Braindead (Dead Alive)

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Braindead (Dead Alive) is a 1992 New Zealand splatter-comedy horror film renowned for its extreme gore and darkly humorous take on the zombie genre.

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Braindead 4
Braindead (Dead Alive) canonical 3
Dead Alive 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy horror film
film
splatter film
zombie film
alternativeTitle Braindead (Dead Alive)
surface form: Dead Alive
basedOn original screenplay
castMember Elizabeth Moody
Ian Watkin
Peter Jackson
Stuart Devenie
cinematographyBy Murray Milne
containsCreature Sumatran Rat-Monkey
countryOfOrigin New Zealand
director Peter Jackson
distributor Trimark Pictures
editedBy Jamie Selkirk
filmingLocation Wellington
filmingLocationCountry New Zealand
genre comedy horror
splatter
zombie
hasCultFollowing true
homeMediaDistributor Lionsgate
surface form: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
language English
leadActor Diana Peñalver
Timothy Balme
mpaaRatingUS NC-17
musicBy Peter Dasent
notableFor dark humor
extreme gore
originalTitleCountry New Zealand
partOfDirectorFilmography Peter Jackson early career
producer Jim Booth
productionCompany WingNut Films
recognizedAs cult film
one of the goriest films ever made
releaseDate 1992-08-13
releaseYear 1992
retitledAs Braindead (Dead Alive) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dead Alive in the United States
runtimeMinutes 104
screenwriter Fran Walsh
Peter Jackson
Stephen Sinclair
setInCountry New Zealand
setting Wellington
theme overprotective mother-son relationship
zombie outbreak
timePeriodOfSetting 1950s
title Braindead (Dead Alive) self-link
surface form: Braindead

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Peter Jackson notableWork Braindead (Dead Alive)
Peter Jackson directed Braindead (Dead Alive)
Peter Jackson coWrote Braindead (Dead Alive)
Jamie Selkirk notableWork Braindead (Dead Alive)
this entity surface form: Braindead
Braindead (Dead Alive) title Braindead (Dead Alive) self-link
subject surface form: Braindead
this entity surface form: Braindead
Braindead (Dead Alive) alternativeTitle Braindead (Dead Alive)
subject surface form: Braindead
this entity surface form: Dead Alive
Braindead (Dead Alive) retitledAs Braindead (Dead Alive) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Braindead
this entity surface form: Dead Alive in the United States
Nikki M. James notableWork Braindead (Dead Alive)
this entity surface form: Braindead
Nikki M. James appearedIn Braindead (Dead Alive)
this entity surface form: Braindead