Post by StevePulaski on Aug 23, 2010 16:02:18 GMT -5
Rating: ★★★
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 thats 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 Ive always loved movies like that. Its a claustrophobic, "put yourself in their shoes" movie. If you dont pretend youre one of the characters in a movie like this then you wont enjoy it. Teens locked in a house, yawn. Imagine youre 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 arent 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. Theres also three girls in the movie and their not on the cover. Plus they referred to the kids has "hip-hop teens" when no referrences 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 arent 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 isnt 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.
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 thats 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 Ive always loved movies like that. Its a claustrophobic, "put yourself in their shoes" movie. If you dont pretend youre one of the characters in a movie like this then you wont enjoy it. Teens locked in a house, yawn. Imagine youre 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 arent 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. Theres also three girls in the movie and their not on the cover. Plus they referred to the kids has "hip-hop teens" when no referrences 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 arent 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 isnt 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.
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