By: louche mustachio
The scene with the ear in the custard HAUNTS ME That is one of those things that you really need to see on a big screen to truly appreciate. I had seen the movie before, owned it on VHS, when I finally...
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but stuff like Evil Dead or Braindead makes me mildly ill. You say that like tree rape or lawnmower massacre are bad things. (Well, okay, tree rape is a bad thing, and I see they have kept the rape...
View ArticleBy: fleacircus
After watching it many years ago my friends and I will still occasionally shout "I kick ass for the Lord!" This supports my theory that most of us on MetaFilter are replications of each others' friends...
View ArticleBy: Pope Guilty
I actually don't have the tolerance for gore that I used to when I was younger- I'm okay with video games and most movies, but stuff like Evil Dead or Braindead makes me mildly ill.
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
I have seen the following movies at the theatre twice: ET Braindead. (And also the Star Wars original trilogy if you count the special editions.) Take that recommendation for what it is worth. I did...
View ArticleBy: BrotherCaine
I felt oddly disappointed and betrayed when I tried to share my love of this movie with a friend who on viewing thought it was gross and not at all funny.
View ArticleBy: lubujackson
Used to rent this from Blockbuster, lol. Stumbled across it randomly and couldn't believe how cheesy, weird and cheap it was, but also funny and lively and well-paced. Quite crazy when I realized that...
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The best part of King Kong was the Sumatran Rat Monkey crate in the ship. also: I KICK ARSE FOR THE LORD!
View ArticleBy: Huck500
Yeah, I saw this on a tiny screen at the theater in Arcata, CA when it was (I'm guessing barely) released in the US. When it was released on VHS for rental I looked into getting a copy, but in those...
View ArticleBy: Egg Shen
[after Lionel crashes into the church hugging his mother's 'corpse'] Nora Matheson: He was always dreadfully attached to Vera. Father McGruder: Well I've seen some displays of grief in my day, but...
View ArticleBy: gemmy
I've seen that movie so many times, and it still doesn't fail to make me laugh. The entire thing is over the top, from the rat monkey, to the ear in the custard, to the baby carriage scene, to "I kick...
View ArticleBy: sc114
The scene with the ear in the custard HAUNTS ME. I cannot eat pudding without thinking about it. *shudder* That being said: I still love this movie.
View ArticleBy: brundlefly
I really dig The Frighteners, but do NOT watch the director's cut. As I recall, all that was added was a bunch of comedic mugging that just did not work.
View ArticleBy: Shepherd
Please, don't forget The Frighteners, possibly Jackson's most important attempt at showing he could meet his personal proclivities and Hollywood halfway, and at the time a Hail Mary pass for a...
View ArticleBy: Mothlight
Can anyone contrast Braindead to my personal human-carnage fave - Reanimator? Funny you should ask, superelastic. There was a funny story going around back in the day — probably apocryphal — about...
View ArticleBy: Mothlight
Braindead is superior to every other movie Peter Jackson has made except maybe Heavenly Creatures. And even about that one I'm not so sure.
View ArticleBy: It's Raining Florence Henderson
a mower that could run while on its side like that would be useful in doing that steep hill in the back yard, 'cuz most of them want to stall out on that hill Keep in mind, that mower had been chewing...
View ArticleBy: Existential Dread
I'd been listening to this Human Remains track for years before I saw this movie. Rich and Creamy! Just the way I like it!
View ArticleBy: superelastic
...something that approaches inspired genius in the heretofore unknown artform of human carnage Can anyone contrast Braindead to my personal human-carnage fave - Reanimator?
View ArticleBy: hanoixan
(Braindead holds the record for the greatest amount of McDonalds Special Sauce ever used in a film) There, fixed it. Seriously, the movie makes me hungry. Especially the scene with the zombies eating...
View ArticleBy: MartinWisse
"I kick arse for the lord" And from Bad Taste: "you're lucky, yours has chunky bits" It really was strange way back when that Jackson got the Lords of the Ring gig after those movies.
View ArticleBy: fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit
When The Fellowship of the Ring first came out, I had this fantasy where somebody thought to themselves, "Hey, I should check out some other works by this Peter Jackson director guy. Oh! Here's a...
View ArticleBy: Anything
(Braindead holds the record for the greatest amount of artificial blood ever used in a film) Where does The Shining rank in that regard?
View ArticleBy: HuronBob
All I could think of was .... a mower that could run while on its side like that would be useful in doing that steep hill in the back yard, 'cuz most of them want to stall out on that hill.
View ArticleBy: Artw
And it's the third and best of a trio of cheap bad taste movies Jackson made at the start of his career, starting with Bad Taste and then the demented and weird Meet the Feebles. Heavenly Creatures was...
View ArticleBy: greenhornet
A great movie! I will never forget the guy shoving parts of his brain back in...
View ArticleBy: jess
Yessssss. This movie is gross and funny and amazing. After watching it many years ago my friends and I will still occasionally shout "I kick ass for the Lord!".
View ArticlePeter Jackson's "Braindead"
Between Peter Jackson's penchant for cartoonish unserious gore and Bob McCarron's off-screen makeup effects manipulations, Braindead achieves something that approaches inspired genius in the heretofore...
View ArticleBy: ReeMonster
Great film, one of the best. Certainly the best Peter Jackson flick out there. And I'm not being cheeky. He should've stuck to creative progressive schlock like Brain Dead.
View ArticleBy: elr
1. After years of thinking my dad had shown me Dead Alive, I showed it to him this year. Obviously, the man who showed me Re-Animator for the first time loved Dead Alive, but I'm not sure if his memory...
View ArticleBy: Mothlight
For anyone you watched this as a blockbuster rental in the US: you didn't see the whole movie, the goriest parts were edited out Actually, nobody who saw a U.S. version of this saw the whole movie....
View ArticleBy: davejay
For anyone you watched this as a blockbuster rental in the US: you didn't see the whole movie, the goriest parts were edited out, aka some of my favorite parts. It just wasn't the same movie. I still...
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