Braindead
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall, Stuart Devenie, Jed Brophy, Elizabeth Brimilcombe, Stephen Papps, Murray Keane
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Happy Romantic AngryWhen a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
- Original language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand
- Screenplay
- Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
- Music
- Peter Dasent
- Cinematography
- Murray Milne
- Cast
- Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall, Stuart Devenie, Jed Brophy, Elizabeth Brimilcombe, Stephen Papps, Murray Keane
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Updated August 14, 2026
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