There are a thousand reasons why we shouldn't watch this remake of a true American horror classic, but I am almost 40 years old and tired of trying to fight these endless Hollywood debates. It is, what it is ... and these days no one should be bitchin' about other people trying to feed their families. Is this greed? exploitation?? an insult??? Yep. But face it ... California just elected the highest paid actor in Hollywood to govern the state. Live with it.

The first of two popular video games-to-film by German director Uwe Boll, The House of the Dead prequels the arcade/console series (five titles, if you include the bizarre alternate version of The House of the Dead 2 called, Typing of the Dead, and Nintendo's The Pinball of the Dead). While the video game series chronicles the aftermath of some dark genetic conspiracy to take over the planet, the film introduces us to the story in the same manner most horror fans are familiar, with a group of teenagers in search of a really cool party. And what would a really cool party be without a bunch of raving mad zombies hanging around ready to feast on teenaged flesh!