That could be defended the same way as this, as being so utterly horrible that it's amusing. What's more it's a genuinely fun movie, I mean just the sheer visuals/audacity involved in having an Asian girl dressed in an American flag bodysuit answering to the name "Liberty" knife fighting with zombies is one of those things we'll doubtlessly never see again. Not to mention out of the blue lines from guys claiming to be "one of the world's most successful male underwear models", the SEGA banner at a supposed "ultra excusive, ultra-secret rave"... and the performance of "Captain Kirk"... who also happens to be the excuse for heavily arming the characters on the island eventually... oh oh and the "sword fight" at the end. I've watched "House Of The Dead" more than once, it's probably Uwe Boll's most entertaining work.canadamus_prime said:
Oh and Jojo (I think it was you) "Silent Hill: Revelation" should be on Netflix, and it's been there a while I think. It showed up on Netflix pretty quickly after it's release actually.
Speaking for myself I will say "Revelation" is a good example of how to do a "B" or "C" horror movie when your going for the whole "so bad it's good" thing. The only real down side to this movie (which I saw in the theaters and found entertaining) is that it probably ensures we won't see another attempt at a "Silent Hill" movie.
Oh and I'll also say that I think part of what hurt the movie was that it literally WAS a "scary funfaire ride". Part of the problem is of course that it was inspired by "Silent Hill 3" which was one of the weaker installments (IMO) and I suppose viewed that way it came surprisingly close on some levels. But another big part of it was that "Universal Theme Park" was supposedly using "Silent Hill" as it's theme for their Halloween event that year if I remember. There was some speculation that the movie was actually made using props, sets, and gimmicks they were originally making for the Halloween event, which is in part why it looks the way it does. They had put a lot of work ahead of time into it that year and kind of decided "well, if we're going through all this effort, why not use this stuff for an actual movie". Whether that's true or not, I have no idea. As far as the celebrities involved, Universal Studios Park seems to be pretty good about landing people for some off the cuff stuff, for example when I went a few years ago they had Christopher Waulkeen involved in the "Disaster" attraction. It wouldn't shock me if Malcolm Macdowell and Sean Bean were involved in the Halloween event and decided "sure we'll do the movie for cheap while we're here anyway helping set up this attraction for later this year"
Again the above is all rumor and speculation, I don't even know for sure if the park did use "Silent Hill" as a theme. I suppose the only people who would know for sure are those who were there or worked on the movie.
