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Release Date:
12 February 1993 (USA) moreTagline:
Some things won't stay down... even after they die. morePlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
13 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(38 articles)
Rachel Kendal ('Sein und Werden') (From pretty-scary. 29 June 2009, 12:00 AM, PDT)
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(From Fangoria. 18 June 2009, 2:31 PM, PDT)
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Oh, God, I Love This Movie! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Timothy Balme | ... | Lionel Cosgrove | |
| Diana Peñalver | ... | Paquita Maria Sanchez | |
| Elizabeth Moody | ... | Mum (Vera Cosgrove) | |
| Ian Watkin | ... | Uncle Les | |
| Brenda Kendall | ... | Nurse McTavish | |
| Stuart Devenie | ... | Father McGruder | |
| Jed Brophy | ... | Void | |
| Stephen Papps | ... | Zombie McGruder | |
| Murray Keane | ... | Scroat | |
| Glenis Levestam | ... | Nora Matheson | |
| Lewis Rowe | ... | Mr. Matheson | |
| Elizabeth Mulfaxe | ... | Rita | |
| Harry Sinclair | ... | Roger | |
| Davina Whitehouse | ... | Paquita's Grandmother | |
| Silvio Famularo | ... | Paquita's Father |
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Rated R for an abundance of outrageous gore.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
104 min | Argentina:99 min | Germany:94 min | USA:85 min (R-rated version) | USA:97 min (unrated version) | Germany:80 min (FSK 16 version) | Finland:92 min (cut version) (1992) (1993) | South Korea:85 min (heavily cut) | Spain:99 min (DVD edition)Country:
New ZealandColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (DVD version) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1993) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1997) | Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Italy:VM14 | Austria:18 | Germany:Not Rated | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 | France:-16 | Germany:(Banned) | Germany:16 (heavily cut) | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (heavily cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | USA:R (heavily cut) | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFun Stuff
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The movie was finished under budget with NZ$45,000 remaining. Peter Jackson used it to spend two days shooting the park scene with Lionel and the baby Selwyn. He has gone on to say that it is his favorite scene. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: On several short shots of the tramways, the carriages appear clearly as models pulled by strings. moreSoundtrack:
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This film is truly the finest hour of the young, aggressive, full-speed-ahead Peter Jackson. Check your squeamishness at the door and get ready for proof that splatter can be played for laughs.
Not all the laughs are splatter-based. The opening scene shows a zookeeper waving a permit to a tribe of hostile natives about to kill him, shouting out "per-mit! Per-mit!" From there, the film descends into the inspired, amused lunacy of the splatstick. Look for the cameo of a young, thin Peter Jackson as a mortician's assistant. Also look for the minor hilarious characters- the Nazi vet, the idiot football player, and most famous of all, Father MacGruder, he of the film's best one-liner.
Timothy Balme is excellent as the nebbishy mama's boy who ends up taking on the whole undead world by himself, with a couple of mechanical aids. He out-Ashes Ash! Like any good zombie film, the end features waves of zombies, but many with unique and twisted personalities of their own. The best is, of course, zombie baby. It is shocking and yet hilarious to see what zombie baby endures, and yet survives (perhaps to live on in the long awaited sequel?) Ten stars, and five out of five blood splats thrown up against the wall (during the last half hour).