Dead Alive

I just saw the best/worst movie in the world last night and it turns out it was an early effort from the "Lord of the Rings" director guy (Peter Jackson I think?). I guess you gotta' start somewhere, eh? Anyway, it's called "Dead Alive" and it is so cheesy/gory/badly acted/over the top that I never would have guessed in a million years that the director would've ended up as anything other than a gas station attendant or possibly fraternity house advisor. Blows my mind that he was ever alowed near a movie set again, let alone handed the hundreds of millions needed for LotR. :)

So....it's a zombie movie. Surprise surprise. I love bad zombie movies. :D Some guy's over-controlling mother gets infected by a voodo rat monkey and stuff goes downhill from there as he tries to take care of her even after she's obviously a horrible zombie. When the movie is not trying to be the goriest thing ever (no way this would ever get an "R" rating. I've never seen anything like this for gross-out factor) it is (purposfully? Has to be purposfully...) bombarding you with horrible acting and cheesy movie cliches. And that's fine. This movie is so beyond gross that I don't think it could possibly take itself seriously. Watch the hero try and feed macaroni and cheese to the decapitated zombie nurse he is caring for and you'll know what I mean. Anyway I was entertained. If you ever want to see a "so bad it's great" gore-fest by the Lord of the Rings director, look no further.

i love the scene with the lawn mower, that's all i'll say about that part though.

i last saw this years ago when i was in highschool (or maybe even middle school x_x). I loved it then and i've been meaning to check it out again lately. i should just go buy it.

"I kick ass for the lord!" - best line

saw it my freshmen year in college. we were all sitting around tanked and somebody was like "you gotta see this!" just after we got done watching Ricky-O. fun times.

I havent seen this movie in a while. Is there a good DVD of it out now?!

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I never would have guessed in a million years that the director would've ended up as anything other than a gas station attendant or possibly fraternity house advisor. Blows my mind that he was ever alowed near a movie set again, let alone handed the hundreds of millions needed for LotR

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If you thought this after seeing Dead Alive, then I guess you have not had the honor yet of watching Meet the Feebles, or especially Peter's first film Bad Taste (both released on R1 DVD) :)

BTW Dead Alive is great, originally saw the uncut version when it first hit VHS. The current US DVD is unrated but isnt the full cut, but what is cut out is not anything special and only a few seconds here or there.

Wonderful movie, some buddies of mine and I watched that movie many many time when in HS. As previously mentioned you should really check out PJ's first film Bad Taste, and also the insanely nasty Meet the Feebles.

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Originally Posted by Mman

I havent seen this movie in a while. Is there a good DVD of it out now?!

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Nah, the US DVD still isn't the best. It's the Unrated US cut, but still not the director's cut, the picture quality isn't the best, and there isn't shit for extras. But it's still better then any VHS copy.

Personally I'm still patiently awaiting the Anchor Bay Special Edition of Meet the Feebles, a release of Frighteners with all of the extras from the Laserdisc, and an actual special edition of Dead Alive.

Hopefully now that PJ is famous from the LOTR movies all of those things will actually happen.

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Originally Posted by stormy

"I kick ass for the lord!" - best line

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"Step back son, it's time for some divine intervention!"

"he's got... THE BITE!!!"

Awesome movie

I never really liked Dead Alive. Sure it had the fun zombie gorefest at the end, and the kung-fu priest, but aside from that the movie was actually really tedious and had tons upon tons of awful jokes crammed up it's ass.

Yeah, the zombie baby bit was retarded... and the main character was a tool. Cept for the lawnmower scene. "I kick ass for the Lord!" is one of the best quotes ever.

Good campy movie, but I'd take Evil Dead 2 over it.

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Originally Posted by D_N_G

If you thought this after seeing Dead Alive, then I guess you have not had the honor yet of watching Meet the Feebles, or especially Peter's first film Bad Taste (both released on R1 DVD) :) .

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Sign me up. Bad Taste, eh? Sounds like something I'd like. :)

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Originally Posted by Chojin

I never really liked Dead Alive. Sure it had the fun zombie gorefest at the end, and the kung-fu priest, but aside from that the movie was actually really tedious and had tons upon tons of awful jokes crammed up it's ass.

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OK, a zombie priest gettin' frisky with a zombie nurse may be an awful joke, but it's still damn entertaining.
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And the tons upon tons of awful jokes are half of why this movie worked.
"Your mother ate my dog!"
"Well, not all of it..."