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.
Why it matters
A gleefully grotesque splatterfest that cemented Peter Jackson’s reputation as a master of practical effects and over-the-top body horror comedy.
- Unforgettable practical gore by the Weta Workshop team, delivering some of the goriest, most inventive effects of early ’90s horror.
- A madcap blend of zombie chaos and slapstick that’s as much a love letter to splatter cinema as it is a wild midnight romp.
- For fans of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead and other horror-comedy hybrids where the laughs are just as bloody as the scares.
- Not for the faint-hearted or those who eat near screens — this one doubles down on gross-out shock with gleeful abandon.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
100
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
0
Supernatural
0
Creature
100
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
100
Cerebral
14
Survival
50
Zombie
