| Dead Alive (Unrated) (Sp) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 432 reviews)
Sales Rank: 18020
Category: Video
Actors: Timothy Balme, Jed Brophy, Stuart Devenie, Silvio Fumularo, Murray Keane
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Manufacturer: Vidmark / Trimark
Label: Vidmark / Trimark
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 104 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 3.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303257879
UPC: 031398563136
EAN: 9786303257877
ASIN: 6303257879
Release Date: June 20, 1997
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com essential video
The grossest movie ever made, this quintessential splatter film details the tender story of a henpecked boy, his overbearing mum, and a nasty little Sumerian rat-monkey that turns people into voracious zombies. In lesser hands, this ne plus ultra viscera-fest would be so disturbing as to be nigh-unwatchable, but the incredible energy and imagination of director Peter Jackson makes it a first-class guilty pleasure, with plentiful helpings of gallows humor (the scripture-quoting, kung-fu-dispensing priest is a highlight) and a taboo subtext that Sigmund Freud would have loved. Essential viewing for gorehounds and anyone else with a high tolerance for flying entrails. The director would later tone down the gore (but not the manic enthusiasm) for the sublime Heavenly Creatures and The Frighteners. --Andrew Wright
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Peter Jackson proves that if gory is funny, then excessive gory is downright hysterical. As our hapless hero wades through an ankle-deep puddle of blood and entrails, brandishing a lawnmower like a portable Cuisinart at the climax of this zombie-fest, you'll either be screaming with laughter or fleeing in disgust. Timothy Balme stars as the shy mama's boy Lionel, whose controlling shrew of a mother (Elizabeth Moody) starts rotting away, literally, with a vague supernatural disease. Mother dies but refuses to stay down, rising as a flesh-eating zombie infecting everyone she bites. Lionel tries to hide her in the basement, but the victims keep piling up and finally break out when Lionel's blackmailing uncle (a grotesque, leering Ian Watkin) throws a party in the house. It's snack time as the guests become undead hors d'oeuvres and rise again as hungry soldiers of the new zombie army marching on Lionel and his girl Pacquita (the lovely Diana Penalver). New Zealand goremeister Jackson pulls out all stops in this truly outrageous sanguinary comedy, from gross-out gags of oozing puss and rotting body parts at a formal dinner to slapstick antics as Lionel tries to keep his flesh-hungry mother sedated during the funeral to the final Freudian showdown between a now-monstrous mother and the newly liberated Lionel. If you like your horror with a sense of humor or your comedy with gristle, then wade through this taboo-busting bucket of blood. --Sean Axmaker
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 ALWAYS get the unrated version November 19, 2008
this is without a doubt the greatest horror movie of all time. never ever watch the rated version because it is missing 10 min worth of glorious little 2 to 10 second frames of absolute bloody horror goodness. without these scenes it becomes the WORST horror movie of all time and destroys all hope for a better world and not to mention a great film watching experience.
 Dead Alive November 5, 2008
If you enjoy horror movies with some over the top splatter and humor you will most likely enjoy "Dead Alive". Peter Jackson directs one of his first entries masterfully and creates another winner in this genre. Good storyline and effects makes this worth at least a rental and for those into these horror comedies a buy. A young man, that is a "momma's boy", realizes his mother has been bitten by a Zombie monkey that causes her to want to feed on human flesh. He must go to extremes to keep his mother under control and not let word get out. Good quality DVD with good replayability. If you enjoyed this catch the "Evil Dead" movies.
CA Luster
A hilarious splatter comedy. October 28, 2008
Dead-Alive (Foreign title: Braindead) is a hilarious splatter comedy with gallons of blood. literally!
The film is extremely funny and gory and this film is so gory, it contains one of the goriest scenes in movie history... THE LAWNMOWER SCENE!
With a 3,000,000 dollar budget, some of the goriest scenes look realistic. however some scenes look cheesy such as when we first see the Sumatran Rat Monkey.
Overall, Lots of laughs, Lots of blood, Lots of gore, and lots of custard. 8.4/10.
Oh Snap! October 27, 2008
I love this movie! I watch it as often as humanly possible! You so earn cave points if you have not seen this movie! Both hilarious and completely gory! Score!
More gore than HG Lewis October 21, 2008
This is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. There isn't much to be said besides watch this movie if you haven't seen it yet.
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