With five gallons of blood being pumped a second for the splatterific climax, this film does what SHAUN OF THE DEAD did years and years later: it made zombies funny. Peter Jackson's huge cult success has gone down in history as the "goriest film ever made". Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 10 / 10 A Peter Jackson triumph with an unforgettable climax "Brain Dead" (aka "Dead Alive") is the best splatter comedy money can buy. The actors attack their various roles with a solid energy that gives the film a maniac pace. The comedy is pure slapstick and at times dark as pitch. For a film with a miniscule budget (approximately $3 million) he makes every penny count and turns out a very nice looking film. This insanely entertaining flick has buckets and buckets of blood and gore, probably one of the (if not THE) bloodiest around. Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) once again proves he is more than able to give us the gory goods and make us laugh the entire time. Pretty soon poor Lionel is living in the house of the dead and fighting off a lecherous uncle scheming to grab the estate. The bite turns his mum into a zombie and each one she bites turns as well. But a date to the zoo takes a turn for the worse when Lionel's overprotective mum follows him and manages to get bitten by a "rat monkey", a particularly nasty creature whose bite is killerÂ…literally. But things seem to be on the up and up for him when he starts a romance with a local shop owner's daughter. But unfortunately his mother must have come from the same parenting class as Norman Bates' mother since she is as manipulative and smothering. Ever since his father died saving him during a swimming accident Lionel has been taking care of his mother. Lionel Cosgrove is a good guy having a tough time with things. Reviewed by suspiria10 8 / 10 S10 Reviews: Dead Alive (1992) However, has Lionel what it takes to save the day and get the girl?-Nick Riganas Poor Lionel, whether you like it or not, you'll have to man up to clean up the mess and confront your decomposing mummy. And as if having to deal with a new Vera weren't enough, an ugly secret haunts the family, and Lionel's basement becomes a magnet for stimulant-enhanced zombie misfits. Now that Vera's got the "bite", the volatile situation at home spins out of control as the virulent infection gradually turns the cruel matriarch into a puss-squirting, flesh-eating living dead. After a visit to the local zoo, a vicious Sumatran Rat-Monkey bites Vera, and Lionel's already messed-up world falls apart. Lionel Cosgrove, an oppressed bachelor still living with his despotic mother Vera, has finally found his soulmate: Paquita, a compassionate grocery store clerk.
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