Directed by:
Peter JacksonCast:
Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Stuart Devenie, Brenda Kendall, Jed Brophy, Harry Sinclair, Stephen Papps, Forrest J. Ackerman (more)Plots(1)
Peter Jackson proves that if gory is funny, then excessive gory is downright hysterical. As our hapless hero wades through an ankle-deep puddle of blood and entrails, brandishing a lawnmower like a portable Cuisinart at the climax of this zombie-fest, you'll either be screaming with laughter or fleeing in disgust. Timothy Balme stars as the shy mama's boy Lionel, whose controlling shrew of a mother (Elizabeth Moody) starts rotting away, literally, with a vague supernatural disease. Mother dies but refuses to stay down, rising as a flesh-eating zombie infecting everyone she bites. Lionel tries to hide her in the basement, but the victims keep piling up and finally break out when Lionel's blackmailing uncle (a grotesque, leering Ian Watkin) throws a party in the house. It's snack time as the guests become undead hors d'oeuvres and rise again as hungry soldiers of the new zombie army marching on Lionel and his girl Pacquita (the lovely Diana Penalver). New Zealand goremeister Jackson pulls out all stops in this truly outrageous sanguinary comedy, from gross-out gags of oozing puss and rotting body parts at a formal dinner to slapstick antics as Lionel tries to keep his flesh-hungry mother sedated during the funeral to the final Freudian showdown between a now-monstrous mother and the newly liberated Lionel. If you like your horror with a sense of humor or your comedy with gristle, then wade through this taboo-busting bucket of blood. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Timothy Balme
New Zealand
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
The Tattooist (2007)
Hercules in the Underworld (1994) (TV movie)
Diana Peñalver
Spain
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
The Queen of Spain (2016)
El caso Almería (1983)
Elizabeth Moody
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Dead Alive (1992)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Ian Watkin
New Zealand
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Utu (1983)
Stuart Devenie
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Meet the Feebles (1989)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Brenda Kendall
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
An Angel at My Table (1990)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Jed Brophy
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Dead Alive (1992)
Harry Sinclair
New Zealand
Best movies:
Stephen Papps
Best movies:
The Piano (1993)
Dead Alive (1992)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Forrest J. Ackerman
USA
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Peter Jackson
New Zealand
Best movies:
Fran Walsh
New Zealand
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Silvio Famularo
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
The Last Tattoo (1994)
Queen Elizabeth II (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992) - a.f.
The Brain (1969)
A Private Function (1984)
Jamie Selkirk
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Sarah Scott Davis
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Safe (1995)
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Angela Robinson Witherspoon
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Crossroads (1986)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Murray Keane
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) (TV movie)
James Grant
UK
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
The Resurrected (1991)
Peter Vere-Jones
UK
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Meet the Feebles (1989)