House on Tombstone Hill (1991)

A group of young adults try to rent out an old mansion that's been abandoned for decades due to some murders to live and party out.
However, the head one of the group named Bob (Victor Verhaeghe) disturbed the dead of a silver haired maniacal matriarch by smashing her tombstone and wanders around the mansion as she was the original owner of the house who does not like uninvited guests.
This then costs these people their lives as she kills them off with deadly devices like a machette, screwdrivers and a saw, then turns them into zombie's as well as locking themselves in the house so the rest won't escape either.
One of them named Linda (Naomi Kooker) discovers a newspaper clipping on what happened there as they struggle to try and kill off these zombies before they are next as well as trying to find a way to escape this twisted haunted mansion.

When I discivered that this film was released by Troma Team Entertainment I was expecting a bad made for video flick and I was right. But there are some dark horror touches in this film throughout the story and other interesting stuff.
It's sort of a party type flick to bring your friends over to watch and make fun of and just worth watching the graphic gore in it and the dead coming back to life. 
However, the story doesn't go anywhere which makes it below average as well as a phony looking evil old lady.
On Cable TV it was titled Dead Dudes in the House

The acting is quite stale but full of virtual unknowns. Yet they do their best with their work.
An actor that stands out is Victor Verhaeghe as the head one of the group with his rebellious and arrogant attitude.
J.D. Cerna seems to prove his point with his character acting too especially when he turns into a corpse.
Mark Zohian seemed to come across well with his energetic performance in the film as well as his blocking too.
Supporting actor Eugene "Eggs" Sautner really knew how to pull some weight with his role as the latecomer at the house even if it wasn't too big.

Many bloodied bodies
Hands are chooped off
A steel pipe is stabbed through a guys chest and blood being spat out
Sharp objects like a screwdriver is impaled in a man's arms and legs with blood gushing out
A man's body is split in half by a broken window constantly cut down on him
Scissors are stabbed in a woman's back
The odd head is bashed
A saw is chopped in a guy's head
Guts are revealed through a walking corpse
A piece of leg is ripped off
A screwdriver is stabbed through an old lady's head
A head is chopped off an old woman
Plenty of blood galore

The directing by James Riffel is quite stale and rough but yet he does show many dark moments which saved this film from bombing.
He shows some good camera shots on Sarah Newhouse going up the stairs spotting a bloody wall as well as her wandering around looking for her boyfriend as well as a good close up shot on her hand slowly opening the knob of a door as you would think something creepy would happen.
There is a corny dialogue between Newhouse and Douglas Gibson who plays the ghost of the evil old lady as it was supposed to look scary but it doesn't do the trick.
However, Gibson plays another part in this film as the boyfriend which this time looks creepy when he is a walking corpse slowly approaching Newhouse and getting creepy with her as it looks cheesy but impressive.
There's also good shots on the cast trying to break open some windows with logs etc and the logs breaking which leaves off to the horror of the plot to the film as well as cheesy effects on the shutters to the windows opening and closing.
A good shot on supporting actor Eugene Sauter climbing up a ladder to the house leading to an open window as well as a shot on Gibson as the old lady pacing where the window is with a machette.
Good shot on Sauter with his hands climging up to the window as well as him losing his balance with the ladder falling. Then theres a good camera shot looking up on Gibson standing where the window is as well as Sauter crying to help him up. Gibson seemed to have a cheesy wicked reply saying no and then there's a terrifying moment I won't give away which was gruesomely well done.
We have a nice dark setting with both J.D. Cerna and Sauter in a den when Sauter is resurrected as a corpse acting outgoingly evil and a good shocked expression by Cerna not knowing what to think about this situation which looked descent enough.
There's also good shots on Gibson slowly coming up to Cerna and him backing up as well as being attacked. Cerna does well by screaming in pain when being stabbed by objects.
A good shot on Cerna resurrected into a corpse looking down and talking when Naomi Kooker comes up to him showing good concerns.
We have a good shot on Kooker sitting as a resurrected corpse with an evil grin and does well with her words showing that she's not the same anymore when others try to talk to her telling her there's a way out of the house.
A perfect shot on Newhouse trying to attack Zobian with some scissors pinning him to the ground and he is holding her back.
We have good shots on both actors Mark Zobian and James Griffith sitting down near a wall trying to hide from the madness.
There is some good goofy and evil actions with Cerna when he tries to get to the two which kinda reminds me of the direction with the characters from Fright Night. We have a great battle between all three of them.
A good moment with Victor Verhaeghe breaking down a door with an axe but the door looks obviously fake.
There is also a good struggle with Gibson as the old lady battling Mark Zobian.