SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

SociopathX666 This is by far my favorite zombie/ghost film. The whole tone/atmosphere is just sheer creepy. The soundtrack is flawless and adds to the ambiance.This movie is about 5 friends who decide to fix up an old house. For some reason they hire a carpenter who seems to be an alcoholic and a jerk to all of them and his carpenter friend. They come across an old lady (played by one of the males in the movie) who starts killing them off. Whoever she kills off then comes back as a ghost zombie who then attack other people (accept for the jerk carpenter's friend who, dead or alive, always seems to be pretty mutual no matter what). Due to the house's history, it apparently is a legend in the town, because two more teens come to join the household for even more fun!!! I was fortunate enough to have recorded this on VHS back in '91. The tape got a lot of usage so once DVDs became all the rage, I was excited to have found in in one of the Troma 3-packs. I believe it was the 3rd 3-pack, which everyone needs to go out and get one, borrow one, obtain one in someway. And, no, I had nothing to do with the filming, production of this movie. It just happens to be one of my all time favorite movies of all time and not enough people have heard about it, but every other horror fan I've shown it to has loved it. The only bad thing I would say about this movie is some of the acting is sub par. I also wish that I had been lucky enough to have been able to have obtained one of the earlier copies because now the cover has all characters who aren't in the movie, and it's even billed as a bunch of "hipsters" buying a house. I've never met anyone who knew why. I'd try to ask Lloyd Kaufman himself, but I doubt he even know. In fact, LK and Troma had nothing to do with the film. It was created independently and then Troma just produced it.

Steve Pulaski Its been called "Troma's unsung masterpiece" and "the best Troma film ever made". No, it's not The Toxic Avenger, its the silent Troma film Dead Dudes in the House! Released in 1991, Dead Dudes in the House is a unique and very dark (literally) horror film that's campy style I can compare to Open Water. Both films take place in a simple setting, this one in a house, and Open Water in an ocean. 90% of the film takes place in the house and I've always loved movies like that. Its a claustrophobic, "put yourself in their shoes" movie. If you don't pretend you're one of the characters in a movie like this then you wont enjoy it. Teens locked in a house, yawn. Imagine you're one of the teens locked in the house, cant escape, gasp! The movie was without a doubt very poor in the production area with some scenes being shot so dark it's hard to see anything (thank God for the brightness on my computer). Same goes with movies like Albino Farm and H2: Halloween 2. So dark, whats going on is a mystery. One thing that also makes me laugh is the characters on the cover aren't the ones in the movie. Which leads to my assumption that they shot the poster/box art for the movie before they shot the actual movie and they had no idea who would play the "dudes" in the house, so they rounded up a few no names and boom, had themselves a poster. There's also three girls in the movie and their not on the cover. Plus they referred to the kids has "hip-hop teens" when no references to hip-hop are made.Anyway, the story is about a group of adolescents that go to a seemingly abandoned house to fix it up and use it to their needs. After encountering a stubborn door that wont open, they try escape the house, but all of the windows aren't glass and the shutters close trapping them in the house. They learn a suspicious and unusual old women still lives in the home and she kills the teens off one by one. Its up to the teens themselves to escape the house or been the women's next victim.For what ever minor budget they had on this film, they used it wisely because all the gore effects (all practical, of course) are so realistic and very gruesome looking. Its amazing a low budget movie has more appealing gore effects than ones done by CGI because isn't CGI supposed to improve matters in films? Not in the 21st Century, hell no. All CGI does is loosen the reality and the fun of Horror films nowadays. We finally see practical effects that are very much realistic and almost like they could be real blood.The actors in the movie are less than professional, so are the punches they throw. But thats the fun of it. I love cheesy, low budget, no rules Horror movies. Indie films are taking over. Their now the closest to originality and style that we are gonna get. So we better take what we got. Dead Dudes in the House is a throwback to the 90s, all out gore fest that has some cool dialog shots and different character personalities. Some shots of dialog are great and I love the different types of teens shown in here. The jerk, the nerd, the jock, and the girls. Very strange and odd Horror film. Troma's best.Starring: James Griffith, John Dayton Cerna, Sarah Newhouse, Douglas Gibson, Victor Verhaeghe, and Mark Zobian. Directed by: James Riffel.

sixcents This movie has some solid qualities that make it stand out far from the slew of 80's horror movies. If you like campy horror films with a sense of humor, then go find yourself a copy of this movie. I think the characters are a good mix of personalities. The action is kind of lame at first but picks up towards the end and the gore is half decent. This is a classic B movie entry that I had never heard of, nor knew anyone that has seen it. Troma bought the rights to it though they did not produce it. I hope it makes its way onto DVD.For being a practically unknown movie, it definitely delivers entertainment. Even though I wouldn't consider it a serious horror movie, I think it does a lot of things better than the so called serious horror movies.

outhousepunk That was my favorite line in the whole movie. All I have to say is I felt cheated.The description led me to believe I would watch a mixture of 'House Party' and 'Evil Dead'. It promised me "hip-hop yup's" and "groupies". The cover had kids in hammer pants and a guy that looked like Boy George.Did I get any of that? No. I got a movie that introduced a character by having everyone screaming his/her name in an empty mansion. Two nobodies show up just to raise the body count and to have a questionably aged girl flash the screen. Also for some reason they only ran around the same rooms. The villain was an old crone that could only be stopped by stabbing her hunchback. Lot's of people die in ridiculous ways and there's blood. And of course a loose plot.I felt cheated because there was no rapping, no hip-hop or even a little slam poetry. I mean the guys on the cover didn't resemble anyone in the movie. That's why I watched it! I hoped some kid would have a rap battle with a zombie in overalls.Have I seen worst films? Sure. But if you're going to advertise the movie as urban kids meet undead, country cracker grandma please come thru for me.