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Braindead

1992 · Film · 103 min

  • Horror
  • Comedy

Plot

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.

About Braindead

Braindead, released in the United States as Dead Alive, is a 1992 New Zealand zombie comedy splatter film directed by Peter Jackson, produced by Jim Booth, and written by Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh, and Jackson based on an original story idea by Sinclair. It stars Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, and Ian Watkin. The plot follows Lionel, a young man living in South Wellington with his strict mother Vera. After Lionel becomes romantically entangled with a girl named Paquita, Vera is bitten by a hybrid rat-monkey creature and begins to transform into a zombie, while also infecting dozens of Wellingtonians. Made on a budget of $3 million, Braindead was Jackson's most expensive film up to that point. Although it received positive reviews from critics, it was a box office bomb. It has since received a cult following, and is now widely regarded as one of the goriest films of all time.

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Cast

  • Timothy BalmeLionel
  • Diana PeñalverPaquita
  • Elizabeth MoodyMum
  • Ian WatkinUncle Les
  • Brenda KendallNurse McTavish
  • Stuart DevenieFather McGruder
  • Jed BrophyVoid
  • Elizabeth BrimilcombeZombie Mum
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