Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Apr 10, 2019

There isn't a thing of artistic value in this film.

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Alan Jones Radio Times Apr 10, 2019 2/5

George A Romero's original template has now worn pretty thin so you'll either love this repetitive gore-fest for its unpretentious dumbness or hate it for being nothing more than a shameless plug for the game.

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David Keyes Cinemaphile.org May 14, 2017 0/4

Five minutes into the picture and I felt my inner child weeping for the future of the industry.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn Cinencuentro Dec 28, 2016 1/4

House of the Dead is a very entertaining film, but only because it's made in a such inept and unprofessional way that it's almost impossible to believe that it was shown in cinemas. [Full review in Spanish]

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Steve Newton Georgia Straight Feb 9, 2014 1/5

The novelty of seeing rampaging zombies get shot in the head wears off after 40 minutes or so.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Oct 29, 2010 1/10

So willfully opposed to everything that decades of refinement have established as cinematic grammar that I am unable to decide if Boll is a genius or just evil.

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Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 1/5

This is the first live-action horror movie based on a video game that I've ever seen in which the game's animation is actually used as a repeated special effect. This is not a good thing.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Jan 8, 2007

Don't come looking for a story -- this is a hunt.

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Garth Franklin Dark Horizons Jan 6, 2007 0/4

How do films like these get made for video, let alone the wide theatrical run?

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Kim Newman Empire Magazine Apr 1, 2006 2/5

This is one of those rare films that truly manages to get by on unintentional laughs, but otherwise dreadful.

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Jeffrey Chen Window to the Movies Jul 1, 2005 1/10

There is an extended sequence in which every individual character goes bullet-time, and [Uwe] Boll must think it's so cool just because they're in bullet-time.

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Bill Clark FromTheBalcony Jun 20, 2005 F

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Exhibit A in the evidence that no more video games, under any conditions, should be made into movies.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness May 4, 2005 F

One of the most astonishingly idiotic pieces of entertainment I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through.

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Jamie Russell BBC.com Nov 2, 2004 1/5

It's so bad it could well go down in history as one of the worst zombie movies ever made.

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Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Mar 19, 2004 0/5

Resides amid half-remembered fragments of Cinemax soft-core, Turkish remakes of The Exorcist, and third-string Troma releases such as Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid.

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Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Mar 3, 2004 0/4

Sad to say that after its unpromising opening minutes, the film defies the odds by getting progressively worse.

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Adam Nayman eye WEEKLY Jan 15, 2004 1/5

Boll directs the film as indiscriminately as his characters fire their weapons.

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Stuart Wood CinemaBlend Oct 30, 2003 1/5

All the subtlety of a horny bull in a china shop and all the style of a street tramp.

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Scott Foundas L.A. Weekly Oct 29, 2003

A derivative shock-horror exercise desperately in need of an IV.

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Spence D. IGN Oct 26, 2003 3/5

While not as technically brilliant as some zombie fare, HotD more than makes up for this lack in terms of sheer heart. Sure, it's a low-budget venture, but it doesn't feel forced or contrived, but rather revels in its low-budget restraints.

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