Dead Alive

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Summary: Peter Jackson makes GORE FUN for the WHOLE family!
Review: This is a Hilarious, well-written Zombie Flick Directed by Peter Jackson! If you love the Evil dead trilogy, then look no more: You have found the very best of the HORROR/COMEDY Movies available!
Peter Jackson takes this hybrid genre to the maximum! If you ever wanted to know how much blood and guts you could cram into ONE horror film WATCH THIS MOVIE! This movie should satisfy all Gore fans out there! As for those that seek out the uncut-import version of this film with more gore, give me a break! There is more than enough gore in the U.S. release. Buy it today! You will not regret it!

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Summary: this movie is over the top... in a good way
Review: this movie is so unbelievably gory you wont know whether to be grossed out or just laugh at it. i personally thought the movie was hilarious, and im surprised that it is not more well known. if you are a fan of horror and gore (maybe just gore, i dont remember a single tense moment in the movie come to think of it) then definitely get your hands on this movie.. you won't be disapointed.

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Summary: Lookin' for a decent zombie flick?
Review: Lookin' for a decent zombie flick? Well keep lookin' cause this aint it. However if you loved Army of Darkness, you might enjoy this one. Do yourself a favor tho, and get the unrated version, or director's cut, whatever, cause the editing in the regular one was so bad, i literally popped the tape out to see if it was spliced.

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Summary: SWEET,SWEET,SWEET,5 STARS AREN'T NEARLY ENOUGH
Review: man this was such a fun, funny, and unbelievabley gory. its such a great movie, it has to be on my top ten favoite movies. i remember seeing it before but not really remembering it, then i read a few reviews on amazon and went out and rented it again. man i was so surprised. do the same and go rent it, or order it from amazon.


other reccomended movies such as dead alive

BAD TASTE, peter jackson, the director of DEAD ALIVE, his first movie. some think it is more gory than DEAD ALIVE
SHAUN OF THE DEAD, i wasnt very into this movie at the time of seeing it, but now that i think about it this is a really great movie. had more gore and drama than i expected.

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Summary: Over The Top Zombie Comedy
Review: This actually more of a comedy than horror flick, albeit dark comedy. I think that is an important point for first time viewers to know, I could see being disappointed if you expected to be scared or feel in suspense when watching it. With that caveat though, it is indeed a very gory comedy. Still, I can't imagine anyone who has seen more than a couple horror films being too overly grossed out. The gore is so over the top and campy. By the end we were rolling our eyes at the fake blood. I could imagine the guys standing just off camera hurling the buckets of fake blood everywhere. It is just so ridiculous I can't imagine getting too nauseated by it or at all frightened. It reminds me of the blood and violence of the Kill Bill movies. Some of the scenes did get me in a gross out sort of way. The ear in the soup at the dinner table and when the mother ate the nurse's dog are two scenes that come to mind. Even then though it was a laughing at the same time we were exclaiming, "Oh, that is so gross!" kind of reaction. It is these moments that Peter Jackson's and Fran Walsh's creativity shines and it is these moments that make this movie a zombie gem. If you have seen Evil Dead and enjoyed that then this movie might be one you would like to check out as well.

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Summary: Fabulous Gore
Review: This movie is gory. If you don't want to see a wonderfully gory film, then this one is not for you. So many fantastic moments of purely horrific scenes...the amount of blood and guts in this film is magical. I loved it. Every moment. SO MUCH LOVELY GORE!

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Summary: Proof that "Rings" director Jackson isn't "Braindead"
Review: Look up the word "disgusting" in the unwritten Book Of The Cinema and you'll find that the definition is "Peter Jackson's 'Braindead'". I don't know how else to introduce the picture other than to say that it is believed to be the goriest film ever made, and that it is considered by many to be the best zombie (and even horror in general) film ever made.

The film revolves around Lionel (Timothy Balme), a kind-hearted and loyal young man forced to take care of his wicked old mother (Elizabeth Moody). When Lionel meets Paquita (Diana Penalver), a girl working at a local shop (who has been foretold that Lionel is her destined love), a romance blooms - angering Lionel's mum, who proceeds to follow the couple on a trip to the zoo. The story goes from sunny romance to pitch-black horror in an instant when Lionel and Paquita stumble across a bizarre creature in the zoo: the rare Sumatran rat monkey, a vicious little beast with taste for flesh. In the film's first bloody scene - enough to get the film an "R" rating already - Lionel's mum is bitten by the rat monkey.

Naturally, being the very loving son he is, Lionel takes his sick mother home and gives her his undivided attention. That night Lionel is visited by Paquita, and for a while Lionel forgets about his mum or anything else.

From then on Lionel's life becomes a living hell. First, his mother dies. Then, she is resurrected as a zombie and begins losing clumps of skin and an ear. This doesn't seem good, especially when a respected couple arrive for dinner. Soon, friends of the family are bitten, or just nibbled on by Lionel's mum - and so they find themselves brainless, undead creatures as well. Then some of the kind local citizens - including a priest who "kicks ass for the Lord" - are zombied. Finally, most of the town has become zombies. Things aren't looking good for Lionel, who's trying to keep the whole thing under wraps - pretty much literally.

How much gore could a horror film have if a horror film could have gore? I don't know, but I'd say "Braindead" is about the limit. People whose stomachs aren't made of rock should steer clear of this film, or any of Jackson's earlier pieces for that matter. Luckily, I was prepared for the gory festivites after watching "Bad Taste", but even then I was surprised when - three minutes into the film - a man finds both his arms and, ultimately, his head cut off in an unflinching scene which gives you no time to blink. If there ever has been a more gory, disgusting, sick film that "Braindead" (or "Dead Alive", whichever you prefer), I've yet to see it.

For example, in one scene, Paquita and Lionel hear Paquita's dog bark and attack Lionel's mum. Rushing upstairs, they find Lionel's mum looking sick. Lionel goes to her and removes one of the dog's legs from her throat. (In case you haven't noticed, this is one of the most disturbing scenes in the film) "Your mother ate my dog!" Paquita screams. "There's still some left," Lionel replies. We pull back and find the room splattered in blood, with hairy remains on the bed.

Ugh.

"Braindead" is rated highly most everywhere I've seen it reviewed, hailed by horror fans as a masterpiece. It is constantly competing with films like "Evil Dead II", "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead" for superiority in the "Best Zombie Movie Ever" category. I'd say it comes pretty close too. The film's nightmarish, unflinching atmosphere is something entirely unique to Peter Jackson. The acting is terrific - you feel exactly what you're supposed to feel when you're supposed to feel it. The score, by Peter Dasent, is also very fine, and gives the film a mischievous, comedic mood.

"Braindead" is Peter Jackson's pre-"Rings" masterpiece, and one of the greatest horror films ever made. If you, a) have a very endurant stomach, b) call yourself a horror fan, and c) haven't a fear of rat monkeys, then this is the film for you. No horror moviegoer should go without seeing it at least once.

Sometimes eerie, frequently funny, and always gory as hell, "Braindead" is one sick film.