Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Amateur movie with Big budget

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

This movie has some solid qualities that make it stand out far from the slew of 80's horror movies. If you like campy horror films with a sense of humor, then go find yourself a copy of this movie. I think the characters are a good mix of personalities. The action is kind of lame at first but picks up towards the end and the gore is half decent. This is a classic B movie entry that I had never heard of, nor knew anyone that has seen it. Troma bought the rights to it though they did not produce it. I hope it makes its way onto DVD.For being a practically unknown movie, it definitely delivers entertainment. Even though I wouldn't consider it a serious horror movie, I think it does a lot of things better than the so called serious horror movies.

Six friends plan to fix up an old house that one of them bought. But after one moron breaks the husband murdering previous owner's tombstone in half, she comes back to life and starts killing them. They in turn become zombies themselves. But they don't act like typical zombies in the least. Just the opposite some of them are positively chatty. Woulds like "low-budget" or "indy" or "can do spirit" does not translate into a good film. I don't care if someone spent all his money, or shed all his blood to make a film. If said film is a turd. I'll call it a turd. This isn't a total awful film, but it's damn near close to it.My Grade: D-

Way back when Troma would release anything (okay...they've ALWAYS released anything), this film came out of their vault o'horror with an interesting premise: dudes renovate haunted house, some get possessed by evil spirits, end up trying to kill each other. ...as if you couldn't guess the plot from the title.Yep, "Dead Dudes in the House" is about as low budget as possible and makes no apologies for what it is. In fact, it revels in its origins and goes for the shock, gross-out and gore from frame one to frame last. Gotta appreciate that; not all movies have that kind of conviction.But in the end, it all is just kind of left there on the screen. Having seen multitudes of similar films in my day, I hadn't seen anything here that I hadn't before. What I did appreciate, however, was the fact that a bunch of guys with cameras, little money and an idea got something filmed, produce and distributed.Bless 'em. And bless Troma, too.Six stars for the "Dudes", plus a star extra for making it this far. Way to go, blood!

This is one of the scariest movies I ever saw! I saw it when I was around 10 and am still scared of it today. It concerns a group of college kids fixing up an old mansion. They have no idea that the former owner is still in the house. Breaking her tombstone in the backyard causes her to awaken and she begins to kill them in grizzly ways. But, they don't stay dead. They soon turn into murdering zombies. Worst of all, there is no way at all out of the house. Be warned, there is a decent amount of gore. I know I closed my eyes when I first saw it at a few scenes and I NEVER do that with horror movies. Also, don't pay any attention to the Troma label on the tape. They had NOTHING to do with the actual production of the movie, it's just under their label. So this is nothing at all like the movies they usually make. If you're in the mood for a good scare, rent this movie immediately!