Rating: 
Summary: You have to see this to believe it
Review: Imagine the goriest movie you've ever seen, then at least double it. Then imagine that it's a comedy. Then imagine that it all works, and you're about as close to a description of this film as you can get.Sheer lunacy abounds, and some of the gags are truly funny. There's no point in trying to go into them, you wouldn't believe it anyway. (Wait until you get a load of the zombie baby). Suffice to say that you don't want to leave this planet without being able to say that you've seen this film once.
Rating: 
Summary: Rat Monkey Will Bite You!
Review: Peter Jackson was king of the splatter horror movies time before the Lord of the Kings trilogy. He made two classic films called Bad Taste and Dead Alive. In my opinion, Dead Alive is a little bit better than Bad Taste, which is also a great and funny movie. The movie's main character is a poor chmuch named Lionel who's practically enslaved to his domineering mother. But when Mom gets bitten by a rage and poisonous rat monkey(which is one my favourite creatures in this film) from Skull Island and is turned into a flesh eating zombie. If you don't like The Lord of the Rings movies and you'll love this if you have a really sick sense of homour and splatter horror movies are you favourites. There are many unforgettable highlights on this film for exemple these three: - Flesh eating mother zombie is walking on the middle of the road. Suddenly, streettrain drives over her and mother flies over 20 meters.
- Zombie is eating soap and his ear drop to soap. He eats his owns ear!
- Rat monkey makes his own extraordinary and funny noise on the zoo.
I almost died when I watched this movie because Dead Alive was so laughing movie.
Rent or buy this soon!
Don't fear the zombies attack!
Rating:
Summary: best black comedy
Review: This New Zealand cult classic certinly lives up to its reputation. However, the movie is so outrageous and over-the-top
it is really hard to be offended by the violence and gore; one
is more amused that shocked. I found Clive Barker's Hellraiser II
and Joe D'Amato's Beyond the Darkness far more shocking, even
though these movies were far less "explicit." It is often the
context that violent acts occur in movies make them offensive;
not just their frequency and explicitness. Music, mood, and other
factors contribute to this. At any rate, the movie was very enjoyable - heads chopped up in blenders, lawnmowers slicing through killer zombies, and enough decapitations to put CALIGULA
to shame. Several funny parts are memorable. The protaganist,
Lionel, turns the photograph of Queen Elizabeth II to the wall
when the zombies are being slaughtered as not to offend "her Majesty." At the beginning of the film Lionel needs to obtain
tranquilizers from a chemist's lab to control the monsters that
are "living" at hi house. The chemist complains about being
persecuted by the immigration officials; he has a heavy accent
a shaved head, and a Swastika armband he is wearing can be scene
on the edge of the screen. Dr. Strangelove "a la Kiwi."
So if you are tired of all those cheesy Italian zombie movies
and like violence but no nudity, see this movie.
Rating:
Summary: An acquired taste, but I enjoyed it.
Review: You might come in with the wrong expectations for this movie, it's primarily reputation is for it's gore. Which is deserved, even in the more widely available slightly-tamed down version that's more commonly available in the US, by the end of the film nearly every inch of the screen is covered in blood and guts. But don't neccesarily expect something frightening because of this, the movie is overall more funny than scary, from the ridiculous premise for the zombies' origin (a cursed Samarian rat-monkey imported to New Zealand) to the myriad bizarre and quirky characters and of course a lot of gross-out humor. At times it almost resembles what would happen if Monty Python made a zombie movie and ran as far with the blood and gore as they possibly could. You'll enjoy this movie if the following apply to you: 1) the phrases "karate priest", "baby zombie", and "rat-monkey" piqued your interest. 2) You liked Evil Dead II and Army Of Darkness, and are definitely not in the camp that the series went downhill once Sam Raimi started adding in comic elements 3) You're not at all squeamish about blood and relish completely over-the-top bordering on implausible gory death scenes. 4) You have a general taste for cheesy b-movies.
