Braindead
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.
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Humour
- Worldwide
- $242,623
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What It's About
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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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Box Office & Release
Braindead returned 0.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $242,623
- Release date
- Aug 13, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand
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