Braindead vs. Dead Alive

[Guest El Satanico]

I just downloaded a movie title Braindead (Dead Alive). Now I'm fully aware as to what Braindead is. However I was wondering if anyone knew what was different between the two versions. I have no clue so I don't know what I have.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

I've only seen Dead Alive, hell, I own it. I have no clue if there is a difference, I wonder it myself a while back.

 

Baby in the park is one of the greatest movies scenes ever! and who can forget "I kick ass for the Lord!"

 

ALSO...to ANYONE getting Dead Alive, DO NOT GET THE R RATED VERSION! You must get the non rated version or else you use 99% of the fun.

[Guest El Satanico]

I thought Braindead was the unrated version of Dead Alive.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

I thought Braindead was the unrated version of Dead Alive.

Not mine...I have Dead Alive on VHS, and on the back it says "unrated"

 

WHere's CHUD when you need him?

[Guest Lethargic]

I believe the biggest difference is that one is called Braindead and the other is called Dead Alive. The other differences are...

 

Braindead opens with a closeup of the New Zealand flag, which then changes to the Queen riding accross a courtyard, finishing with a close up her on horseback. God Save The Queen is playing in the background. The opening sequence in Sumatra that begins Dead Alive follows.

 

At the mother's funeral, uncle Les is seen walking down the church isle and sits down behind Paquita. A conversation in which Les tries to hit on Paquita follows, which is unsuccessful. Piquita then stands up and sits away from Les.

 

After Lionel agrees to let Les have the money and the house, we see the music for the party get turned on and Void breaking free from his bonds. In Braindead a party guest lets Void out of the basement, and for his trouble gets headbutted.

 

During the party Void enters the living room and attacks a guest. Lionel intervenes by hitting Void around the head with a Jack Daniels bottle and then pours the contents down Voids throat.

 

After the Zombies have been let out of the basement, there is a short sequence where a guest with glasses is chased around a room by 2 zombies before he is finally caught and bitten. (In Dead Alive you can see the very end of this sequence just before the camera switches to Paquita stabbing a bag of tomatoes in the airing cupboard.)

 

After Lionel has bitten through the intestine and falls onto a zomies head, in Dead Alive we move onto Les killing zombie by "rolling" it to death in a clothes press. In Braindead Lionel is confronted by the vicar & nurse zombies who impail each other on a pitch fork and continue to have sex.

 

In Braindead there is approximately 16 seconds of extra gore in the lawnmower sequence where we see Lionel hack up numerous zombies, see the demise of the vicar and the nurse (whilst still in the middle of making love) and see Lional kicking body parts towards Paquita to be put into the food mixer.

 

Braindead also contains the following scene missing from both versions of Dead Alive:

Just before Lionel makes his entrance with the lawnmower, Paquita and friend (the one with glasses) are attacked by Voids legs (cut off in the bathroom scene) and a horde of zombies. Paquita and the girl grab a leg each and rip them apart. They then use these limbs to attack any zombie that comes near them.

 

In the original New Zealand release when the zombie baby first apears it attacks Lionel but is unsuccesful as its umbilical cord gets caught up on a nail. This scene is not present in the unrated american version.

 

When the film was picked up for U.S. distribution, there was a delay when another company asked the distributor to change the film's title so as to avoid confusion with another film of the same name (hence the "Dead Alive" title for the U.S. release). Director Peter Jackson decided to use the extra time to apply some additional spit and polish to the film, resulting in a new cut approximately seven minutes shorter than the original (97 minutes vs. 104 minutes). This cut premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was eventually released in the U.S. (along with an emasculated, 85-minute R-rated version). Although the 104-minute version remains the most commonly seen (at least outside the U.S.), Jackson has gone on record as saying the 97-minute cut is his preferred version.

[Guest TUS_02]

Through the grapevine, I think that the US "unrated" version still has some shit cut out from it. Braindead is the complete European version.

 

...don't quote me, but I thought I'd use my PJ fanboyism for good... for once.

[Guest El Satanico]

Alright thanks for the info.

[Guest Harry Hood]

THE UNRATED VERSION ISS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES I'VE EVER SEEN, SEE IT AT ALL COSTS, IT FAR SURPASSES THE UNRATED VERSION, IF YOU HAVE BRAINDEAD, YOU SHOULD BE FINE. THERE'S MUCH MORE GORE IN THE UNRATED VERSION I SAW AT LEAST...

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Mine is the unrated, 97 minute cut on Vidmark video (same guys that released UFC, and Lepreachun in the Hood)

 

Also checked my Videohound Horror Show Guide (GREAT BOOK!), they gave it a 3 1/2 out of 4. He mentioned Brain Dead but didn't review that one by itself.

[Guest NoCalMike]

Basically as stated above, The US "unrated" cut still has a few missing scenes. "Braindead" is the true UNCUT version.

[Guest Downhome]

I must now take this time to share this, in case anyone hasn't seen it in a while or in case you've NEVER seen it...

 

I kick ass for the Lord!

 

...that is the second funniest line/scene in a movie, ever, in my opinion.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

I must now take this time to share this, in case anyone hasn't seen it in a while or in case you've NEVER seen it...

 

I kick ass for the Lord!

 

...that is the second funniest line/scene in a movie, ever, in my opinion.

"Time for some divine intervention!"

 

Kung Fu priest...fighting zombies...in a graveyard...

 

This movie has everything you need.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

Downhome is also a vistor to Mr. Borntreger's site, eh?

[Guest Downhome]

Downhome is also a vistor to Mr. Borntreger's site, eh?

I just found that site three days ago, woohoo.

[Guest Ravenbomb]

bah. Two amusing/entertaining scenes surrounded by crap is not my idea of a good movie.

[Guest Lethargic]

bah. Two amusing/entertaining scenes surrounded by crap is not my idea of a good movie.

Try watching Dead Alive then.

[Guest NoCalMike]

www.houseofhorrors.com is an exellent website for horror movies. I have been with that site since it was tiny, and not is is just loaded with stuff...if you are a horror buff like me, definately check it out.

[Guest Ravenbomb]

I tried that, and I managed to make it until the end of the movie before I punched myself in the head for wasting all that time on that pos that happened to have 2 moments of entertainment buried in it

[Betty Houle 0]

I thought DEAD ALIVE was quite funny at one point in my life. I don't think it holds up to repeated viewings. Although it's still funnier than BAD TASTE.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Dead Alive is the kind of movie you watch once...then fast forward through it again from time to time.