Braindead

film by Jackson [1992]

Also known as: “Dead Alive”

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Braindead, also known as Dead Alive in the U.S., is a 1992 zombie comedy-horror film directed by Peter Jackson. The film is noted for its extreme gore and has gained a cult following, winning numerous international science fiction awards. It is considered by some to be the goriest film ever made. The movie falls within the broader genre of zombie fiction, which typically features undead creatures lacking free will, often driven by a desire for human flesh or to inflict violence. Zombies are commonly depicted as shambling and decaying, and their proliferation often occurs through biting or infecting others.12

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…animations for Jackson’s zombie comedy Braindead (1992; released in North America under the title Dead Alive). In 1994 the trio, along with film editor and producer Jamie Selkirk, expanded RT Effects and renamed it Weta Ltd. It later split into two separate businesses, and Taylor and Rodger led the special-effects…
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…animations for Jackson’s zombie comedy Braindead (1992; released in North America under the title Dead Alive). In 1994 the trio, along with film editor and producer Jamie Selkirk, expanded RT Effects and renamed it Weta Ltd. It later split into two separate businesses, and Taylor and Rodger led the special-effects…
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…director Peter Jackson’s humorous gore-fest Braindead (1992; also known as Dead Alive), the decade was perhaps most notable for bringing zombies to the forefront in video games. In 1996 the first game in the Resident Evil series (also known as Biohazard) debuted, in which protagonists attempt to navigate a zombie…
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…director Peter Jackson’s humorous gore-fest Braindead (1992; also known as Dead Alive), the decade was perhaps most notable for bringing zombies to the forefront in video games. In 1996 the first game in the Resident Evil series (also known as Biohazard) debuted, in which protagonists attempt to navigate a zombie…
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