This is one of my favorite zombie movies. It is so funny the scenes with the kung fu priest and the zombie baby at the park, it is just a really good time.
Before I was allowed to watch all these horror movies as a kid, I would go browse the horror section and stare at their VHS art. My imagination cooked up all sorts of awesome films that never really resembled the actual movies haha.
I know, right? Mom and pop video stores were the BEST! They had all the best and obscure horror movies. I hated when Blockbuster took over because they only stocked well known/ popular movies
This is what happened with me as well. The guy at the VHS rental place said to check it out, it was definitely the goriest flick they had in stock, perhaps even the goriest flick ever made. Best movie recommendation ever!
Here's the Lord of the rings connection. The opening scene of Braindead was shot at Putangirua Pinnacles, the same location he would later use for the Paths of the Dead in the return of the king.
@@NostalgiNorden i think your an idiot. you try to act clever coming up with your obscure connection when there was already an obvious one being discussed
During my years as a staffer in the Marvel Bullpen, I somehow got invited to a pre-release studio screening of this film and went back to work the following day with my mind blown. I told all of my colleagues that it was a must-see and that there was another screening of it that very evening, so I managed to corral half of the Bullpen to see it. They loved it, and one of the most fun aspects of the screening was that they gave out rubber body parts with safety pins as souvenirs. I got a severed tongue that I wore on my trench coat's lapel for the better part of the next two months.
THANK YOU! About time that movie re-entered the Peter Jackson discussion! How did he ever get to do mainstream movies with that hilarious skeleton in his closet?! lol
It's been a year since Peter Jackson announced it, and we still don't have any news on the remastered Blu-Rays of this, Bad Taste, and Meet The Feebles.
Man... James doesn’t give Bad Taste enough credit. Don’t get me wrong, I love both movies but Bad Taste is a freakin’ masterpiece, and it’s twice as funny as Dead Alive.
I remember buying a bootleg copy of this on VHS at a record show back before it was released in the U.S. (or released anywhere on home video yet, actually) I blew all my friends' minds showing it to them. It was at least a little cool, at the time, to have a copy before most people did yet.
Lotr has AMAZING force perspective shots that will never age badly, just too perfect. Oh and Brain Dead, just watch it it's a no brainer... no pun intended.
When I went to go watch Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old, I couldn’t help but have this in the back of my mind since that was one of my fist PJ movies
Definitely rented this when I worked at Blockbuster. Pretty much rented through the whole horror section alphabetically. You guys ever see Undead? I believe it was 2003. Had a quote on the cover saying "Most-inventive zombie movie since Peter Jackson's Brain Dead" so I obviously had to watch it. That triple shotgun was worth the watch.
@@ZebraEnt I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! Great splatter film. The fisherman's arsenal really was endless lol I loved the soda can death. And when he stuck his spurs into the wall and started shooting upside-down. Badass.
I remember being shocked when lord of the rings came out, and I saw peter Jackson’s name as the director. I remember thinking, “it can’t be the same peter Jackson who did dead alive and bad taste”.
The reason why it's called Dead Alive here in the U.S. is because there was already a 1990 horror film called Brain Dead starring Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton, and they couldn't get the rights to use that name.
When the top of the guys head is in the blender blew my mind as a kid, old school hole in the table stuff, one of my top three favourite films of all time.
James shoud love Bad Taste. It is a micro budget horror film made by home made special effects. Financed over 4 years with Jacksons own salary and made with his friends. James really owns it to himself to check it out!
Almost easily the best zombie movie of all time. I say "almost" because Shaun Of The Dead comes pretty close. Sounds like James hasn't seen it in a long time.
I'm born in 87. I remember this cover in the videostore, but I never was able to see the movie. But was always curious. Time passed, growing up and I completely forgotten about it. Seeing your thumbnail brought the memories back. I finally have to see this movie!
The LotR connection to Skull Island you wanted -- That scene where the natives come out and kill the guy that got bitten... filmed at the same location as where they filmed Aragorn & co. going into the mountain -- look at that crack in the mountain, it's the same spot in New Zealand used in both movies!
Bit of trivia, remember Peter Jackson's King Kong? In the ship's hold, you can see a Sumatran Rat Monkey crate in the background. Another? In the funeral scene from Dead Alive, the song playing on the organ is "Sodomy", which was used in another of his previous movies, "Meet the Feebles".
