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Braindead

Some things won't stay down... even after they die.
Aug 13, 1992 · 1h 43m
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Horror
Comedy

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.

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CAST

Timothy Balme
Lionel
Diana Peñalver
Paquita
Elizabeth Moody
Mum
Ian Watkin
Uncle Les
Brenda Kendall
Nurse McTavish
Stuart Devenie
Father McGruder
Jed Brophy
Void
Elizabeth Brimilcombe
Zombie Mum
Directed by Peter Jackson

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$242,623
Production
WingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Avalon/NFU Studios, Trimark Pictures
Country
NZ, US

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