Braindead

1993 "Some things won't stay down... even after they die."
Braindead
7.5| 1h43m| R| en| More Info
Released: 12 February 1993 Released
Producted By: WingNut Films
Country: New Zealand
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When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

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jamesgandrew A group of adventurers discover and bring back a deadly rat monkey to a zoo, who can transform their victims into blood thirsty zombies. When a man's mother gets accidentally bitten by the rat monkey, mayhem ensues. Dead Alive, also known as Braindead, was Peter Jackson's third feature after the splatter fest Bad Taste and crude Muppet parody Meet the Feebles. Jackson this time delivers a humorous take on the zombie genre, which harkens to the likes of Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead in its combination of physical comedy with blood and guts galore. Dead Alive is said to be the bloodiest movie of all time and I'm not exaggerating! One of the final sequences required 5 gallons of blood to be pumped out per second! That's absolutely ludicrous! Thankfully it pays off and the film remains one of the greatest zombie comedies of all time.Timothy Balme excellently pulls off the wild physical comedy and in all honesty, he is a runner up for Bruce Campbell in terms of giving the best performance in a zombie horror comedy. There are some insanely over the top moments and you just have to see it for yourself- they're insanely good! Dead Alive/Braindead is over the top violent gory fun that I'm sure you'll enjoy!
meacham-60174 Greatest low budget gory film that has ever been made.
sullymazda I've always wondered why, exactly, this motion picture takes place in 1957 (Peter Jackson makes sure it's virtually the first thing you see). I was born that year so...well, I know a thing or two when it comes to Old School. Trust me here... There is not one single solitary blooper in the film..you know, a model of car that doesn't belong there, verbal expressions that people didn't use back then, etc. As they would say..."You get my drift". Hey, there's one from the fifties! Anyhow... The film operates flawlessly as a period piece..and must have been extremely difficult to make. Think about it. It can't be easy ensuring that we don't see, in the background, someone driving a brand new Corvette, or even a fancy kind of pay phone could not possibly have existed in 1957. People my age...better yet...even older have told me that it's simultaneously the most disgusting but hilarious movie they've ever viewed. (Ian Watkin, who played Uncle Les, steals the film as soon as he shows up in his fancy car and hideous toupee). More importantly that, yeah, that's how things were and looked back then. Lastly, I wonder if the people at the Academy Awards...who gave Jackson (deservedly)I believe 11 statues for "Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King"... possibly the single best movie I have ever seen..knew that he had this madness under his belt. Thanks for reading.
thepigsoftheroundtable Once in a life time there comes a movie that combines two opposite genres together to make a seamless whole of a movie. Dead Alive is that movie. Perfectly combining splatter horror, and comedy this movie is sure to make you laugh and vomit at the same time. The premise is simple, an awkward young man's mom is bitten by a Rat Monkey that leads to her becoming a zombie. Eventually she gets out and begins to spread the disease around the neighborhood. Basically you classic zombie movie. But this has a completely different feel to it. For one I couldn't stop laughing, whether is was the zombie baby or the heart and lungs monster, this movie made me laugh. But at the same time I completely lost my appetite. From watching a man get his legs eaten off, or a woman eat her own ear. It really takes a certain kind of person to understand the humor in this movie. I give this movie ten out of ten, not just for the humor and story but for the practical effects. They were absolutely amazing. A few like the monkey or the baby don't really hold up to today's standards, but when the guy gets his legs eaten away leaving just his bones, that was unbelievable. It looked so realistic. The characters were another way that made this movie great. I really enjoyed the characters, they were all people that really acted like someone would in that type of situation making it believable.I wouldn't recommend this movie to just any movie watcher. It takes a special type of person to enjoy this movie to it's full potential. But if you love movies like Shaun of the Dead or Zombieland I suggest you check this movie out. But do it on an empty stomach, I cannot stress how bloody and gory this movie is.