VAndolini I love this film. Love. I watched a while back on the Independent Film Channel, and i love how funny and extremely gory it is, a very clever film with an adorable Timothy Balme in the lead. A lot of little in jokes, like the rat being on Skull Island, home of Kong, etc. Very, very gory, the priest is hysterical kicking ass for the Lord. Love, love, love it.

tiskec **THIS REVIEW COULD CONTAIN A LOT OF SPOILERS. IF THE READER DOESN'T WANT THE FILM TO POSSIBLY BE SPOILED FOR THEM, THEN I SUGGEST WATCHING THE MOVIE BEFORE READING THIS REVIEW. Thank You.**I do believe that this movie is supposed to be a horror comedy, or so that's my best guess anyway. Anything else that would've been aimed for would've just been ridiculous. It's so silly it makes me laugh. The "well constructed" and planned over-the-top effects were executed perfectly in this film. When the movie started, I thought it was going to be a monster on an island type movie, but boy was I wrong. A team of zoologists capture this weird looking rat thing, and bring it back to the states to be placed in a zoo. They knew that whoever gets bit from the rat thing, will turn brain dead ("Brain Dead" is the original title.)and develop zombie like traits. When they become infected, it's just like any other zombie, once it bites someone else, then they'll be transformed as well. This all begins to happen at the zoo when the son of a wealthy old woman goes to the zoo, and spies on her son with a woman he met delivering them their groceries from their regular store. For some reason she didn't want him seeing other women (this is explained towards the end of the movie to why she didn't want him dating). She then gets bit by the rat when she was hiding behind a bush spying on them, because she got too close to the cage. When she screamed, the guy (her son) recognizes it, and dreads it. He notices her getting bit, but she pushes it off of her, and bashes its skull in off the ground. This is where the fun begins in the movie. Believe me. It's a trip and a half. The guy starts stuffing people that become infected in his mother's old basement (now his basement because of inheritance after his mother's death), hoping no one will find out. It's funny as hell because he starts feeding the zombies, and grooming them; along with whatever other goofy sh*t, like sitting them down and helping them get comfortable. He does all sorts of hospitality chores for them, which I actually got a kick out of. There's also a bunch of ridiculous mishaps that occur while he is attempting to keep this situation isolated, while also in the midst of battling with his uncle over the inheritance of the manor. This movie tickled me in some parts. Some will find it silly/funny, and others will find it over-the-top stupidity. Depends on what kind of person you are. The acting is fair, the script is fair, the story- line is silly, and the dialog is also silly. I would recommend this movie to people who appreciate low budget comedy horror, for a one time laugh.

darksyde-63508 This is quite possibly THE best zombie horror comedy ever released. Runner up would be Dead Sno.But this, this, is a masterpiece. Peter Jackson, who went onto much, much bigger things, has created a masterpiece. There is gore aplenty in this movie, some of it of the gross out type, but there is one scene with a lawnmower that....well, it just MUST be seen to be believed. Let's just say that there are literally gallons and gallons of fake blood used for this scene alone. If you haven't seen it, I won't ruin it for you, but I suggest you run out and get this now. It is just a movie that cannot NOT be seen. Perfect for the gorehound in your family.

videorama-759-859391 He's finally done it. Jackson has finally created something that is a gore fest and a half, the last half hour, almost non stop with it. Whereas Bad Taste was cheap and had repulsive gore, was slightly funny, where in between this were some long stretches of boredom, and was just plain stupid, here Jackson has made a much smarter film of better quality, where so far, this was his best. Braindead is a romantic horror tale, where boy introduces girlfriend to mother, where they make the dreaded mistake of going to the zoo. The mother is bitten by a Samutrian Rat, something I'd never wanna be bitten by, especially if the rat was infected, as I can recall. As to how this horribly ensues, all I can say, is strap in for one hell of a zombie fest, no holds barred, and I'm talking buckets of the stuff. High level horror fans won't be disappointed as Jackson has really shown what he's capable of with this mainstream, pre Lord Of The Rings, pic. Trivia note: Braindead took two years to hit video shelves.