Dead Alive
Directed by Peter JacksonA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
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- peter woodmanApril 9, 2025The greatest love story ever told.
- stuhannafordNovember 17, 2025One of those films that I think you look back fondly on, if you grabbed hold of a rogue copy back in the 90’s. A modern audience? It’s a struggle to say ‘horror’ and the comedy, although it has some notably quotable one liners, is way past the realms of silly. Long stretches of brilliant visual effects without the reliance on CGI… but a tough watch of what feels like the same over and over and over again. It descends into ridiculousness fairly fast and got pretty boring, pretty fast. Stars for the effects alone, the rest, well… you’re not missing much.
- fam382October 24, 2025The third flick from Peter Jakson. Even more splatter than Bad Taste. Better jokes too....
- RazorbitzFebruary 22, 2025Without any exaggeration this film changed how I looked at the world. It is to cinema's greatest benefit that Peter Jackson got his start making crass art like this, but it saddens me so that horror auteurs like him and Raimi have moved so far away from their origins in the glorious splatter of practical effects. I very much enjoy Evil Dead as much as any horror buff but this incredible work of gibbering madness curled its gonzo fingers around my throat and never let go. Where do I even begin describing this film? New Zealand avant-garde? Peter Jackson unpacking his mommy issues? Return of the Living Dead smoking PCP? Too heinous and bizarre to have any modern imitators, yet without it we wouldn't have Lord of the Rings. What a life! Not a movie I'd watch while eating dinner but a must see film nevertheless!
- Aaron SladeOctober 21, 2025Not enough blood ...
- SpanktacularJune 5, 2025A masterclass in practical effects all set in a campy comedy.
- SlimChickenMarch 14, 2025Not a big fan of splatter horror, but I do like comet and I appreciate lower budget films and all the love that goes into them. Braindead was worth the time. I enjoyed it, mostly smiling throughout the ridiculous gore.
- j.pete6December 18, 2024Watch this if you wanna watch a ridiculous old horror movie
Dead Alive Trivia
Dead Alive was released on August 13, 1992.
Dead Alive was directed by Peter Jackson.
Dead Alive has a runtime of 1 hr 43 min.
Dead Alive was produced by Jim Booth.
The key characters in Dead Alive are Lionel (Timothy Balme), Paquita (Diana Peñalver), Mum (Elizabeth Moody).
Dead Alive is rated R.
Dead Alive is a Horror, Comedy, Fantasy film.
Dead Alive has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.