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

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Dead Alive Review by Googopqp

Bad acting, poorly made, shitty lines, and the most gore you have ever seen in a film.....Has to be Dead Alive. On the cover of this movie it says, "The goriest fright film ever made" , AND IT IS.... IT really is the gor...

Dead Alive (1992) Review by jamhorner

What a downright gore fest. I could proudly say that this was the best gore de faux that I have ever seen, kudos to Peter Jackson for creating such a silly and scary movie. It had the perfect blend of bloody violence (th...

Dead Alive Review by MistressOf Horror

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Dead Alive (1992) Review by gabs1515

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Dead Alive Review by Zombiephile2387

This is one of Peter Jackson's early works and is easily one of the most gore filled films I've ever seen .I can't in good faith label it as horror (more comedy) but it is a zombie unlike the "28" movies which are ...

Dead Alive Review by Orphan

(Could be spoilerish, but you should have already seen this, you dumb bastard) Now, I love my gore. You know? I love it like a Catholic Priest loves a day care center, so when I first heard about Peter Jackson's 1992 cla...

Dead Alive Review by Steve Lewis

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