Braindead

New Zealand Production
Feature 1992 Horror 95.00 minutes
Film Main Image 1074
Twenty five and never been kissed, Lionel Cosgrove lives with his domineering mother Vera, tied to apron strings that were made to last. Then, one fateful day in the Spring of 1957, Lionel's uneventful existence is changed forever.
Anima Mundi-Brazil 2002
Puchon International Film Festival-Korea 2002
Goldcoast Fant. Film Festival-Australia 2002
Fantastik Film Festival-Sweden 2002
Drifting Clouds Film Festival-NZ 2001
5th San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2003
Astor Cinema Restrospective 2003
Kino AERO 2003
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2003
Haskolabio Film Festival-Iceland 2000
New Zealand Film Festival NY-USA 2001

Directors

Peter Jackson

Producers

James Booth

Screenplay Writers

Fran Walsh
Peter Jackson
Stephen Sinclair

Cast

Timothy Balme
Lionel
Diana Penalver
Paquita
Elizabeth Moody
Mum
Stuart Devenie
Father McGruder

Production Company

Wingnut Films

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