One of my favorite movies... Braindead had alot of extra gore...and some cool little scenes with extra plot points that were cut out in the US DeadAlive versiob... And i dont beleive nobody mentioned the Malcolms Uncle... He was one of the best parts of the movie... And the Funeral scene...lmfao... OH AND AGAIN REVIEW "JUST BEFORE DAWN"
Okay, this is the best Monster Madness ever. I've wanted to see Phantasm and Dead Alive on here for a while. Dead Alive is one of my favorite horror movies, period, and probably my favorite horror comedy. "Your mother ate my dog!" "Not all of it." But... Sumatran Rat Monkey, not Sumerian Rat Monkey. Sumerian would be the ancient equivalent of present-day Iraq, lol. And no, Dead Alive wasn't really cut for gore, but for time. Jackson couldn't use the title (There was already a Brain Dead in the U.S.), so they gave him a budget to redo the title sequence, and he had enough left over to recut the whole movie to tighten it up. I do believe there was one major zombie death that gets cut though (either the priest or the biker, I forget), so I guess that is one flaw of Dead Alive, but having seen both, I prefer Dead Alive.
I think you already talked a little bit about this movie in one of monster madness episodes, but I might be mistaken. Anyway, movie is a masterpiece - it's sad we have no more such movies in modern era, I mean we have some good ones, but nothing unique like that.
fun fact: this film was so gory and cartoony it was allowed to be released largely unedited in UK even with the worry of "video nasties" because censors believed it couldn't be taken seriously so gave it a pass.
Me too! Most intriguing was that VHS box design. Discovered it in the segregated horror section at my local the same year The Fellowship Of The Ring came out!
Watched this when I was around 7 years old and gave up during the pudding scene. Nightmares for weeks. 23 years later I still have to give it a second go...
My friend actually put this movie on a few months ago. I facepalmed so many times during it. This movie likes to make its own rules only to proceed to break them later.
This is one of my favorite movies ever in this genre. It's so good and it's amazing craftsmanship in how this is made. Also, I think Tokyo Gore Police is slightly more gore, I don't know for sure tho🤔
Jackson also turned in scripts or pitches for I believe 2 different Freddy films which ended up helping his relationship with New Line when Lord of The Rings happened.
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Let me know how to get this in the UK. I’m DYING to try it!
This is one of my favorite zombie movies. It is so funny the scenes with the kung fu priest and the zombie baby at the park, it is just a really good time.
⭐Great film, me and my friends used to watch it all the time that video done the rounds.... All the best.
Imo "dead alive" is a more fitting title as they are dead alive.
Please review "the video dead" !!!!
Looking at movie covers like this was my favorite part of being a little kid in a video rental store
How about the Evil Ed cover? That one is unforgettable!
Facts
Same
Before I was allowed to watch all these horror movies as a kid, I would go browse the horror section and stare at their VHS art. My imagination cooked up all sorts of awesome films that never really resembled the actual movies haha.
I know, right? Mom and pop video stores were the BEST! They had all the best and obscure horror movies.
I hated when Blockbuster took over because they only stocked well known/ popular movies
I rented this as a 14 yr old in 1993 on the suggestion from the rental store employee! God I miss video stores!
😂😂
Not all heroes wear capes
This is what happened with me as well. The guy at the VHS rental place said to check it out, it was definitely the goriest flick they had in stock, perhaps even the goriest flick ever made.
Best movie recommendation ever!
Here's the Lord of the rings connection.
The opening scene of Braindead was shot at Putangirua Pinnacles, the same location he would later use for the Paths of the Dead in the return of the king.
Yep. He used it in his "King Kong" remake as Skull Island, too.
also, they both had the same director. both were directed by peter jackson. true fact
think they were meaning in film link
@@fractalequation I think you missed the point of the entire video.
@@NostalgiNorden i think your an idiot. you try to act clever coming up with your obscure connection when there was already an obvious one being discussed
The priest looked like Father Ted.
"I kick ass for the Lord!!"
he says arse not ass can you not hear?
Its sounds like ass in a new zealand accent but it is arse. You dont have to be a prick about it.
That money was just resting in his account
@@prpwnage9296 chill out, nerd.
The priest was my favorite. "I KICK ASS FOR THE LORD!"
Father Ted.
That was a pretty eary scene
Came here to say this
“What we need’s another war!!”
Don’t know why but that’s still my favourite line in the film!
