Dead Alive (1992)

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104 min - Comedy | Horror - 12 February 1993 (USA)

7.6

Ratings: 7.6/10 from 43,683 users Metascore: 54/100
Reviews: 540 user | 106 critic | 7 from Metacritic.com

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.

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Cast

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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Storyline

Lionel, a Mama's boy has the unwanted honor of having to look after his overbearingly evil mother. He ends up falling in love with a local woman who believes that they're destined together. In a moment of intentional sabotage of one of their dates, his mother is bitten by a mysterious creature that ends up zombifying her. It's only a matter of time before she rises from the dead a powerful, bloodthirsty zombie. It's only a matter of time before she starts infecting residents of the town and Lionel has to stop her...and them. Written by Mystic80

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

Genres:

Comedy | Horror

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for an abundance of outrageous gore (heavily cut) See all certifications »

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Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English | Spanish (only a few words)

Release Date:

12 February 1993 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Живите мъртви See more »

Filming Locations:

Karori Cemetery, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£55,027 (UK) (16 May 1993) (53 Screens)

Gross:

$242,623 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

WingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Avalon/NFU Studios See more »

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Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Trivia

The movie is said to be the bloodiest of all time (measured in amount of film blood used during the production). See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Lionel recounts the tale of his father's drowning, framing his face are iron bars. At the end of the story when Paquita takes his hand, the bars are gone and he is instead leaning against a chain link fence. See more »

Quotes

Lionel Cosgrove: They're not dead exactly, they're just... sort of rotting.
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Connections

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"29 Steps"
Composed by Fane Flaws and Stephen Winderwel
Performed by Tony Backhouse
copyright central See more »

Dead Alive (1992)
Braindead (original title)

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