BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Wordiezett So much average

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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.

thebedtimestory I'm not sure why this film has been rated so low, but I'm going to guess it's because most people go into every movie they watch expecting it to be Citizen Kane, and then rate the movie with a 1 because it wasn't a Hollywood blockbuster with 10 million dollar explosions.I'm assuming if you're checking this movie out, you are either a Troma fan or a Zombie fan. While they might not be Zombies as you would normally imagine them, this film does feature plenty of undead characters.If you love gore, then you will enjoy this film, as the blood and guts are pretty evenly distributed throughout the film and pretty well done for a low budget film. There were a few instances that were so great that I rewound them and watched them again. If you enjoy the atmosphere that 90's cheesiness is able to offer, then again, this is the film for you.I am rating this film 10 because I believe other people have severely underestimated the film, and I feel its poor rating might deter viewers. But then again, this is a Troma release, so maybe not.8/10

Sarah Lipton This is one of my top ten zombies/young people trapped in a mansion movie. I own a copy under its other title : "The House On Tombstone Hill", which if you ask me, I like better than "Dead Dudes In The House".Two gals and five guys (plus two teenagers who appear in the last 30 minutes) enter a big, old, creepy mansion where soon they find themselves trapped. Doors won't open, windows are unbreakable and soon they begin dying one by one. Some of the murders are off-screen, others you do get to watch happening as the old woman who haunts the mansion uses all sorts of sharp instruments to kill them.Beware of the Troma DVD release, I bought it thinking it had some kind of special feature like behind the scenes or audio commentary, it doesn't and the quality is NOT good.

HumanoidOfFlesh James Riffel's "Dead Dudes in the House" has to be one of Troma's best.There is plenty of gore,some scary scenes plus a lot of cheese.The plot involves a group of young people going to fix up an old secluded house and falling victim to the murderous 100 year old lady named Abigail who proceeds to slash them up and bring them back as zombie-like killers."Dead Dudes in the House" is loaded with plenty of gore and violence.The script is pretty mediocre and there are some dull spots,but overlook that and you have an enjoyable low-budget gorefest.The scene,where one guy is cut in half by window is a hoot.Check it out,if you can find it.7 out of 10.