Dead Dudes in the House (1991)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

James Riffel

Writer:

James Riffel (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Where trespassing is a matter of life or death!

Plot:

Eight friends go to fix up an old house that Mark has purchased. Upon arriving they find the grave of Annabelle (the former owner) in the back yard...

Plot Keywords:

House | Teenkill | Zombie | Slasher | Tombstone

Cast

Leighann Belair	...	1940's Girl
J.D. Cerna	...	Steve (as John Dayton Cerna)
Bruce Spaulding Fuller	...	Bob's legs on floor
Darrell Gibson	...	Old Lady Double
Douglas Gibson	...	Mark / OldLady
James Griffith	...	Ricky
Albert Jaccoma	...	1940's Dead Man (as Albert J. Wingate)
Naomi Kooker	...	Linda
Pam Lewis	...	Old Lady (voice)
Rob Moretti	...	S
Sarah Newhouse	...	Jamie
Eugene Sautner	...	Joey
Victor Verhaeghe	...	Bob
Mark Zobian	...	Ron

Directed by
James Riffel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
James Riffel		writer

Produced by
Mark Bladis	....	producer
Melissa Lawes	....	producer
James Riffel	....	producer

Film Editing by
Valerie Schwartz

Art Direction by
Janice Irwin

Makeup Department
Ed French	....	special makeup effects
Bruce Spaulding Fuller	....	special makeup effects artist
Erica Jane	....	special makeup effects assistant
Eugene Sautner	....	special makeup effects assistant
Erik Schaper	....	special makeup effects artist
Gary Yee	....	makeup lab technician

Stunts
Bob Griffith	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Rhodes	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Rhodes	....	stunts
Eric Shaper	....	stunt double: Joey

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

The Dead Come Home
The House on Tombstone Hill
The Road

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Cherry Valley, New York, USA

Trivia:

Completed in 1988 (as "The Dead Come Home").

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dead Air (1999)

Gory yet slightly underwhelming low budget affair

I found this a little disappointing. It wasn't that I expected much, it's just that the film was far less interesting than I expected. The script was very banal, barely exploring the back story to the demonic old lady which could have been interesting and also had too much time of zombies talking and walking around and not acting very zombie like. The characters were mostly lame and unsympathetic, and the budget was low, so unfortunately not allowing for much of a set or any fancy tricks. The gory killings were the films saving grace, cheap but suitably ghastly, very good for a film of this calibre. In the end I had a just about average time with this. I liked the gore a lot, and there was the odd gripping moment, but the film just seemed to drag on and on, so I ended up a little bored. Good ending, but it should have come quicker. In conclusion, this is passable, but would be a lot better were it about ten minutes shorter.