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| released = | runtime = 103 minutes | country = New Zealand | language = English | budget = $3 million〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Braindead )〕 | gross = $242,623 (US)〔 }} ''Braindead'' (also known as ''Dead Alive'' in North America) is a 1992 New Zealand zombie comedy film directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Jackson with his partner Fran Walsh and Stephen Sinclair, the film was a commercial failure at the time of its release, but has since gained a cult following, especially after Jackson's success with ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. It has received positive reviews from contemporary critics. ==Plot== In 1957, The "Sumatran Rat-Monkey" is a hybrid creature that, "according to legend", resulted from the rape of tree monkeys on Skull Island by plague-carrying rats. Stewart McAlden (Bill Ralston), an explorer returning from the depths of the island with his team, is carrying a rat-monkey in a cage and is stopped by fierce warrior natives that demand the return of the monkey. They escape to a waiting jeep, but Stewart gets bitten by the Rat-Monkey. Seeing the mark of the monkey's bite on his right hand, Stewart's men hold down the explorer and amputate it. A bite mark is then seen on his left arm, which results in the removal of that limb. Finally, they see a set of bloody scratches on Stewart's forehead and kill him. The captured rat-monkey is shipped to Wellington Zoo in New Zealand. Sometime later, Lionel Cosgrove (Timothy Balme) lives with his domineering mother, Vera (Elizabeth Moody). To Vera's dismay, Lionel falls in love with a shopkeeper's daughter, Paquita María Sánchez (Diana Peñalver). While snooping on the two during a visit to the zoo, Vera is bitten by the rat-monkey. The animal's bite turns her into a ravenous zombie. Lionel tries keeping her locked in the basement while simultaneously trying to maintain his relationship with the oblivious Paquita. Vera escapes and is hit by a tram. As the townspeople assume she is dead, Lionel tranquilizes the zombie for her funeral. After she is buried, he returns to the graveyard to administer more anesthetic, but is accosted by a gang of hoodlums. Vera bursts from her grave, resulting in more deaths and zombies. As their numbers grow, Lionel manages to keep the zombies under relative control with repeated injections, and tries keeping them concealed in his home. However, Lionel's uncle Les (Ian Watkin) arrives to wrangle with Lionel over Vera's estate. Les discovers the "corpses" and blackmails his nephew into giving up his inheritance in return for his silence. Lionel reluctantly administers poison to the zombies ("killing" them), and buries them just as Les and his friends arrive for a housewarming party. However, the poison turns out to be an animal stimulant; and since the zombies came from the bite of an animal, it gives them more energy. The zombies burst from the ground to attack the party guests. Lionel goes into a room where he saw Paquita fighting with Les, and informs them of the zombie outbreak. Les escapes through a window while Lionel pulls out a large hanger with clothes, which distracts the zombies and gives Paquita a chance to escape. Les later goes into the basement, where he encounters Vera, who has turned into a giant zombie. She kills Les. Lionel kills most of the zombies with a running lawnmower. The group are now fighting with dozens of zombies, animated intestines and spinal cords, severed heads and disembodied legs. During the conflict an open gas pipe ignites, setting the house ablaze. Lionel manages to kill all of the zombies, until Vera, who has become a hyper-estrogenized gargantuan monster with a grossly distorted head and spine and huge breasts, pursues Lionel and Paquita to the rooftop. Paquita is left hanging onto the edge of the roof while Lionel confronts his mother. Lionel declares that he is no longer afraid of Vera and confronts her about his father's death, revealing Vera drowned both him and the woman he had an affair with young Lionel walking in on the murder, she then slams her fist on the roof causing him to fall and slide downwards towards her as she opens her womb, engulfing Lionel, declaring that he is "such a good boy" and that "none will ever love you as much as your mother". Vera then tries to kill Paquita by removing her hands from the roof. Lionel cuts his way out of his mother's body, causing her to fall into the burning house. Lionel and Paquita escape the building and walk away arm-in-arm as the fire department arrives. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Braindead (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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