Braindead 1992  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Dead Alive
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall, Stuart Devenie, Jed Brophy, Stephen Papps, Murray Keane, Glenis Levestam, Peter Jackson
Poor Lionel. He takes his girlfriend to the zoo followed by his pain-in-the-behind mother. The mom gets bitten by a poisonous rat monkey that causes her to turn into a zombie. Then, she goes on a feeding frenzy, so the zombies propagate. Lionel hides them from the girlfriend and the rest of the world in his basement, which isn't easy. This is pretty gruesome stuff, comedy or not.
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District 9 2009 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Cast: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Mandla Gaduka, Vanessa Haywood, Kenneth Nkosi, Louis Minnaar, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, William Allen Young, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Summer, Jed Brophy, Nick Blake
Aliens have been held in District 9 ever since their spaceship came to a standstill over South Africa 28 years ago. Now, the locals want the aliens out of their area and assign Multi-National United (MNU) the job of removing the aliens from District 9. MNU agent Wikus Van De Merwe (Sharlto Copley) leads the eviction operation, but, when he becomes exposed to biotechnology that mutates his DNA, tensions rise. Wikus becomes the most wanted creature on Earth and is pursued because he alone holds the key to unlocking the aliens' weapons technology.
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Heavenly Creatures 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Clive Merrison, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Simon O'Connor, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Gilbert Goldie, Geoffrey Heath
Based on the facts behind a true murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand, this film chronicles the meeting and plotting of Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) and Juliet (Kate Winslet) that culminates in the murder of Pauline's mother (Sarah Pierse). This is the story of two girls who retreat into an imaginary world that overlaps into gruesome realities.
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| 1. Braindead (1992)
aka: Dead Alive
2. District 9 (2009)
3. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
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