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Released
1992 · FILM

Braindead

Young Lionel must halt a grotesque zombie outbreak after his mother is bitten by a monstrous rat‑monkey, battling hordes of the undead to save his town and keep his sanity intact.

“Some things won't stay down... even after they die.”

Directed by
Peter Jackson, Peter Jackson Nm0001392
Written by
Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh
Rated
FSK · (Banned)
Runtime
104 min
ComedyFantasyHorror

Synopsis

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she is transformed into a zombie and begins killing—and transforming—the entire town, while Lionel races to keep things under control.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 175+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jamie SelkirkShot by Murray MilneScored by Peter DasentDesigned by Kevin Leonard JonesSound by Michael HedgesCostumes by Chris ElliottStunts by Peter Hassall

Box Office

1992 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$243K

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$243K
break-even (2.5×)

Versions & cuts

  • DVD· 99 min
  • heavily cut· 85 min
  • 1992, 1993, cut· 92 min · 1992
  • FSK 16· 80 min
  • unrated· 97 min
  • R-rated· 85 min

Also known as

  • (English)Braindead
  • Braindead - Der Zombie-Rasenmähermannde
  • Dead Aliveen
  • Braindead: Tu madre se ha comido a mi perroes
  • Muertos de miedoes
  • Splatters - Gli schizzacervelliit
  • (Bulgarian)Живите мъртви
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • FranceMay 13, 1992
  • ItalyJun 4, 1992
  • GermanyJul 30, 1992
  • New ZealandAug 13, 1992
  • CanadaSep 1, 1992

Companies

ProductionWingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission, Avalon/NFU

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