Dead Alive | 
| Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Timothy Balme, Jed Brophy, Stuart Devenie, Silvio Fumularo, Murray Keane
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  440 reviews
Sales Rank: 2063
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: VMMD6841D
ISBN: 157362408X
UPC: 031398684138
EAN: 9781573624084
ASIN: 157362408X
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1993
Release Date: September 9, 1998
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Product Description
On a quiet street in a small town pure evil has come to stay. An innocent young man forced to care for his domineering mother finds the task a whole lot more demanding after shes bitten by the cursed sumatran rat-monkey. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/16/2005 Starring: Timothy Balme Diana Penaliver Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R Director: Peter Jackson
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If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and gruesome gore, you'd better steer clear of this wicked 1992 horror-comedy from the demented mind and delirious camera of New Zealand-born writer-director Peter Jackson. However, if nonstop mayhem and extreme violence are your idea of great entertainment, you're sure to appreciate Jackson's gleefully inventive approach to a story that can judiciously be described as sick, twisted, and totally outrageous. The movie's central character is a poor schmuck named Lionel who's practically enslaved to his domineering mother. But when ol' Mum gets bitten by a rare and poisonous rat monkey from Skull Island and is turned into a flesh-eating zombie, Lionel has the unfortunate task of keeping Mama happy while fending off all the other zombies that result from her voracious feeding frenzies. If you've read this far, you'll either be crying out for censorship or eagerly awaiting your first viewing (or second, or third...) of this wildly clever and audaciously uninhibited movie. And while director Jackson would later achieve critical success with his fact-based drama Heavenly Creatures, his talent is readily evident in this earlier effort. If you find this kind of thing even remotely appealing, consider Dead Alive a must-see movie. --Jeff Shannon
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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. --Sean Axmaker
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 The Director of Lord of the Rings Made This? Oh Yeah! June 27, 2009
M N Teresavage (DE, USA)
Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, and Braindead(or Dead-Alive in US) are Peter Jackson's splatstick comedies that gave him a cult status before Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson directed movies with comedy and extreme gore at first then later fantasy including Lord of the Rings. Peter is known for both his gory past and award-winning present times. People who only know Peter for Lord of the Rings and King Kong would be shocked seeing his earlier splat films.
Braindead(UK) is Dead-Alive in the US due to conflicts with another film called Braindead(US). Some segments were also removed, even unrated Dead-Alive is not fully uncut.
Dead-Alive is about a guy caring for his cruel mother that he still loves. At a zoo, the mother gets bitten by a cursed monkey while trying to scold her caring son for dating a woman because the guy's mother is misogynistic. The guy's mother deteriates over time and dies. The mother zombifies and starts the zombie chain reaction.
Dead-Alive is full of unforgettable gore, characters, laughs, and quotes.
The gore is excessive in a comical fashion. Dead-Alive is known as the goriest movie by bloodcount by the gallon. The gore left me laughing in a exhausted manner. The characters are like if they came from a comic book. The main character is similar to Bruce Campbell's Ash character and there's also martial artist priest. Dead-Alive does have it's funny moments like a evil zombie baby that laughs deviously. The quotes are comic book like. The priest sees zombies creating havoc and says "I kick arse for the Lord!" The priest then beats up the zombies.
Peter's Dead-Alive is certainly a cool movie. The acting is cheesy but it's for comic reasons. The scenery looks like the scenery from Peter's later horror comedy The Frighteners. The story is very creative and even has a twist. The cheesiness of Dead-Alive doesn't interfere, it's all for the fun. It's for people who are into horror and comics. I like Peter old and new, he is a genius.
I ordered a copy from Amazon.com and it's unrated from Lion's Gate Entertainment. The special features barely exist but still a great buy.
Zombies + 10,000 KFC buckets of fake blood + Peter Jackson = GREAT! June 19, 2009
William Dorfer
"Dead Alive" is one of the most well-known comedy-horror crossover movies and was directed by Peter Jackson, the same guy that directed the "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy. Wow. WOW! Hard to believe a director can go from grinding up zombies with a lawnmower to six-foot elves trampling along the massive valleys near Amon Amarth (the mountain in LOTR, not the band, although the band is awesome, too!)
