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Braindead
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Zombie

Braindead

1992 · R · 1h 43m

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

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In theaters
February 12, 1993
Home release
October 13, 1993

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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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Genres

horrorcomedy

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Details

Budget$3M
Box office$242,623

Directed by

Peter Jackson

Written by

Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson

Cinematography

Murray Milne

Music

Peter Dasent

Starring

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

Production

Avalon/NFU Studios, New Zealand Film Commission, Trimark Pictures, WingNut Films

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