---
title: 'Braindead (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Jackson'
released: '1992-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'New Zealand'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/braindead-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103873/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Braindead (1992)

1992 · 104 min · Drama, Comedy, Horror, Action, Science Fiction · New Zealand


## Synopsis

Braindead, released in the United States as Dead Alive, is a 1992 New Zealand zombie comedy splatter film directed by Peter Jackson, produced by Jim Booth, and written by Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh, and Jackson based on an original story idea by Sinclair. It stars Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, and Ian Watkin. The plot follows Lionel, a young man living in South Wellington with his strict mother Vera. After Lionel becomes romantically entangled with a girl named Paquita, Vera is bitten by a hybrid rat-monkey creature and begins to transform into a zombie, while also infecting swathes of the city's populace.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Jamie Selkirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-selkirk)
- **Screenplay:** [Fran Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-walsh), [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson), [Stephen Sinclair](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-sinclair)
- **Director:** [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Dasent](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-dasent)
- **Producer:** [Jim Booth](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-booth)

## Cast

- [Tim Balme](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-balme)
- [Jamie Selkirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-selkirk)
- [Fran Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-walsh)
- [Harry Sinclair](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-sinclair)
- [Ian Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-watkin)
- [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson)
- [Elizabeth Moody](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-moody)
- [Forrest J Ackerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-j-ackerman)
- [Jed Brophy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jed-brophy)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/braindead-1992
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