This film is a perfect example of one of the films which is bottom of the barrel. Its story line is painfully lackluster and its actors aren't the best in a long line of acting names, even the names in the roster for community theater. The plot is somewhat simplistic and it does little to justify the film as a whole. "House of the Dead" is the generic 'college kids go to island and are attacked by monsters' drivel which we've seen for ages yet. It revolves around a group of college students going to a raver on an island and expect good times, but find nothing more than the dead coming to life and attacking them left and right. It seems that these creatures attack for no known reason. While the effects are quite the thing to behold, it seems clear that the rest of the film is not the best...even of the worst. Finally, though the film has a few gunslinging moments that are not to be missed, it is ultimately somewhat forgettable when it comes to horror stories. Or sci-fi stories. Or action- adventure stories...or any story.
Review of House of the Dead
