Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Ian Watkin
Certificate: 18
Genre: Horror
Awards: None
Like many successful directors, Peter Jackson started with horror films. His debut being Braindead - a highly imaginative, gory Zombie film with a range of surprises that become immensely entertaining. The main character is Lionel (Balme). He lives with his mother in a big house. When his mother is bitten by a strange creature in the zoo, he and love interest Paquita (Penalver) have to stop a zombie infestation.As said before, this is a zombie film with a difference. There are Kong Fu priests, zombie babies and a terrific scene with a lawnmower that give the film a feeling of tongue in cheek. This is New Zealand's original Shaun Of The Dead. Zombie films now are played very serious. But it's films like this that make you remember how fun they can be. After all, even George A. Romero made a slapstick version with the original Dawn Of The Dead and it seems that these, almost silly, horror films are getting a lot more love.
*****Brilliant
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