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Summary: Gore-drenched horror classic
Review: Spoilers ahead.Read carefully.Dead-Alive is a definite classic in my book.If you want to be scared,sorry! Not much suspense here. But if you want gore galore and one of the most gruesome imagery you'll ever see,THIS IS IT! Now Dead-Alive has hardly any scares.It's overpowered by non-stop humor.A biker urinates on a lady's grave,a fat guy gets kicked in the balls by a zombified baby and a ninja-fighting priest jump kicks zombies yelling out loud "I kick arse for the lord!" This movie is basically a comedy.But the gore is so high you'll wonder why it wasn't rated triple X.And that is NO joke.This makes other horror flicks like Evil Dead,Friday The 13th,Halloween and others look like PBS programs! Necks ripped open,rib-cage ripped from body, multiple zombies mowed down by a lawnmower (arguably the goriest scene) and many more make this one of the grossest movies ever (if not THE grossest).The special F/X are brilliant.There so great I can't even explain.There too good to describe.The story is pretty good and the acting is above-average (Tim Balme is a really good actor who deserves more credit than he's gotten). The script isn't bad.It's fairly unpredictable. Overall,Dead-Alive is a brilliant horror movie that you HAVE to get.Just make sure you get the unrated version.Avoid the R-version like a flesh-eating zombie.Unrated,but contains extreme violence and gore galore and some language.
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Summary: Gory, but just doesnt do it
Review: Inspired by the couragous cult-classic Evil Dead series, Dead Alive, besides obsene amounts of blood and gore, really doesn't have much to offer. There's a lot of cheap effects and campy horror that every movie fan craves, but the odd humor really doesn't fit in very well. I've seen the movie several times, and it keeps getting worse and worse. Dead Alive definately has its good points, such as the kung-fu priest, the zombie baby, the walking intestines, and the giant monster that literally has a man-eating stomach. These are all awsome ideas and I praise Peter Jackson for his creativity, but if you're going to make a humourous horror movie, leave out some of the odd gorry details. The cheap soundtrack and disjointed photography made the charactors and their surroundings deluded, not in the least bit humorous. Therefore, this movie is not a comedy, nor is it part of the horror gendre, but merely an odd film. I almost felt disturbed while watching this movie, mainly because I didnt want to take the movie very seriously. You can't laugh with a movie like Dead Alive, you're more likely to laugh at it. And this is fine if the movie were uncontrollably rediculous, but there was too much distasteful gore, and not enough charactor development. I didn't have a sense of pride in the hero because he was such a loser, and the dillusional gypsy that he fell in love with was just not believable enough. The hero was a secluded "mother's boy" who only had a girlfriend because of some coincidence due to his stupidity. What kind of a hero is that? The monsters were the only enjoyable characters in the movie, especially the baby. Leave out the heartless dialogue and screwy acting, then you've got a classic. Otherwise, its an amateur horror movie that no one can possibly relate to. I give this movie credit because of its odd originality and definate creativity. Otherwise, this is not a movie I would look forword to seeing again. Buy it for the gore, not the laughs.
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Summary: Sick. Sick. Sick!
Review: I should feel ashamed for watching this twisted, warped bit of filmmaking, but I don't. In my defense, it took me two tries before I could watch this movie the whole way through. But was it ever worth it! The director, of course, is New Zealand genius Peter Jackson, who also did the beautiful "Heavenly Creatures" and is currently helming the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Jackson's purpose here is excess, plain and simple. Imagine, say, the Three Stooges wandering onto the set of "Night of the Living Dead" and you might get some inkling of what's in store. The punchlines and sight gags (and I do mean gags) are as numerous as the zombie hordes who threaten our hero. In short, this is one of the best guilty pleasures to come out on video, but make sure to get the unrated version.
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Summary: Wow.
Review: My roomate rented this movie awhile back, I was like "Dead Alive? Why would I want to watch this?" He explained it to me, and I was still a wee bit leary, he popped it in, and within moments I was on the ground laughing. I came back home and made my friends rent this flick, and we made the mistake of renting the rated version (make sure you do not make this mistake). So we watched it and it did not make us laugh... but I found it on DVD unrated.. and instantly bought it.. and I watch it on a weekly basis.
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Summary: Cheap good gory fun!
Review: I saw this movie when it first came out on viedeo becasue i dont remember it being in the theatores but it is bad acting bad effects just a lot of one liners and gore and this is exactly why i like this movie.
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Summary: This film is not dead
Review: ORINGINAL(I MEAN IT!)! AWESOME! I loved it! Make sure you get the unrated version for desired effect!
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Summary: .
Review: Wildly inventive, ultra-gorey horror/comedy starts a bit slow, although even in the earliest scenes there is a vaguely surreal quality to the b-grade film-making which helps to keep you interested. Gradually you'll begin to understand what it is your in for -- a genuinely bizarre, frantic, at times astoundingly hilarious celebration of blood, pus, rot, unnatural mastication, evisceration, and the Oedipus complex. Truly a film that must be seen to be believed, including such glittering cinematic sequences as an extended, mansion-spanning battle with a ribcage and attached intestines; a priest enthusiastically putting what appears to be a solid training in the martial arts to use against a small horde of the undead; and a grotesque demon child being beaten into submission by our frustrated protagonist. If any of this sounds like a good time to you, I highly recommend you check this film out.
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Summary: The King Of All Horror Movies!
Review: First,I must tell you that this is the most disgusting,vile,putrid,violent,blood-soaked movie of all time!! Having been a die hard horror fan since the age of five,I have literally seen thousands of horror films,but none can even come close to this masterpeice.Run,don't walk,and get your hands on this exceptional film!you won't be dissapointed!! Make sure to get the UNRATED version-The R rated version is un-watchable!!
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Summary: ANATOMY LESSON
Review: I love this movie, I can't get enough of it. Peter Jackson has understood that the only way to make a good gore movie is to shoot the ultimate gore movie. With a lot of blood. When I say a lot, I'm a little cheap because it seems that there is always one third of the screen filled with blood in DEAD ALIVE. I've seen quite a lot of these gore movies that have invaded the screens since the seventies but I often felt uneasy watching the efforts of this new generation of scalpel directors. It was surgery on the screen to me, not cinema. I wasn't afraid but disgusted. On the contrary, DEAD ALIVE makes me laugh. Why ? Because it's a B degree movie. Peter Jackson knows that his audience has seen quite a lot of these horror movies and he plays with us. Furthermore, Peter Jackson has a terrific sense of humor. So, even if you're not fond of living dead movies, I'm sure you will pass a great moment with the possessive mother of the DEAD ALIVE hero and her hilarious companions. Just don't forget your umbrella. A healthy DVD.
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Summary: How will I ever top this?
Review: There's not much to add to the eloquent descriptions of the previous reviewers. There's hardly a disappointing moment in this film. One would think that, in the midst of so many buckets of blood, there would be a tendency to leave out the delightful little details. But I'll never forget Balme gluing his mother's torn facial skin back on, the explanation for the origin of the rat monkey, the mortician deftly re-inserting Mum's eyes after a rather badly botched embalming, or Balme using detached heads and limbs as stepping stones to cross a blood-slick floor. This movie is pure bliss. The problem I have now, and I'm certain that if you obtain and view the unrated version of this film you will also have, is that for quite some time every film I see will pale in comparison to this one.
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