Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2118 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-10-06
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 99 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and gruesome gore, you'd better steer clear of Braindead, a wicked 1992 horror-comedy from the demented mind and delirious camera of writer-director Peter Jackson, years before he went on to mainstream success with The Lord of the Rings. However, if non-stop 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. While director Jackson would later achieve far greater critical and box-office successes, his talent is readily evident in this earlier effort. If you find this kind of thing even remotely appealing, consider Braindead a must-see movie. --Jeff Shannon

Special Features
English
Region 2

Synopsis
Peter Jackson presents the story of a hapless young man whose overbearing mother gets him into a heap of trouble when she catches a bizarre zombie virus and starts turning innocent passersby into walking corpses. This grandiose splatterfest features loads of unforgettable, stomach-turning effects. Highlights include a ghoulish, bloodthirsty baby, zombie mutilation, progressive putrefaction, and an off-the-wall undead mating scene. Sick, twisted, and hilarious, BRAINDEAD (aka DEAD ALIVE) is unlike anything you have ever seen before and is definitely not for the squeamish.

Customer Reviews

err..
Sorry to go against the grain but I saw this a while ago and it just felt like an overly long Gwar music video,I say overly long,it probably feels like a music video next to Mr Jackson's other bum-numbers,King Kong,LOTR etc..I personally think the Evil Dead films are so much better.

Sickening Brilliant
Um, this isn't for those with a weak stomach, but for those with a taste for this, you'll eat it up - custard, guts and all.

It's sick - very sick, but there in lays the genius. This film is fantastic. Enjoy.

Amazing, sick comedy gore riot
This is a great movie! The violence is among the sickest, funniest I have ever seen, including one especially inspired scene involving the Archers' theme tune and a pair of zombies mauling each other. Add some cheese, a barking plot and some flinch inspiring violence, and you have a very fine film.