But indeed, Peter Jackson DID direct this movie. Although it's not really horror by any means, considering all the one-liners, the slapstick humor and the gross-out gags, it's really a comedy. However, it's a comedy that probably only horror lovers would watch! The first hour or essentially plays off as a comedy without all that much gore. There are some funny moments, such as the wealthy people eating their pudding as their ears and such fall off into it! ("Rich and creamy! Just how I like it!"). We ALSO get a crazy monkey and Lionel beating the death out of a zombie baby in the middle of a park!
So the first hour or so is entertaining enough, BUT make sure you have the patience to make it to the last 30 minutes, because it WILL be worth the wait! I mean, I've seen gore before, but by the time I saw the last half-hour of "Dead Alive", including the famous lawnmower massacre scene and a room full of zombies later ending up a room full of zombie blood...this movie is definitely one of the goriest movies in history. And it's funny at the same time! Peter Jackson is able to make scenes that you THINK would be gross, actually very amusing!
While this movie isn't THE UTMOST goriest movie ever made, that award possibly going to Japanese action film "The Machine Girl", this movie is at the very least one of the Top 5 Goriest Movies Ever Made. If you ever wondered what slapstick humor, one-liners, 10,000 Extra Large KFC Buckets full of fake blood and a sweet romance between two young people would result in...check out "Dead Alive" for some entertainment! Thanks for the time, and peace.
IN YOUR FACE COMEDY CARNAGE April 26, 2009
John Watts (NYC, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THERE WAS MORE BLOOD, GORY SPLATTER EFFECTS AND NAUSEATING IMAGES OF OUTLANDISH CARNAGE IN THIS FILM THAN ALL THE ZOMBIE FILMS EVER MADE BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURES. I DOUBT YOU'D BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS FILM IN MIXED COMPANY. YOUNG KIDS SHOULD NOT WATCH THIS FILM. NOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
THAT SAID, I WILL GIVE THIS HORROR COMEDY, WITH ALL IT'S DARK, CYNICAL, BLACK HUMOR, A FIVE STAR RATING. THERE WERE LAUGHS GALORE IN THIS MOVIE FROM START TO FINISH, TERRIRIFC ACTING, GREAT DIRECTION AND CAMERA WORK AND AMAZING SPECIAL EFFECTS, ALTHOUGH, LIKE I SAID, THEY WERE GORY BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS FILM SERIOUSLY. IT IS A COMEDY, NOT A HORROR FILM.
THERE WERE SIGHT GAGS UP AND DOWN THIS FILM AND GOOD, CRISP DIOLOGUE WITH A WELL WRITTEN SCRIPT. IT MUST HAVE TOOK THEM A LONG TIME TO CREATE THIS FILM, WHAT WITH ALL THE WILD EFFECTS AND MAKE-UP BUT DON'T MISS THIS FILM, IT'S WORTH HAVING. AND I PARTICULARLY LOVED THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYED THE HERO'S MOTHER IN THIS FILM. SHE WAS GREAT! OVERALL, A GREAT JOB BY THE ENTIRE CAST, INCLUDING THE EXTRAS AND PRINCIPALS.
Hahaha! April 19, 2009
M
I have no idea if I should rate this movie a 1 or a 5, because it was so bad that it was hilarious. At first the setup seems cheesy, and you think to yourself, ah, this is just a B movie... but wait. the events spiral outrageously out of control and with the special effects used, make this for a memorable and laughable yet cringing experience. Goodness knows I'll never be able to forget this movie... heck, I just might watch it again just for the lulz.
A Bloody Good Time (full pun intended) April 6, 2009
Andrew P.
Wow. All that blood and gore. With a decent storyline to boot. But forget the story, LOOK AT THAT BLOOD. If you are a fan of splatterfilms, you've already seen this gory masterpiece. If you are just emergin into the splatter genre (as I am), this will be the defining moment in your movie watching history. I thought Hostel was bad. I mean DAMN. And it is funny in all of it's goregasmic absurdity. And the lawn mower scene? Priceless. And directed by Peter Jackson, the mind behind The Lord Of The rings Trilogy, no less. Seriously, watch this movie. You can also find it under the name, "Braindead".
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