- Release date: 1993
- Runtime: 104 min
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin ... See all
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Plot: Lionel, a Mama's boy has the unwanted honor of having to look after his overbearingly evil mother. He ends up falling in love with a local woman who believes that they're destined together. In a moment of intentional sabotage of one of their dates, his mother is bitten by a... Read more
User Reviews
Brilliant zombie-movie
Jul 06, 2000
action-6
Jul 06, 2000action-6
Braindead was the first really gory splattermovie I saw, and I have seen plenty since then, but Braindead is still the best zombie/comedy-movie I`ve ever seen. All the actors are terrible but that is precisely what makes this movie so... Read more at imdb.com
Intestines can really kill you.
Feb 08, 1999
Brian
Feb 08, 1999Brian
This is by far the best horror film I have ever seen in my life. This movie has everything - a horrifying rat monkey, a baby zombie, zombies having sex, gratuitous violence, extreme gore, a super fighting ninja priest, an... Read more at imdb.com
Oh, God, I Love This Movie!
Aug 22, 2006
CTS-1
Aug 22, 2006CTS-1
This film is truly the finest hour of the young, aggressive, full-speed-ahead Peter Jackson. Check your squeamishness at the door and get ready for proof that splatter can be played for laughs.Not all the laughs are splatter-based. The opening scene... Read more at imdb.com
Good grisly fun!
Mar 06, 2003
george.schmidt
Mar 06, 2003george.schmidt
DEAD ALIVE (1993) ***1/2 New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson made his mark in horror cinema (and for himself as a talent to be reckoned with) in this incredibly gory, funny and altogether sickfest zombie flick about a young man's shrew... Read more at imdb.com
The goriest film ever made?!-I don't think so.
Feb 15, 2002
HumanoidOfFlesh
Feb 15, 2002HumanoidOfFlesh
This amazingly bloody and hilariously funny gore comedy from Peter Jackson("Bad Taste","Lord of the Rings:Trilogy")is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen.There's a great bit with Timothy Balme walking a hyperactive zombie baby in the park,a kung... Read more at imdb.com
Faster! Harder!! BRAINDEAD!!!
Nov 24, 2001
Le Froque
Nov 24, 2001Le Froque
I LOVE THIS FLICK!!! Probably the greatest splatter comedy ever made, because "Braindead/Dead Alive" is a fast-paced, gut-wrenching, disgusting, adrenalin-pushing and ultra-funny cult movie!!! The nightly martial arts-performance on the cemetery is as great as Lionel´s baby sitting-trip on the... Read more at imdb.com
The best of it's kind
Jun 23, 2001
narrator15
Jun 23, 2001narrator15
This movie, was the funniest thing I have ever seen. I watched it with tears of laughter in my eye, with no time to wipe them off, seeing a funnier, more dazzlingly inventive scene would immediately follow. I could not... Read more at imdb.com
Demented Fun
Mar 06, 2005
nycritic
Mar 06, 2005nycritic
Who would have imagined that in 1992 a film director of mainly cult movies would grow to the immense stature that he has today? I certainly didn't, but this is exactly the case with Peter Jackson, who then brought this... Read more at imdb.com
All time best horror-comedy? Could be.
Jul 20, 2005
Sebastian
Jul 20, 2005Sebastian
Crazy, visceral, over the top, quirky, violent, gory, silly, extreme and (in it's own way) sweet, are just a few words that can describe this visual extravaganza.What makes it such a good movie? It's fast paced, it's witty, it's charming...... Read more at imdb.com
S10 Reviews: Dead Alive (1992)
Jul 02, 2005
suspiria10
Jul 02, 2005suspiria10
Lionel Cosgrove is a good guy having a tough time with things. Ever since his father died saving him during a swimming accident Lionel has been taking care of his mother. But unfortunately his mother must have come from the same... Read more at imdb.com
Critics Reviews
Movie Reviews UK
Surprisingly, the level of acting in Braindead is high.
A highly successful blending of horror, comedy and romance, Braindead is a showcase for Peter Jackson's talents and a wild ride of gore.
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Director Peter Jackson's second feature cheerfully trumps the gross-out quotient of his splatterfest debut, the appropriately named Bad Taste. The tone is cartoonishly comic, and the premise is simple: The village dweeb (Timothy Balme) is trying to maintain a budding... ... Full Article

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