Braindead

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Release Date:

Feb 12, 1993

Runtime:

1hr 44m

Synopsis

A 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.

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.9
  • Mar 28, 2018

    i thought the imdb parents guide was exaggerating when it said “we can’t stress enough just how gory this movie is” but ..... hoo boy

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    mia lee vicino
    mia lee vicino
    Apr 9, 2020

    THREE Hobbit movies but only ONE Braindead !?! Peter Jackson why ??

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    Shane McAvoy
    Shane McAvoy
    Aug 18, 2020

    tag yourself, i’m the partially decapitated head that gets kicked around then blended

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    dion🌹
    dion🌹
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    Nov 1, 2023

    90% of the budget was spent on fake blood and 10% on actors

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    noen
    noen

    FUNNIEST MOST CREATIVE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!! A VISUAL FEAST BICTCHH!!!!!!!

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    sarah squirm
    sarah squirm
    Jan 8, 2004

    I can't recommend watching this when you're a stupid 15 year old boy enough

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    Branson Reese
    Branson Reese
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    Jul 27, 2019

    My first revisit in years and what can I say? Delivers everything I remembered, and then some—a delightful tidal wave of blood, body parts, gooey chunks, memorable quotes, and kiwi humor. In retrospect it feels like the door to the 80’s closing, the last gasp of a genre…

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    Ian West
    Ian West
    Oct 31, 2021

    100 minutes of pure insanity.

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    alor
    alor
    Feb 6, 2015

    i live in New Zealand and this is still the most New Zealand thing i have ever seen

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    Josiah Morgan
    Josiah Morgan

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Metacritic

54
metacritic
Based on 7 Critics
5.8

USER SCORE (130)

Mixed or average reviews based on 130 Reviews
78

The Citizen Kane of Oedipal zombie-cannibal-right to death-comedy-love stories... So gleefully over-the-top that it's decidedly hard not to gag while you're laughing yourself incontinent... Sick. Perverse. Brilliant.

Metacritic review by Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
75

A gonzo splatterfest from New Zealand that manages to stay breezy and good-natured even as you're watching heads get snapped off of spurting torsos.

Metacritic review by Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
20

Because all of this looks blatantly unreal, and because the timing of the shock effects is so haphazard, Dead Alive isn't especially scary or repulsive. Nor is it very funny. Long before it's over, the half-hour-plus bloodbath that is the climax of the film has become an interminable bore. [12 Feb 1993, p.C16]

Metacritic review by Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
The New York Times

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Braindead (1993) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Braindead (1993)?
The movie is 1hr 44min long.
What's Braindead (1993) about?
A 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.