I kick ass for the lord is not your favorite line?
@@hulktopf5031 For me it's "YOUR MOTHER ATE MY DOG!!"
Burt Backattack because it's always correct.
"There's Dettol in the Jeep!"
@@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control “Not all of it…”
Ha!
This was a hidden gem I found in a blockbuster video back in the early nineties. I've never laughed so hard as I did at: "I kick ass for the Lord!"
The gore in this movie is incredible
I think Peter Jackson needs to get back to his roots and make a couple schlock B-horror movies with gallons of blood and NO CGI
You mean you didn’t care for The Mortal Engines? 🤣
Peter Jackson needs to get back to making movies, period. We need him. Movies suck nowadays.
Why no CG?
Toaster Strudel exhibit A, The Hobbit, despite how much I like those movies
I just want a Bad Taste sequel.
"mmm custard, I haven't had custard for years...SHE never makes the stuff"
"What? No pudding??"
Rich and creamy, just like I like it!
a good custard
@@ruggerosmith1167 just the way I like it
what we need is another war!!
"I KICK ASS FOR THE LORD!"
Love that priest character.
During my years as a staffer in the Marvel Bullpen, I somehow got invited to a pre-release studio screening of this film and went back to work the following day with my mind blown. I told all of my colleagues that it was a must-see and that there was another screening of it that very evening, so I managed to corral half of the Bullpen to see it. They loved it, and one of the most fun aspects of the screening was that they gave out rubber body parts with safety pins as souvenirs. I got a severed tongue that I wore on my trench coat's lapel for the better part of the next two months.
Ha, nevermind “Bad Taste” and “Braindead”, what about “Meet the Feebles”?? Basically an X-rated muppets movie.
Tell me more
With all the “exploitative childhood nostalgia but dark” horror shlock that comes out nowadays that seems like nothing new or interesting.
Disagree, my favorite line is, “Looks like you could use some divine intervention.”
*I KICK ASS FOR THE LORD!!*
"Devil is amongst us"
"I kick Arse for the Lord!"
loved that line...
"thats my mother you're pissing on" has to be one of the best lines, right next to "i kick ass for the lord"
>screenshot reads "Sumatra"
>calls it Sumerian Rat Monkey
Sumer, cradle of human civilization, is long gone.
“I kick arse for the Lord!”
He is the double of Father Ted
They need to do a review of Peter Jackson’s by far greatest film: “Meet the Feebles”.
@@maxpower10k I agree Meet the Feebles was just so-so to me but to be fair it's been like 10 years since I watched it.
THANK YOU! About time that movie re-entered the Peter Jackson discussion! How did he ever get to do mainstream movies with that hilarious skeleton in his closet?! lol
The pudding scene is forever etched into my brain.
It was freaky. Even the oozy moments.
Gurk...
Damn fine custard! Rich and creamy, just the way I like it!
It's actually custard.
Haven’t had a good custard in years!!
Who's looking forward to Peter Jackson going full circle?
Didn't PJ say some time ago that i really wanted to make another splatter ?
@@Goreratten God I hope so
Easily one of my favorite movies of all time. I hope Peter Jackson makes his way back to horror if he ever feels like it someday.
It's been a year since Peter Jackson announced it, and we still don't have any news on the remastered Blu-Rays of this, Bad Taste, and Meet The Feebles.
I know man, for a time I kept checking religiously to see if there was anymore information about them, but still nothing
Greatest zombie movie ever. Most underated horror ever
Frighteneers, dead alive and king kong are some of my favorite films. Peter jackson is a cinematic genius I will watch anything with his name on it
Quote from James in most of these: "I don't remember that."
@@brianjohnson9802 Sad, but true!
We need Braindead in HD! Fingers crossed 🤞
"I KICK ASS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS!" Best , one-liner, EVER!
I hope Peter Jackson re-visits his low budget horror roots some day.
Peter Jackson the director of Lord Of The Rings and King Kong made this gore masterpiece
Yuup
I feel like Peter Jackson watched Evil Dead and was like I can do that better.
"Come on mate, I'm dying for a slash...I've got a urinary infection" - Uncle Les
Man... James doesn’t give Bad Taste enough credit. Don’t get me wrong, I love both movies but Bad Taste is a freakin’ masterpiece, and it’s twice as funny as Dead Alive.
