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Dead Alive

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.

Director

Peter Jackson

Year

Genre

comedy, fantasy, horror

Box Office

$242,623

Production

WingNut Films,New Zealand Film Commission,Avalon/NFU Studios,Trimark Pictures

Awards

14 wins & 7 nominations

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Lionel Cosgrove

Paquita Maria Sanchez

Diana Peñalver

Mum (Vera Cosgrove)

Elizabeth Moody

Uncle Les

Nurse McTavish

Father McGruder

Void

Zombie McGruder

Scroat

Nora Matheson

Glenis Levestam

Mr. Matheson

Rita

Elizabeth Mulfaxe

Roger

Paquita's Grandmother

Davina Whitehouse

Paquita's Father

Silvio Famularo

Vet

Undertaker

Peter Vere-Jones

Mandy

Stewart

Winston

Zoo Keeper

Drunk

Barry

Lawrence

Spike

Stephen Andrews

Spud

Gladstone

Courtney

Angela Robinson Witherspoon

Head Chief

Undertaker's Assistant

Tram Driver

Blond Woman

Michelle Turner

Lionel's Father

Young Lionel

Mother at Park

Mother at Park

Kate Jason-Smith

Mother at Park

Tramp at Park

Norman Willerton

Boy on Bike

Baby Selwyn

Baby Selwyn

Selwyn

Customs Official

Father at Zoo

Son at Zoo

Forry

Forrest J. Ackerman

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Sarah Scott Davis

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Vanessa Redmond

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Featured Party Zombie

Zombie's Mother

Elizabeth Brimilcombe

Self

Queen Elizabeth II

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Father Mcgruder Paquita Maria Sanchez Lionel Cosgrove Roger Mr. Matheson Vet Stewart Mum Uncle Les Undertaker Zoo Keeper Void Nora Matheson

There's a beetle - Dead Alive

There's a beetle

Oh God - Dead Alive

Look at this dust It's an inch thick - Dead Alive

Look at this dust It's an inch thick

Story goes these great big rats - Dead Alive

Story goes these great big rats

Holy shit - Dead Alive

You'll look after me Lionel - Dead Alive

You'll look after me Lionel

What we need's another war - Dead Alive

What we need's another war

Damn fine custard - Dead Alive

Damn fine custard

Your mother ate my dog - Dead Alive

Your mother ate my dog

Do you want a syringe - Dead Alive

Do you want a syringe

Lionel - Dead Alive

He was always dreadfully attached to his mother - Dead Alive

He was always dreadfully attached to his mother

What are you doing with this thing - Dead Alive

What are you doing with this thing

That's my mother you're pissing on - Dead Alive

That's my mother you're pissing on

I'm a New Zealand zoo official and this monkey is going to Newtown - Dead Alive

I'm a New Zealand zoo official and this monkey is going...

The devil is amongst us - Dead Alive

The devil is amongst us

Stay back boy - Dead Alive

I kick ass for the Lord - Dead Alive

I kick ass for the Lord

Christ what a stink - Dead Alive

Christ what a stink

It's somebody doing the business - Dead Alive

It's somebody doing the business

So you found your dad's old stag movies - Dead Alive

So you found your dad's old stag movies

Is that the one with the donkey and the chambermaid - Dead Alive

Is that the one with the donkey and the chambermaid

Some things a man prefers to do on his own - Dead Alive

Some things a man prefers to do on his own

You know what they're saying about you don't you - Dead Alive

You know what they're saying about you don't you

You've got the bite - Dead Alive

You've got the bite

A real bloody weirdo - Dead Alive

A real bloody weirdo

Hyperactive - Dead Alive

I bet you go off like a rocket - Dead Alive

I bet you go off like a rocket

They're not dead exactly They're just - Dead Alive

They're not dead exactly They're just

There's thousands of them What the hell's this - Dead Alive

There's thousands of them What the hell's this

I know what to do She's history - Dead Alive

I know what to do She's history

Step right up you creepy old bastards - Dead Alive

Step right up you creepy old bastards

Party's over - Dead Alive

Come to Mummy Lionel - Dead Alive

Come to Mummy Lionel

No one will ever love you like your mother - Dead Alive

No one will ever love you like your mother

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Peter Jackson

Writer: Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson

Production: WingNut Films,New Zealand Film Commission,Avalon/NFU Studios,Trimark Pictures

Genre: comedy, fantasy, horror

Year: 1992

MetaScore: 54/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $242,623

Released: 12 Feb 1993

Awards: 14 wins & 7 nominations

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