A group of mid-20s buddies meet up for a trip to a small village where they plan on "drinking until they cannot speak before passing out in the woods". It immediately establishes it's "hook" which happens to be misogyny as all of the guys are in relationships with incredibly bitchy women (save for the one guy who is gay). Upon their arrival, they find the entirely village is desolate. Turns out, there was some kind of top secret experiment gone wrong that resulted in all of the women becoming zombified man-hating cannibals. From then on, the movie goes into zombie-fighting mode...
"Doghouse" ain't a BAD flick - though it just really falls along the lines of your typical zombie-comedy. I'm really tired of these types of movies that begin with pointless introductory freeze-frames of each main character (i.e. the "Feast" movies). As soon as I saw this, I realized what the entire movie was going to be and this was within the first 10 seconds. The humor in the film isn't especially stand-out, but rather just occasionally amusing. At one point, a few of the guys decide to blend in with the onslaught of female zombies by dressing in drag... It's a pretty expected bit, obviously lifted from "Shaun of the Dead". There's a little bit of entertaining zombie splatter - but, again, it's just another modern zom-com, not unlike every other one you've seen in recent years. Also, the explanation behind the failed experiment was only touched upon briefly and didn't make much sense - as did the dolphin sonar button that apparently emits a sound that only women can hear. Again, "Doghouse" is only just a mildly amusing misogynist zombie flick.
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