I remember buying a bootleg copy of this on VHS at a record show back before it was released in the U.S. (or released anywhere on home video yet, actually) I blew all my friends' minds showing it to them. It was at least a little cool, at the time, to have a copy before most people did yet.
Lotr has AMAZING force perspective shots that will never age badly, just too perfect.
Oh and Brain Dead, just watch it it's a no brainer... no pun intended.
When I went to go watch Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old, I couldn’t help but have this in the back of my mind since that was one of my fist PJ movies
This is my favorite campy horror gorefest. My dad and I watched it when I was 12 and have every year since. Baby scene is just hilarious and so random
Definitely rented this when I worked at Blockbuster. Pretty much rented through the whole horror section alphabetically. You guys ever see Undead? I believe it was 2003. Had a quote on the cover saying "Most-inventive zombie movie since Peter Jackson's Brain Dead" so I obviously had to watch it. That triple shotgun was worth the watch.
I love Undead! And how the fisherman keeps pulling guns out if nowhere pretty much.
.....and zombie fish 😂🤣
@@ZebraEnt I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! Great splatter film. The fisherman's arsenal really was endless lol I loved the soda can death. And when he stuck his spurs into the wall and started shooting upside-down. Badass.
This video reminded me to mow my lawn
I love, "Your mother ate my dog." That actress was a cutie.
I remember being shocked when lord of the rings came out, and I saw peter Jackson’s name as the director. I remember thinking, “it can’t be the same peter Jackson who did dead alive and bad taste”.
Could you possibly do “meet the feebles”
Muppets on crack... with the clap.
Antimony Cup the best way to sum it up 😂
when indian yoga guy got his head stuck up his own ass.. or the knife/wheel scenes
Meet the Feebles is one of the dopest films of all time, from any genre or time period.
I saw it on LSD as a teenager and about lost my marbles!
The reason why it's called Dead Alive here in the U.S. is because there was already a 1990 horror film called Brain Dead starring Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton, and they couldn't get the rights to use that name.
I've seen this movie over a dozen times and still laugh my arse off at it each viewing :D
When the top of the guys head is in the blender blew my mind as a kid, old school hole in the table stuff, one of my top three favourite films of all time.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought this was a Dead Meat video for a sec.
One of the best zombie movies out there
Let the gore begin.
James shoud love Bad Taste. It is a micro budget horror film made by home made special effects. Financed over 4 years with Jacksons own salary and made with his friends.
James really owns it to himself to check it out!
Can we talk about how badass the lawnmower scene is?
*Kicks open door*
"Party's over"
*Zombie genocide ensues*
Tony is that friend who Google's everything and then acts like he has known it forever
Simian Raticus.
Best scene is Baby at the park, and "I kick ass for the Lord!"
he doesn't say ass can you not hear?
Hahahahah my fave too
@@prpwnage9296 he says arse
@@imaginationmaddness2176 I know yes that's what I said
@@prpwnage9296 ditto
How do you pass from being a horror director back in the 80's to a fantasy director responsible for the LOTR trilogy?!
I don't know. Life's weird like that.
Looks like destiny got him following another route. Or should I say, the HANDS OF FATE!
@Logan Waltz The Mortal Engines.
It was really weird at the time that LOTR was announced because he was already a well-known cult/horror director, particularly for this film.
I was literally looking up this movie last night. This is quite the coincidence!
@@gurvmlk Yeah. More like synchronicity.
3 words: "MEET THE FEEBLES"
I say everyone who's the dirty person who did the great big stinky poo that's blocking up the toilet
Spanish actress Diana Peñalver was not seen in a movie again, I guess. She plays the naive woman very well.
Almost easily the best zombie movie of all time. I say "almost" because Shaun Of The Dead comes pretty close. Sounds like James hasn't seen it in a long time.
I'm born in 87. I remember this cover in the videostore, but I never was able to see the movie. But was always curious. Time passed, growing up and I completely forgotten about it. Seeing your thumbnail brought the memories back. I finally have to see this movie!
This is my favorite Peter Jackson film, aside from King Kong. Keep up the great work, guys.~
Skull Island is the path of the dead in Return of the King
@@gurvmlk It was in the book and I think he mentions it in the commentary on the EE ROTKA.
gurvmlk he means that the two scenes (one in this movie and one in Return of the King) were shot in the same New Zealand location.
@@marks6928 Thank you! :)
One of my all time favorites. Watch it every year around this time
As much as I love James and his work, I really miss the old monster madness with only James doing an scripted review, this is not a review.
