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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. Cast Timothy Balme Lionel Cosgrove Diana Penalver Paquita Maria Sanchez Elizabeth Moody Mum Ian Watkin Uncle Les Brenda Kendall Nurse McTavish Stuart Devenie Father McGruder Stephen Papps Zombie McGruder Murray Keane Scroat Glenis Levestam Nora Matheson Peter Jackson Undertaker`s Assistant