Dead Alive

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R,1hr 37min

Genres:

Comedy,Sci-Fi

Released:

February 12, 1993

Distributor:

Trimark Pictures

Starring:

Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody ... More

Synopsis: Director Peter Jackson's second feature cheerfully trumps the gross-out quotient of his splatterfest debut, the appropriately named Bad Taste. The tone is cartoonishly comic, and the premise is simple: The village dweeb (Timothy Balme) is trying to maintain a budding romance with the sweet Paquita (Diana Penalver) while concealing the fact that his overbearing mum (Elizabeth Moody, in an amazing good-sport performance) is a flesh-eating zombie. (She owes her condition to a bite from a "Sumatran Rat ... Full Synopsis

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	Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 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. Read Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 54 Mixed or Average Reviews out of 100 Based on 7 critic reviews

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	Timothy Balme Lionel Diana Penalver Paquita Maria Sanchez Elizabeth Moody Mum (Vera Cosgrove) Ian Watkin Uncle Les

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