I'm a fan of zombie films - tell me why this is SO bad?

It's in the £1 bargain bin at my local Tesco. And believe me it ISN'T a bargain. I am a HUGE fan of Zombie films, but believe me, this film is embarrassingly bad. I think you know what you're in for when one of the character is named "Captain Kirk". During the action scene, there are parts of the computer game spliced in (like a subliminal message), and the acting is cheesy as hell. Please AVOID!

"Warhorse. Warhead, Fuq 'em, man, White knuckle tight. Through black and white"

don't pay for this movie. watch it on rental if you must, out of curiosity, but don't purchase it. the price of $37.98 AUD is probably due to its infamy, but why so high for a common commodity? do you live in some butthole part of Australia where DVDs are hard to come by? that is the only reason i can find for this, since it's not a rare or collectible DVD. i would buy it for $1 USD as a joke to torture people with, or a party gag, but that's all it's worth.

this movie will probably not make you hate zombie films. it will, however, make you hate Uwe Boll.

I think it's given such poor reviews not only due to the lack of skill and respect for the audience and the medium, but for the fact it isn't a scary film in the least. Boll took a horror concept (zombies) and put them into an action context (badly). Films like Dawn of the Dead (both versions) use suspense, tension and plenty of gore to generate chills. House of the Dead has none of that, just loud pounding techno music and cheap looking bullet-time effects.

Overall it's just an annoying film, full of amazingly bad dialogue and wooden acting. Avoid!

1. The actings crap.
2. Story lines crap.
3. And theres this weirdo fisher man guy that acts like a pirate wearing a yellow trench coat who shouldn't even belong in this movie.

That's all.

"Try my, Mr. T... tea"

Having seen this last night, I sort of found it campy, but only because it was 5 in the morning and my brain wasn't functioning properly anymore. In reality, it isn't even funny in a campy way.

Uwe Boll casts people based on availability alone. Usually people from projects which were cancelled or delayed. This casting doesn't seem to have anything to do with finding people who actually fit the parts they are supposed to play. Hence, even accomplished actors like Jürgen Prochnow come out looking very wooden.

The action scenes don't really make sense. In one (overly long) sequence, the group is moving towards the titular house in a "cool" formation (which only comes off looking as an attempt at looking cool) and killing zombies left and right. They seem to cross the same point over and over... Also, there is no continuity in the battle. Several shots of the same person shooting are often spliced together and the weapon the person is using can change from one second to the next. Never mind that these are college kids who just learned to use these weapons in a few minutes after receiving them. And not stuff you'd see in firing ranges, but rather stuff like Desert Eagles.

There is some gratuitous nudity in there, which is usually good. This time.. I don't know. How can a director make me feel bad about seeing bare breasts? I don't even know what it is, but for some reason his style makes me queesy. That is very, very bad.

And the scenes from the game? I guess Böll thought they'd come out looking cool, but ... no. They simply are not.

There is an attempt at character development, but even that is nonsensical.

Dude I swear if you pay that much for House of the Dead I'll fly over there myself and kill you!

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DO NOT BUY THIS!!
Its been years now and I am still convinced this is the worst movie ever made HANDS DOWN!

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