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Dominican Rep. Braindead
- Original title
- Braindead (Dead Alive)aka
- AKA
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- Dead Alive
- Year
- 1992
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
New Zealand- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Timothy Balme
Diana Peñalver
Fran Walsh- Elizabeth Moody
- Ian Watkin
- Stuart Devenie
- Brenda Kendall
Peter Jackson- Stephen Papps
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Horror. Comedy | Zombies. Gore. Black Comedy. Horror Comedy. Cult Movie
- Synopsis
- A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1992: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Special Effects1993: Fantasporto Film Festival: Best Film Award.1993: Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival: Grand Prix (Best Film).
- Critics' reviews
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"Dead Alive isn't especially scary or repulsive. Nor is it very funny."
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"So gleefully over-the-top that it's decidedly hard not to gag while you're laughing yourself incontinent... Sick. Perverse. Brilliant"
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