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Dead Alive  (1992)

Dead Alive
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
97 mins

Theatrical Release Information:
Dead Alive

Director Peter Jackson's second feature cheerfully trumps the gross-out quotient of his splatterfest debut, the appropriately named Bad Taste. The tone is cartoonishly comic, and the premise is simple: The village dweeb (Timothy Balme) is trying to maintain a budding romance with the sweet Paquita (Diana Penalver) while concealing the fact that his overbearing mum (Elizabeth Moody, in an amazing good-sport performance) is a flesh-eating zombie. (She owes her condition to a bite from a "Sumatran Rat Monkey" at the local zoo.) Complicating matters even further is Les, a greedy uncle (Ian Watkin), who suspects that his sister has died and is eager to occupy her elegantly furnished Victorian mansion. The climax is a housewarming party Les throws to celebrate his "inheritance;" what he really gets is his comeuppance, thanks to his sister and her similarly afflicted zombie pals, who burst out of their basement prison to turn the guests into appetizers. Our hero finally cuts a wide swath through the zombie party crashers with the help of a rotary blade lawn mower, leaving the house awash in blood and body parts in order to save his romance. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide


Dead Alive Trivia

Who played Lionel in the movie Dead Alive?
Timothy Balme played Lionel in the movie Dead Alive

Who played Paquita Maria Sanchez in the movie Dead Alive?
Diana Penalver played Paquita Maria Sanchez in the movie Dead Alive

Who played Mum (Vera Cosgrove) in the movie Dead Alive?
Elizabeth Moody played Mum (Vera Cosgrove) in the movie Dead Alive

Who played Uncle Les in the movie Dead Alive?
Ian Watkin played Uncle Les in the movie Dead Alive

Who played Nurse McTavish in the movie Dead Alive?
Brenda Kendall played Nurse McTavish in the movie Dead Alive

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