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06/24/06
Dead Alive (1993)
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Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 18 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Synopsis: Peter Jackson's third feature-length film is a bizarre black comedy--sort of a screwball NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, with plenty of graphic violence thrown in for good measure. While spying on her son and his date on a trip to the zoo, Lionel's domineering mother (Elizabeth Moody) is bitten by a... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Peņalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Director: Peter Jackson
Screenwriter: Stephen Sinclair, Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson
Producer: Jim Booth
Composer: Peter Dasent
Screenwriter: Stephen Sinclair, Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson
Producer: Jim Booth
Composer: Peter Dasent
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07/22/08
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Originally released as Braindead, this gory, maccabre satire of 1950s New Zealand society is yet another proof that Peter Jackson is one of the sharpest, most skillful directors working in the genre; a good companion piece to Meet the Feebles.
06/25/08
Rarely has the urge to expectorate one's lunch been a feeling so sublime.
10/17/07
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05/20/03
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I wish I could say that I loved it, but at the risk of offending every fanboy out there, I'm afraid I have a red caro-syrup covered bone to pick with it.
03/19/03
A gore classic featuring an ***-kicking priest, a grandmother swallowing a cat whole, a house full of zombies, and a lawnmower.
02/26/03
It was hysterically funny at times, but the urge to laugh had to compete with the urge to vomit.
02/28/02
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