Surprisingly incoherent and boring

One of my all time favorites.

As Good As It Gets

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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.

I used to watch "Dead Dudes" almost every month on USA NETWORK. It aired on Fridays at 12 a.m. I regret for not taping it. The early 90's craziness is present all the way in the movie. Funky music, colorful clothing, cursing, premarital sex, etc. are the basic elements plus Troma's style. Where else could you find a movie about a defunct old lady killer?! Now, this is a whacked up slasher with zombie movies elements. Bizarre is the word to describe this Troma effort.There's nothing much to know about the plot. Eight friends buy a house for a very low price but they have to fix it in order to set on it. Soon after they arrive, before getting beers and music; one of these idiots smashes a gravestone on the backyard for no reason and suddenly awakens the owner of the house. The owner is a blood thirsty 100 year old woman named Abigail Leatherby. We are first introduced to her in a very creepy scene where one of the dudes watches her upstairs walking slowly and entering a room. The dude follows her and becomes the first victim. Then, one by one the dumb dudes get killed by Abigail but later return as zombies! (Evil Dead style). Seven dudes plus an intruder are violently slaughtered by Abigail. One of the dudes decapitates Abigail and that's when the nightmare seems to be over but the ending (obviously copied Evil Dead) set the chance to a sequel. The deaths are original and fun to watch. The now infamous "window" kill is a perfect example. Not satisfied for cutting a guy in two, Abigail impales his chest and laughs wickedly. There are some creepy scenes that fit perfect with the movie's dark atmosphere. There's plenty of gore, black humor, and cheesy dialogue. It's your typical horror B-movie that has no intentions to become a classic in the genre but still delivers expectations and somehow it generated a small cult. A year ago i mailed one of Troma's execs. and he replied that a future DVD release it's on it's way... probably in early 2005. Let's keep our fingers crossed!6/10 A sentimental favorite.

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!

During my sophomore year of college, my roommate and I rented just about every video from the shlock-horror section of Oasis Video in Salt Lake City. (I hope Oasis is still there). Run back to back with movies like Reanimator, Basket Case, The Evil Dead trilogy and Dead Alive, (plus ALL the Troma we could eat) I thought Dead Dudes was remarkably good. Low budget, funny, kinda creepy, and the best kind of ending:unhappy! I recommend viewing this with a 976-EVIL for maximum horror movie pleasure.