{"product_id":"dead-alive-unrated-blu-ray","title":"Dead Alive a.k.a Braindead (Unrated) Blu-Ray","description":"\u003cp\u003eLionel Cosgrove is a timid, mother-dominated young man in 1957 Wellington, New Zealand, who finally works up the courage to pursue a romance with the spirited Paquita Maria Sanchez. His controlling mother Vera, furious at the competition for her son's attention, follows the couple to the zoo — and is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey, a creature of spectacularly ill omen. Vera begins to die. Then she begins to un-die. Then she begins biting other people. Lionel, constitutionally incapable of confrontation, attempts to contain the growing zombie situation in his basement while maintaining the pretense of normal life. The situation does not remain containable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the film's final act, Lionel is wielding a lawnmower against several dozen zombies in what remains \u003cstrong\u003ethe single most blood-soaked sequence in horror film history\u003c\/strong\u003e — a record the film holds to this day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDead Alive — released internationally as Braindead — is the 1992 pre-Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson splatter masterpiece, a horror-comedy that operates as a deliberate escalation of every gross-out convention in the genre, pushed past the point of disgust into something closer to surrealist slapstick. The film was made on a budget of approximately NZ$3 million and holds the distinction of using more fake blood per minute than any film ever made. It won Best Film at the 1992 Fantasporto Film Festival. The film exists in three cuts: the original international Braindead version (~104 min), the Unrated US version (~97 min) cut by Peter Jackson himself for American release, and an R-rated theatrical cut (~85 min). The Unrated US version is also Peter Jackson's preferred version. The Lionsgate Blu-ray released October 4, 2011 presents the Unrated US version (~97 min) and is now out of print. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Cast\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jackson (Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles; later The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, The Hobbit trilogy)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScreenplay:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair \u0026amp; Fran Walsh (later The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Heavenly Creatures)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProducer:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Booth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCinematography:\u003c\/b\u003e Murray Milne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Selkirk (later The Lord of the Rings editor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduction Company:\u003c\/b\u003e WingNut Films \/ Avalon Studios \/ New Zealand Film Commission\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Dasent \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Timothy Balme as Lionel Cosgrove\u003cbr\u003e- Diana Peñalver as Paquita Maria Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e- Elizabeth Moody as Vera Cosgrove\u003cbr\u003e- Ian Watkin as Uncle Les\u003cbr\u003e- Brenda Kendall as Nurse McTavish\u003cbr\u003e- Stuart Devenie as Father McGruder\u003cbr\u003e- Jed Brophy as Void\u003cbr\u003e- Peter Vere-Jones as the voice of the rat-monkey \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlu-ray Features (Lionsgate, October 4, 2011)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Unrated US Cut (~97 Minutes) — Peter Jackson's Preferred Version\u003cbr\u003e- Theatrical Trailer\u003cbr\u003e- English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono\u003cbr\u003e- Note: Now out of print. The full-length international Braindead cut (~104 min) is not included on this release. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e English Audio, English Subtitles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso Known As:\u003c\/b\u003e Braindead (international title)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~97 Minutes (Unrated US Cut — Peter Jackson's preferred version; international Braindead cut is ~104 min)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlu-ray Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 2011 (U.S. Release, October 4 — Lionsgate Home Entertainment); now out of print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Release Date:\u003c\/b\u003e August 13, 1992 (New Zealand) \/ February 12, 1993 (United States)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lionsgate Home Entertainment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e Unrated (contains extreme graphic gore — equivalent to NC-17)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region A (North America)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Out of print. Three cuts exist: Unrated US (~97 min, this release, Jackson's preferred cut), original international Braindead (~104 min, not on this disc), and R-rated theatrical (~85 min). Holds the record for most fake blood used per minute in film history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Horror, Comedy, Splatter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Zombie Outbreak, Mama's Boy, Peter Jackson Pre-LOTR, Record-Breaking Gore, Lawnmower Finale \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"New \/ Sealed","offer_id":42576447963221,"sku":null,"price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/0C6A0637-B6E5-42FB-B9DF-903527813212.jpg?v=1780797788","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/dead-alive-unrated-blu-ray","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}