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Braindead

Name: Braindead
Director: Peter Jackson
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Released: 1992-08-13
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall

1992 · 1h 43m · Horror, Comedy

IMDb 7.5 Metacritic 54 RT 89%

If you're in the mood for gloriously unhinged horror-comedy that doesn't take itself seriously for a single second, Braindead is your midnight masterpiece—Peter Jackson's cult classic delivers absurd gore, genuine laughs, and a rat-monkey bite that'll live rent-free in your head forever. The 89% RT score tells you everything: this is genuinely great cinema, even if it's completely bonkers.

Plot

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.

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall

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