The House of Seven Corpses

Synopsis

A director courts disaster by filming his horror movie in a real haunted house.

In the midst of the film a zombie (in the credits referenced to as "The Ghoul") is awoken by a magical chant from The Book of the Dead. The creature starts thus by killing everyone in and around the house (Starting with Price, who ventured upon the graveyard after hearing something suspicious). At the same time Eric the Director and his assistant David head for the graveyard, to shoot some shots. On arrival they discover the body of Price, and to his horror Eric discovers an (previously unnamed) eight grave that bears David's name. After a struggle with the latter, David emerges from this grave as a zombie. The entire crew, including Eric, who has fled from "David", are killed by the zombie. The film ends with zombie "David" who finds his drowned girlfriend Anne floating in a nearby pond. While the credits start to roll David is seen taking Anne with him to his grave.

Cast

Production

It was filmed at the Utah Governor's Mansion in Salt Lake City.

Release

Severin Films released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in 2013.

Reception

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called the film "routine but capably handled". Writing in Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Glenn Kay called the concept better suited to an anthology film. Bloody Disgusting rated it 1.5/5 stars and wrote that though it is "only frightening in the first few minutes". Stuart Galbraith of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and called it "cheap and derivative but hard to entirely dislike". Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict wrote, "While there are things to enjoy about The House of Seven Corpses, it is completely forgettable, mostly because it's patently unscary."