Product Description: On a quiet street in a small town pure evil has come to stay. An innocent young man forced to care for his domineering mother finds the task a whole lot more demanding after shes bitten by the cursed sumatran rat-monkey. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/16/2005 Starring: Timothy Balme Diana Penaliver Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R Director: Peter Jackson
Amazon.com essential video: If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and gruesome gore, you'd better steer clear of this wicked 1992 horror-comedy from the demented mind and delirious camera of New Zealand-born writer-director Peter Jackson. However, if nonstop mayhem and extreme violence are your idea of great entertainment, you're sure to appreciate Jackson's gleefully inventive approach to a story that can judiciously be described as sick, twisted, and totally outrageous. The movie's central character is a poor schmuck named Lionel who's practically enslaved to his domineering mother. But when ol' Mum gets bitten by a rare and poisonous rat monkey from Skull Island and is turned into a flesh-eating zombie, Lionel has the unfortunate task of keeping Mama happy while fending off all the other zombies that result from her voracious feeding frenzies. If you've read this far, you'll either be crying out for censorship or eagerly awaiting your first viewing (or second, or third...) of this wildly clever and audaciously uninhibited movie. And while director Jackson would later achieve critical success with his fact-based drama Heavenly Creatures, his talent is readily evident in this earlier effort. If you find this kind of thing even remotely appealing, consider Dead Alive a must-see movie. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com: Peter Jackson proves that if gory is funny, then excessive gory is downright hysterical. As our hapless hero wades through an ankle-deep puddle of blood and entrails, brandishing a lawnmower like a portable Cuisinart at the climax of this zombie-fest, you'll either be screaming with laughter or fleeing in disgust. Timothy Balme stars as the shy mama's boy Lionel, whose controlling shrew of a mother (Elizabeth Moody) starts rotting away, literally, with a vague supernatural disease. Mother dies but refuses to stay down, rising as a flesh-eating zombie infecting everyone she bites. Lionel tries to hide her in the basement, but the victims keep piling up and finally break out when Lionel's blackmailing uncle (a grotesque, leering Ian Watkin) throws a party in the house. It's snack time as the guests become undead hors d'oeuvres and rise again as hungry soldiers of the new zombie army marching on Lionel and his girl Pacquita (the lovely Diana Penalver). New Zealand goremeister Jackson pulls out all stops in this truly outrageous sanguinary comedy, from gross-out gags of oozing puss and rotting body parts at a formal dinner to slapstick antics as Lionel tries to keep his flesh-hungry mother sedated during the funeral to the final Freudian showdown between a now-monstrous mother and the newly liberated Lionel. If you like your horror with a sense of humor or your comedy with gristle, then wade through this taboo-busting bucket of blood. --Sean Axmaker
ALWAYS get the unrated version this is without a doubt the greatest horror movie of all time. never ever watch the rated version because it is missing 10 min worth of glorious little 2 to 10 second frames of absolute bloody horror goodness. without these scenes it becomes the WORST horror movie of all time and destroys all hope for a better world and not to mention a great film watching experience.
Dead Alive If you enjoy horror movies with some over the top splatter and humor you will most likely enjoy "Dead Alive". Peter Jackson directs one of his first entries masterfully and creates another winner in this genre. Good storyline and effects makes this worth at least a rental and for those into these horror comedies a buy. A young man, that is a "momma's boy", realizes his mother has been bitten by a Zombie monkey that causes her to want to feed on human flesh. He must go to extremes to keep his mother under control and not let word get out. Good quality DVD with good replayability. If you enjoyed this catch the "Evil Dead" movies.
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A hilarious splatter comedy. Dead-Alive (Foreign title: Braindead) is a hilarious splatter comedy with gallons of blood. literally!
The film is extremely funny and gory and this film is so gory, it contains one of the goriest scenes in movie history... THE LAWNMOWER SCENE!
With a 3,000,000 dollar budget, some of the goriest scenes look realistic. however some scenes look cheesy such as when we first see the Sumatran Rat Monkey.
Overall, Lots of laughs, Lots of blood, Lots of gore, and lots of custard. 8.4/10.
Oh Snap! I love this movie! I watch it as often as humanly possible! You so earn cave points if you have not seen this movie! Both hilarious and completely gory! Score!
More gore than HG Lewis This is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. There isn't much to be said besides watch this movie if you haven't seen it yet.
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