Dead Alive
by Peter Jackson
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Actor: Jed Brophy, Murray Keane, Silvio Fumularo, Stuart Devenie, Timothy BalmeDirector: Peter Jackson
Primary Contributor: Ian Watkin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.66:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-09-09
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Dead Alive
DVD Review: More gore than HG Lewis
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. There isn't much to be said besides watch this movie if you haven't seen it yet.DVD Review: A complete waste of $5
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this movie based upon the high reviews here and because it fell into my "Recommended for you" cue. After (trying) to watch this god-awful mess of a movie I can tell you wholeheartedly: SKIP IT! This movie was so bad that I had to turn it off half way through. (Something I have done only 1 or 2 other times out of thousands of movies...) It is neither funny nor scary. The "Gore" is over the top and completely unbelievable in any stretch of the imagination. The acting is on par with an elementary school stage production. I give it a 1 star rating only because there are no "negative star" ratings, which this schlock deserves. DVD Review: Comedy, gore, still more gore - cringing & laughing
Summary: 3 Stars
I found Dead Alive to be a comedy full of grotesque special effects, rather than the realistic and rather depressing Dawn of the Dead type of film. I fast-forwarded through some of the boy meets girl fluff and watched the horror parts. At first I thought the movie would be a disappointment, but about half way through it gets funny and then the zombies run wild. The action is somewhat like the second Evil Dead film, but bloodier.
The main character is a little like Norman Bates, but likable. The spear-chucking natives in the first scene of the movie were played by the Fijian rugby team - never saw that before.
DVD Review: Awesomely bad horror flick.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is Amazing. Over the top gory! Just super ridiculous. Meant to be scary but it's just insanity. I loved it! DVD Review: The Ultimate Gore-Fest
Summary: 3 Stars
WOW. I guess I should have seen this many years ago, but am just now experiencing this little bloody journey. Twisted but fun and oh, how it grows on you. The second and third time around I couldn't take my eyes off of the creepy baby. There's also a deliciously tacky cameo of 4E Ackerman at the zoo (good for Jackson that he paid homage where homage is due). I think this was Jackson's first venture into moviemaking. Happily, he improved with age, but the elements of his future brilliance can actually be discerned beneath the sanguine flood...
Description of Dead Alive
If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and gruesome gore, you'd better steer clear of this wicked 1992 horror-comedy from the demented mind and delirious camera of New Zealand-born writer-director Peter Jackson. However, if nonstop mayhem and extreme violence are your idea of great entertainment, you're sure to appreciate Jackson's gleefully inventive approach to a story that can judiciously be described as sick, twisted, and totally outrageous. The movie's central character is a poor schmuck named Lionel who's practically enslaved to his domineering mother. But when ol' Mum gets bitten by a rare and poisonous rat monkey from Skull Island and is turned into a flesh-eating zombie, Lionel has the unfortunate task of keeping Mama happy while fending off all the other zombies that result from her voracious feeding frenzies. If you've read this far, you'll either be crying out for censorship or eagerly awaiting your first viewing (or second, or third...) of this wildly clever and audaciously uninhibited movie. And while director Jackson would later achieve critical success with his fact-based drama Heavenly Creatures, his talent is readily evident in this earlier effort. If you find this kind of thing even remotely appealing, consider Dead Alive a must-see movie. --Jeff ShannonPeter Jackson proves that if gory is funny, then excessive gory is downright hysterical. As our hapless hero wades through an ankle-deep puddle of blood and entrails, brandishing a lawnmower like a portable Cuisinart at the climax of this zombie-fest, you'll either be screaming with laughter or fleeing in disgust. Timothy Balme stars as the shy mama's boy Lionel, whose controlling shrew of a mother (Elizabeth Moody) starts rotting away, literally, with a vague supernatural disease. Mother dies but refuses to stay down, rising as a flesh-eating zombie infecting everyone she bites. Lionel tries to hide her in the basement, but the victims keep piling up and finally break out when Lionel's blackmailing uncle (a grotesque, leering Ian Watkin) throws a party in the house. It's snack time as the guests become undead hors d'oeuvres and rise again as hungry soldiers of the new zombie army marching on Lionel and his girl Pacquita (the lovely Diana Penalver). New Zealand goremeister Jackson pulls out all stops in this truly outrageous sanguinary comedy, from gross-out gags of oozing puss and rotting body parts at a formal dinner to slapstick antics as Lionel tries to keep his flesh-hungry mother sedated during the funeral to the final Freudian showdown between a now-monstrous mother and the newly liberated Lionel. If you like your horror with a sense of humor or your comedy with gristle, then wade through this taboo-busting bucket of blood. --Sean Axmaker
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