
Return of the Living Dead Part II(1988)
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.


“Some things won't stay down... even after they die.”
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

Timothy Balme
Lionel

Diana Peñalver
Paquita

Elizabeth Moody
Mum

Ian Watkin
Uncle Les

Brenda Kendall
Nurse McTavish

Stuart Devenie
Father McGruder

Jed Brophy
Void
Elizabeth Brimilcombe
Zombie Mum

Stephen Papps
Zombie McGruder

Murray Keane
Scroat
Braindead is a horror, comedy film released in 1992 exploring themes of infidelity, poison, new zealand, affectation, reanimation, zombie. Directed by Peter Jackson, it stars Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody. When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
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