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House of the Dead is a 2003 action horror film directed by Uwe Boll, from a screenplay by Dave Parker and Mark Altman. Based on The House of the Dead video game franchise, it stars Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, and Jürgen Prochnow. The film takes place on a fictional island infested by zombies, forcing ...
House of the Dead: Directed by Uwe Boll. With Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer. A group of college students travels to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies.
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- 2003-10-10
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College students Simon Cruz and Greg book a boat trip to an island rave party at Isla del Morte, an island located off the coast of Seattle, Washington. Joining them are Simon's crush Alicia, Karma (who has a crush on Simon), and Greg's girlfriend Cynthia. They discover that their boat has already left for the island; Simon bribes Captain Victor Ki...
Karma (Enuka Okuma), Alicia's close friend, who has a crush on Simon.Development
DreamWorks bought the rights to The House of the Dead from Sega in 1998. The project was to be the directorial debut of Jesse Dylan, the son of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The story, penned by Dylan and writer Mark Verheiden, took place in a small college town where zombies are "the hippest and most popular kids in school". After the deaths of their friends, a woman named Jenny and "a group of nerdy 'necro-warriors'" seek revenge.The project never materialized and DreamWorks lost the rights....
Casting
Jürgen Prochnow, Will Sanderson, and Clint Howard were cast as Boll had known them for "a long time". Prochnow played Captain Victor Kirk as a homage to his role as the U-boat commander in Das Boot. Boll complimented Prochnow for "[playing] a scene 10 times perfect, always [being] on his marks". Howard had roles in Boll's previous films Backwoods and Heart of America, while Jonathan Cherry had acted in the then-recent film Final Destination 2. Ellie Cornell, who plays Jordan Casper, was frien...
Filming
Filming in Vancouver commenced on May 8, 2002. The shoot was marred by rain, freezing water temperatures, and a burn injury Cherry sustained on the second day, which required the bridge scene (where his character hurts his hand) to be shot later in order to explain the bandage he had to wear.A bullet also smashed the middle of a camera lens; the team liked the shot and kept it in the film.
Reportedly, Sega planned to develop a light gun video game adaptation of the film. The Hollywood Reporter described it as separate from the then-upcoming The House of the Dead III, developed "in close cooperation with the filmmakers", and possibly using the voices and likenesses of the film's actors. The House of the Dead development team WOW Enter...
Critical reception
House of the Dead was panned by critics. On Metacritic, the film holds a 15/100, meaning “overwhelming dislike”. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 3% based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 2.55/10. The site's consensus reads, "A grungy, disjointed, mostly brainless mess of a film, House of the Dead is nonetheless loaded with unintentional laughs."As of December 12, 2023, the film ranks #66 among the site's worst rated films of all time. IGN Movies, however, gave t...
Box office
Despite House of the Deadbeing one of few Uwe Boll films that made a profit, it was nonetheless a box office bomb. It fared better with DVD sales and rentals.
A tie-in comicserving as a prequel to the film was written and illustrated by Eli 5 Stone and published by Artisan Comics Group.
A director's cut of the film was released on DVD on 9 September 2008. The new version "features new dialogue, alternative takes, pop up commentary and animation from the original video game."
According to scriptwriter Mark Altman, the original script had numerous elements that were not featured in the movie due to budget and time constraints:This film featured Erica Durance in one of her earliest roles before she became known for playing Lois Lane on Smallville.Oct 10, 2003 · House of the Dead. Simon (Tyron Leitso) and Greg (Will Sanderson) meet a group of friends and set out to attend a rave on a remote island. When they miss the ferry, they decide to ride with Kirk ...
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House of the Dead is a film adaptation of a popular light-gun game of the same name directed by Uwe Boll in 2003. It flung his name into video game movie infamy.. It follows a group of people going to a daylight rave held in ominiously named Isla Del Morte * (Spanish for "Island of the Dead", no relation to that one, or that other one), who are then attacked by hordes of zombies.
Oct 16, 2003 · Zombie movies have been en vogue recently, thanks in part to the Resident Evil game-turned-film franchise and the critically acclaimed low budget indie 28 Days Later. The most recent entry to join ...
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Plot. House of the Dead is a 2003 action horror film directed by Uwe Boll from a screenplay by Mark A. Altman and Dave Parker. It stars Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, and Jürgen Prochnow. The film takes place on a fictional island infested by zombies, forcing survivors to fight their way off.
