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After his Mother gets infected by a bite from a deadly Sumatran Rat Monkey, Lionel has to contend with a plague of the living dead while attempting to woo the love of his life, Paquita. Peter Jackson had already been tagged with the nom de guerre, ‘The Sultan of Splatter’ by fans of his first two pictures; but in this deliriously liquid romp, he takes a Flymo to fusty 1950s New Zealand and takes cinematic gore to a whole new extreme in the process.

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A perspective by Costa Botes 22.08.2008

Peter Jackson had already been tagged with the nom de guerre, ‘The Sultan of Splatter' by fans of his first two pictures; but in this deliriously liquid romp, he took cinematic gore to a ...

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 Peter Jackson
 Jim Booth

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 Vero

Vero

I LOOOVVEEE this film!!! I love the gory special effects, they're amazing!!

 Peter

Peter

I've always loved this film - it's a NZ classic. Why we still can't get the DVD in this country I'll never know.

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