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Braindead

Film, 1992

 Braindead

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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 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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 Where to buy

DVDs are available here in either NZ or USA (known as Dead Alive in USA) also available from Aro Video.