Rating:
Summary: A Must-Have Horror Camp Classic
Review: I had the pleasure of experiencing Peter Jackson before Lord of the Rings made him a huge, mainstream director. Before Heavenly Creatures garnered him critical acclaim and before he was nominated as Best Director for Fellowship of the Ring, ol' Pete was most well known for his gory horror classics Dead Alive (a.k.a. Braindead) and Bad Taste. It's nice to know that rising from these humble beginnings, Peter Jackson is on track to become the most popular director of the 21st century. Dead Alive has been called "the goriest movie ever", and it earns this reputation beautifully. The most is not just gory; it's HYSTERICALLY gory. We're talking buckets of blood, zombies dispatched by a lawnmower, rampaging intestines, and also (for the ladies) some zombie sex thrown into the mix. I can't stress how gory this movie is; you must see it to believe it. In case you're worried this may turn off some of your buddies, none of the gore is very realistic, so it's easy to not take the carnage seriously. After poor Lionel's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey, she begins to act in progressively more bizarre ways. In one scene, she eats Lionel's girlfriend's dog. "Your mother ate my dog!" his girlfriend cries. Lionel pulls the dog's tail out of his mother's mouth and replies, "Not all of it." His mother's disease begins to spread, and later in the film, Lionel is accosted by some zombies in a graveyard. A priest appears, sees the zombies, and cries, "This calls for some divine intervention!" He then leaps at the zombies and proceeds to kickbox them. He proclaims, "I kick arse for the Lord!" If you're laughing now, then this movie is for you. If not, you can probably pass. The movie is in no way scary, but it's not really meant to be. It's light humor and zany zombie antics are infectious. Peter Jackson's so-bad-its-hilariously-good taste and sense of humor is on full display in this movie. I love it! This movie is perfect for a late-night horror or gore movie marathon with your friends. If you're looking for some crazy fun and gross-out humor, Dead Alive is a movie you cannot pass up. You'll be talking about it for years. Look for an appearance by Peter Jackson in the funeral home as the inept embalmer.
Rating: 
Summary: Yucky camp, or campy yuck; does it matter?
Review: This movie puts yuck into camp. One just has to wonder where "fun" will finally end up at; this one was over the top for me. The combination of ultra-gore, bad acting (intentional, one supposes?), rotten music (had me climbing the walls during the first 30 mins), and a silly unoriginal zombie plot got me initially bored and then disgusted; a weird mix. If you get a thrill out of seeing body parts flying all over the place, with tons of reddish-pink paint, go for it. I suppose some people will get a yuck-yuck out of a couple dismembered body scenes.... But really, there must be a better way to spend 100 min.
Rating:
Summary: A Laugh Riot Gorefest
Review: If you have a demented sense of humor and love gory horror flicks then this is for you. Dead Alive ranks right up there in hall of fame of horror comedies right next to The Evil Dead II and The Return of the Living Dead. Check this movie out for lines like "your mom ate my dog" and "I kick ass for the Lord." If you are a fan of zombie movies you owe it to yourself to experience this twisted yarn of mayhem.
Rating:
Summary: "I kick ... for the Lord!"
Review: Evil Sumarian rat-monkey, killer zombie baby, Kung-fu priest, young love and a boy and his mother. Ladies and gentlemen, it does not get any better than this. Period. This film is almost indescribable. It has to be seen to be believed. I could honestly write a 10 page essay on how fantastic Dead Alive is. I must go now, and weep tears of joy and gratitude to God, for allowing this movie to be.
Rating: 
Summary: bad movie
Review: THis movie is not good. Pretty much any other horror movie i have ever seen is better. The Whole movie is just horrible. There is some gore but if your looking for tons of gore then go see evil dead 1 or 2 there have much more gore then this movie. I would stay away from this movie at all costs.
Rating:
Summary: The Everest of GORE!!!
Review: This movie is just about the ultimate in gore cinema. If you're even in the slightest interested in horror, this one will be for you. Wall-to-wall gore, slime, guts and humor (AND Kung-Fu!), what more could a gore-freak want?! Come on Peter, give us the sequel you considered making if no one would try to top it (Fangoria, 1992). And remember kids : it's comedy for the whole family! :)) PS : the US version is cut! If your dvd can handle it, go for the PAL version.
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