Braindead

About Braindead

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

Peter Jackson's Braindead is a 1992 comedy horror film. The film is filed under affectation, campy, monkey, and poison.

Timothy Balme appears as Lionel, Diana Peñalver as Paquita, Elizabeth Moody as Mum, and Ian Watkin as Uncle Les. Released in August 1992, it runs 103 minutes.

The screenplay is by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson. It comes from New Zealand Film Commission and WingNut Films.

What We Do in the Shadows, The Bride!, and Marie Antoinette make useful companions to Braindead, all filed under new zealand, wellington new zealand, and zombie. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 1,933 votes and it carries a R rating.