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Zombies of Braindead

Also called: Dead Alive
FilmUndead1968 to 1999

Peter Jackson's splatter comedy is set in a Wellington suburb, where a meek man's domineering mother is bitten, turns and starts infecting others. It plays extreme gore for comedy. A commercial failure in 1992, it built a cult following.12

Battle it
First appeared
1992
Released 1992
Source work
Braindead (1992)
Peter Jackson
Age rating
18 (UK); R for the cut US version
Made in
New Zealand
What causes it
Other
The bite of the Sumatran rat-monkey, a hybrid said to come from plague rats attacking tree monkeys.
How you become one
A bite from the rat-monkey or from a zombie.
Weak spots
  • animal tranquilliser (sedates them)
  • dismemberment

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1992

Released 1992

field notes

What the sources say

1

Two zombies produce a zombie baby12

2

A horde is cut down with a lawn mower, in a scene said to have used 300 litres of fake blood12

3

Effects by Bob McCarron and Richard Taylor12

4

Simon Pegg names it a main influence on Shaun of the Dead12

5

Released in North America as Dead Alive; the uncut version is banned in Germany12

6

They are kept quiet with animal tranquilliser until an accidental dose of animal stimulant revives them12

Sources

  1. Braindead (film) - Wikipedia
  2. Dead Alive - Rotten Tomatoes

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