Braindead (also known as Dead Alive in North America) is a 1992 New Zealand zombie comedy film directed by Peter Jackson, produced by Jim Booth, and written by Jackson, along with Fran Walsh and Stephen Sinclair. It stars Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody and Ian Watkin.
Overprotective mother Vera Cosgrove (Elizabeth Moody), spying on her grown son, Lionel (Timothy Balme), as he visits the zoo with the lovely Paquita (Diana Peñalver), is accidentally bitten by the fearsome Sumatran rat-monkey. When the bite turns his beloved mother into a zombie, Lionel tries to keep her locked safely in the basement, but her repeated escapes turn most of the neighbors into the walking dead, who then crash a high-society party thrown by Lionel's boorish Uncle Les (Ian Watkin).
Victims[]
- Mr. Cosgrove - Drowned in a bathtub by Vera Cosgrove, shown in flashback.
- Mr. Cosgrove's Mistress - Drowned in a bathtub by Vera Cosgrove, shown in flashback.
- Stewart McAlden - Decapitated by a tour guide with an axe after being bitten by a Sumatran Rat Monkey off-camera.
- Monkey - Arm ripped off by the Sumatran Rat Monkey.
- Sumatran Rat Monkey - Skull crushed by Vera Cosgrove with her foot.
- Fernando (Dog) - Eaten by Vera Cosgrove off-screen, body seen.
- Nurse Emma McTavish - Head partially ripped off by Vera Cosgrove. Revived as a zombie
- Vera Cosgrove - Euthanized by Lionel Cosgrove with embalming fluid. Revived as a zombie
- Thomas "Void" Randell- Eviscerated by Zombified Vera Cosgrove. Revived as a zombie
- Peter "Scroat" Otis- Turned into a zombie when Zombified Vera Cosgrove bit him.
- Zombified Peter "Scroat" Otis - Limbs and head kicked off by Father John McGruder.
- Father John McGruder - Impaled on a statue's arm by Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell. Revived as a zombie
- Roger - Ribcage ripped out by Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell. Revived as a zombie
- Unnamed Male Party Guest - Head skin ripped off by Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell. Revived as a faceless zombie
- Unnamed Female Party Guest - Turned into a zombie when Zombie Nurse McTavish bit her.
- Unnamed Female Party Guest - Heart pulled out by Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell. Revived as a zombie
- 54 Unnamed Party Guests - Eaten alive by zombies.
- Zombie - Bludgeoned by Lionel Cosgrove with an iron.
- Bernard - Legs mutilated by zombies. Revived as a zombie
- Mandy - Punched through the back of the head by Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell. Revived as a zombie
- Unnamed Male Party Guest - Eaten by zombies. Revived as a zombie
- Barry - Turned into a zombie when a zombie bit him.
- Zombified Mandy - Head burned when Paquita María Sánchez shoved her into a lightbulb.
- Six Zombies - Dismembered by Uncle Les Kalkon with meat cleavers.
- Zombified Barry (Body) - Ground up by Uncle Les Kalkon with a handwringer.
- Zombie - Head blew up after Lionel Cosgrove fell on him.
- Zombie - Blew up after Lionel Cosgrove threw him off a balcony.
- Uncle Les Kalkon - Skull and spine ripped out by Zombified Vera Cosgrove. Revived as a zombie
- 43 Zombies - Shredded by Lionel Cosgrove with a lawnmower.
- Zombified Barry (Head) - Shredded inside a blender by Paquita María Sánchez.
- Zombified Nurse Emma McTavish - Shredded by Lionel Cosgrove with a lawnmower.
- Zombified Father John McGruder - Shredded by Lionel Cosgrove with a lawnmower.
- Zombie - Shredded by Lionel Cosgrove with a lawnmower.
- Zombified Uncle Les - Skull crushed against a counter by Paquita María Sánchez.
- Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell - Shredded by Lionel Cosgrove with a lawnmower.
- Rita Bridell - Face ripped open from the inside-out by Baby Selwyn. Revived as a zombie
- Baby Selwyn - Burned to death by Paquita María Sánchez with a gas pump.
- Zombified Rita Bridell - Burned to death by Paquita María Sánchez with a gas pump.
- Zombified Thomas "Void" Randell's Sentient Intestines - Shredded by Lionel Cosgrove with a lawnmower.
- Zombified Roger - Burned to death inside the house after Paquita María Sánchez turned on a gas pump.
- Zombified Bernard - Burned to death inside the house after Paquita María Sánchez turned on a gas pump.
- Zombified Vera Cosgrove - Disemboweled from the inside-out by Lionel Cosgrove with an amulet and then cremated inside the burning house.
Deaths[]
- Total - 143
Kill Counts[]
- Lionel Cosgrove - 53
- Paquita María Sánchez - 8
- Vera Cosgrove - 7 (Deceased)
- Uncle Les Kalkon - 7 (Deceased)
- Thomas "Void" Randell - 5 (Deceased)
- Baby Selwyn - 1 (Deceased)
- Father John McGruder - 1 (Deceased)
- Nurse Emma McTavish - 1 (Deceased)