Film

Braindead 1992

Directed by Peter Jackson

  • Horror, Comedy
  • 103 min
  • R

Some things won't stay down... even after they die.

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

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  • Body horror
  • Sexual violence
  • Graphic violence

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Unpretentious, plot-driven, relentless and resolved.

  • unpretentiousprestige
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • contemplativerelentless
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • earnestironic

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