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German director Uwe Boll marks his first US Theatrical gig with "House Of The Dead". The flick is based on SEGA's popular horror shooter video game of the same name and it stars Jonathan Cherry ("Final Destination 2"), Jurgen Pronchow ("Das Boot"), Ellie Cornell ("Halloween 4-5") and Clint Howard ("Ice Cream Man"). Uwe took a couple of minutes of his time to talk about the Zombie Party. Here's what he had to say...

A: What’s your favorite horror movie?

U: The Shining and Rosemary’s Baby.

A: What was it about this script that made you want to do it?

U: I always wanted to do a real dry, bloody zombie movie and here was the possibility.

A: Did you play the video game as a form of research?
 
U: Yes.

A: How faithful will the film be to the arcade game on which it’s based?

U: Nobody can show you a POV shooter running around and shooting zombies for 90 minutes. In the movie, we have young people who are attacked on an island, chased and killed by zombies. We have action just like in the video game. SEGA wants to do HOD 4 with our film’s story.   

A: What kind of tone will the film sport: humorous, serious or a mix of both?

U: In the beginning, there will be some humor because they think that they’re attending a rave party on that island. They basically wanna party. But then, the ravers are all killed and nine survivors are left. That’s when the killing and chasing begins. We wanna scare the audience to death!

A: What’s your visual approach in regards to the film? What are you going for?

U: We are shooting in a scary forest at nighttime. We have very nice moonlight and we are shooting in Cinemascope where "Resident Evil" was shot in 1:1:85. Like "Final Destination", our movie looks bigger. This is not just another teen movie, the violence is more in the style of “Saving Private Ryan”.

A: Can we expect lots of gory goods? In your opinion, what will be the gore highlight of the film?

U: We have over 15 exploding heads, people are cut in half or fighting headless. We basically show what "Resident Evil" didn’t show.
 
A: What’s the most ambitious visual effect in the film?

U: We have a Matrix-like set-up with over 300 cameras for a fighting scene.
  
A: What kind of distribution are you guys aiming for? Wide, limited, straight-to-video?

U: Wide theatrical release. It looks like we’re getting a major company to distribute it.

A: What rating are you guys aiming for?

U: R-rated– but the DVD will be the Director's Cut in NC-17 or X-format.

A: When can we expect the film to be released?

U: Next Spring/Summer.

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I'd like to thank Uwe for his time. I'm always hip to a new zombie flick and I'm happy that we're getting more of them these days. Let's just hope this dead puppy delivers the gory goods and doesn't pull a "Children of the Living Dead" on our asses..

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