween" 4 & 5) and Clint Howard (Ron's brother) are the only names I recognized. I really don't expect much from Clint (and he certainly delivered in that area) but Ellie and Jurgen usually do a little better than they showed here.

Johnathan Cherry is really dull as Rudy, Tyron Leitso's Simon is an irritating little weasel, Ona Grauer's Alicia is really nice to look at, but not much else...so on and so forth.

Lots and lots of pop culture references, including a mention of George A. Romero and the possibility of a 4th "Dead" film. See this one if you're a Romero fan...please...its a zombie movie and if the industry thinks thats what we want, then we'll get George's final vision that much sooner.

This is just not a good movie, but if you're like me and enjoy giving the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" treatment to bad films, you should see this one.

1/2 out of 5

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