Dead Alive

Movie • 1993  

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Lionel, an innocent young man, is forced to care for domineering mother and finds the task a whole lot more demanding after she's bitten by the cursed Sumatran rat monkey. Passing the point of death, Lionel's mother sucks friends and family into her gruesome existence among the living dead and Lionel is sent spiraling into a ghoulish nightmare.
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Does the dog die?
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CatServant
At 30:30 (uncut version) Fernando the German Shepherd is eaten offscreen, but his tail is pulled from the mother's mouth and the bed is covered in his remains.
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Unanswered Triggers
Are rabbits harmed?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Altius
Frequently and with excessive gore all throughout the movie. If this is your trigger, skip this film entirely.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there blackface?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Altius
Zombies are buried while still animate, but within-film lore indicates those zombies are no longer alive.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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To be clear, the affair was with only one woman.
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Is a child abused?
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TheDreammweaver
A zombie baby is thrown around a bunch. The main character is emotionally abused by his mother
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forsetha
There is a subplot in which Lionel discovers that his mother drowned his father in a bathtub when he was a kid.
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forsetha
Almost every character in this movie dies in a very gory manner, regardless of gender.
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TheDreammweaver
The main character’s mother is emotionally abusive
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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forsetha
There are no horses in the movie.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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CatServant
Around 16:45 a Monkey is knocked out, then has its arm torn off by the zombie rat-monkey. Zookeeper collects the corpse.
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Altius
Dog of female protagonist gets eaten off-screen, then the person who ate the dog regurgitates the dog's tail.
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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There are intestines that move independently in a sometimes serpentine fashion.
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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ToastyBat
The zookeeper describes a species as coming from “large rats raping all of the little monkeys”
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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forsetha
The zookeeper tells a legend of the sumatran rat monkey, which involves large rats raping tree monkeys.
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Bodily Harm
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A man urinating on a grave has his genitals grabbed by a zombie emerging from below ground. Unclear what happens to them, but it's not good.

A gross rapey antagonist gets repeatedly hit in the groin throughout the latter half of the film.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Altius
Several zombies, but particularly of note is a crying zombie baby left in a house fire to burn. The zombie baby's crying sounds the same as a human baby in distress.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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forsetha
It's a zombie movie.
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Is there body horror?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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averagehorrorenjoyer
this film is pretty widely regarded as one of the goriest films of all time, so it's safe to say if you're not comfy with excess gore you probably won't want to see it
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there amputation?
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forsetha
Les rips teeth from a zombie.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a kid die?
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Andi
It's a zombie baby and it's debatable if he even dies. That Zombaby can handle himself 👍
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Family
Does a parent die?
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forsetha
Vera is the first person to be infected.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Gagging without vomiting at 27:33.

Assisted regurgitation of a partially-swallowed dog's tail from 28:39-28:54.

Custard emerging from a throat wound, looking like vomit from 48:40-49:25

Actual vomiting at 1:16:43-1:16:55.

Maybe vomiting? 1:25:32-1:25:38

Hope this helps!
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone spit?
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forsetha
Paquita justifiably spits in the face of Les.
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LGBTQ+
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forsetha
There are no transgender characters in the movie.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Altius
There are two separate depictions of a home health care visit by a nurse in response to a worsening animal bite.
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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TheDreammweaver
LOTS of body horror.
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Is there misophonia?
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Altius
There is a deliveryman character who whistles several times. The main male lead also whistles once.

Disgusting custard eating noises. 26:45 to 27:37. Total eating scene runs from 25:11 to 27:42 if you want to skip it entirely and not run the risk. There is also a later zombies-eating-custard scene I hadn't seen when I first made this comment, filled with awful eating noise, that I'm not ambitious enough to locate the time stamps for.

Wet, squishy noises are spread liberally throughout the movie.
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forsetha
Technically yes, but it's more accidental than intentional, and is done for laughs. The morning after being bitten, Vera gets ready for a meeting with the president of the Wellington Ladies Welfare League, and accidentally cuts her cheek.
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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forsetha
A zombie gives birth offscreen.
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Prejudice
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TheDreammweaver
There’s a doctor who’s sleeve rips and he has a swastika on his arm.
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Altius
There isn't a single black person in the whole film.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
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forsetha
Lionel and Paquita make out. Two zombies have sex and end up creating a zombie child. They have sex one more time in the Braindead cut.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there bestiality?
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Altius
There is a mention of an adult film with a donkey and a chambermaid.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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BabyPurpleBat
I literally cannot explain how much gore there is, like do not watch this if you are AT ALL sensitive to even the largest amount of gore
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