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'''Braindead''' (1992, also known as ''Dead Alive'') is [[Peter Jackson]]'s third feature film, a gory comedy in the vein of ''[[Bad Taste]]'' and ''[[Meet the Feebles]]''. It is about a young man named Lionel whose life takes a turn to the worse when his overbearing mother is bitten by a rat-monkey of Sumatra, infecting her with a strange disease that rapidly turns her in a hungry zombie that starts infecting every unlucky fellow that she comes across. If having a zombie mom wasn't enough of a problem, Lionel also has to deal with his opportunistic uncle Les and hide his deadly secret from his girlfriend Paquita.
It is a [[Squick|Squicktastic]] gore fest. Intentionally hilarious in all its splattery glory. That's probably all you need to know.
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* [[Just Eat Gilligan]]: So much could have been solved if Lionel had just killed his mother after she fully turned into a zombie. Or killed the zombies that she created rather than keep them all sedated. Or, when he finally did decide to kill them, to use some more traditional methods (like chopping them up or [[Kill It with Fire|cremating]] them), instead of using what he and Paquita thought was poison {{spoiler|(which was actually an animal stimulant)}}. But alas, otherwise, there'd be no plot, and nothing to laugh at.
** Although [[Return of the Living Dead|cremating a zombie isn't always the best idea]].
* [[Losing Your Head]]: A nurse who's taking care of Lionel's mother gets her head ripped off and it's only still attached by a flap of skin.
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Sort of. Paquita is initially not impressed by Lionel and finds both his presence and clumsy antics annoying... until he accidentally forms a star symbol, which she was previously told would be how to recognize her true love. It's then she gets interested.
* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: The last third of the film is a total carnage, and the zombies' severed parts even have a "life" of their own!
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* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: {{spoiler|Lionel being dragged back to his mother's womb and fighting his way out}} ([[The Other Wiki]]'s plot summary even describes this as "an over-the-top Freudian 'rebirth'").
* [[Scare Chord]]: The music makes a noticeable jump when {{spoiler|Lionel accidentally injects the zombies with stimulant}}.
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Paquita's first boyfriend, Roger. Her relationship with Lionel starts like this as well, but then they both develop genuine interest for each other.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In addition to the reference to [[King Kong|Skull Island]], there's a [[Sherlock Holmes]] story that mentions "[[Noodle Incident|the giant rat of Sumatra, a story for which the world is not yet prepared]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror]]
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* [[Tear Off Your Face]]: One of the victims of the zombie outbreak has his face torn completely off.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: The veterinarian Lionel buys the tranquilizer from is one of those, with a poorly-concealed swastika under his lab coat.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: When Paquita tries to dispose of the zombie baby with a blender; she almost hesitates and then the baby vomits bright-green puke on her face.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Near the end of the film, Lionel finds out that {{spoiler|his mother drowned both his father and a woman that he had an affair with in the bathtub}}.
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