I love Bad Taste, just one of those comedies that doesn't take it self seriously at all
😍😍😍Braindead. One of the funniest movies i ever watched.
This is a real classic
The LotR connection to Skull Island you wanted -- That scene where the natives come out and kill the guy that got bitten... filmed at the same location as where they filmed Aragorn & co. going into the mountain -- look at that crack in the mountain, it's the same spot in New Zealand used in both movies!
My friends and I would intentionally rent bad movies and we rented this one and we absolutely loved it. So much fun with this movie!!!
Also of note are the model shots of the streetcars, brilliantly executed.
Bit of trivia, remember Peter Jackson's King Kong? In the ship's hold, you can see a Sumatran Rat Monkey crate in the background. Another? In the funeral scene from Dead Alive, the song playing on the organ is "Sodomy", which was used in another of his previous movies, "Meet the Feebles".
One of my favorite movies...
Braindead had alot of extra gore...and some cool little scenes with extra plot points that were cut out in the US DeadAlive versiob...
And i dont beleive nobody mentioned the Malcolms Uncle...
He was one of the best parts of the movie...
And the Funeral scene...lmfao...
OH AND AGAIN
REVIEW "JUST BEFORE DAWN"
I’m glad you did this movie. Either this or Bad Taste would’ve been awesome episode-wise. The bum cheering on the baby getting beat up is awesome!
"Party's Over"
revs lawnmower
Tim Blame
It's a SUMATRAN rat monkey, not Sumerian.
I wish they would return to the former VHS cover. That woman with a skull in her mouth has nothing to do with the movie.
Which one? There are several VHS covers. The Japanese one with the baby sitting on the woman's lap is my favourite.
Okay, this is the best Monster Madness ever. I've wanted to see Phantasm and Dead Alive on here for a while. Dead Alive is one of my favorite horror movies, period, and probably my favorite horror comedy.
"Your mother ate my dog!"
"Not all of it."
But... Sumatran Rat Monkey, not Sumerian Rat Monkey. Sumerian would be the ancient equivalent of present-day Iraq, lol.
And no, Dead Alive wasn't really cut for gore, but for time. Jackson couldn't use the title (There was already a Brain Dead in the U.S.), so they gave him a budget to redo the title sequence, and he had enough left over to recut the whole movie to tighten it up. I do believe there was one major zombie death that gets cut though (either the priest or the biker, I forget), so I guess that is one flaw of Dead Alive, but having seen both, I prefer Dead Alive.
Fun collaboration fact; the actor who plays Lionel's mom (Elizabeth Moody)? She also plays one of the Sackville-Baggins in Fellowship.
I think you already talked a little bit about this movie in one of monster madness episodes, but I might be mistaken. Anyway, movie is a masterpiece - it's sad we have no more such movies in modern era, I mean we have some good ones, but nothing unique like that.
I wish Peter Jackson would go back to his roots, and make another horror flick. It's been far too long.
Hopefully soon.
My favorite line from the movie. "What we need is another war" during the dinner scene. It always cracks me up for some reason
Peter Jackson should make a King Kong sequel with King Kong zombified by ratmonkeys.
Yes!! You've finally done it!!! I've been requesting this one
Now this movie is a real contender for goriest movie ever.
The Unrated cut of Dead Alive has all the gore. I own a copy of the flim.
Where did you get the uncut version?
@@flushfries5633 about 18 years ago at suncoast movie store in the mall. I have seen it on ebay on DVD.
captain Sasquatch 82 cool ill look for it
My favourite Peter Jackson film and perhaps my favourite film full stop is Heavenly Creatures, it’s so good and yet nobody ever talks about it.
fun fact: this film was so gory and cartoony it was allowed to be released largely unedited in UK even with the worry of "video nasties" because censors believed it couldn't be taken seriously so gave it a pass.
Best splatter-comedy ever!
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thanks for posting videos everyday. I love October. But I think Bad Taste deserves a review.
All I could think of when I hear "Dead Alive" is "Singayah!" and "Simian Ratticus". Or something like that from the movie.
He's got the bite!
There's some dettol in the jeep.
James, you really need to move that lantern up lol.
Me too! Most intriguing was that VHS box design. Discovered it in the segregated horror section at my local the same year The Fellowship Of The Ring came out!
Watched this when I was around 7 years old and gave up during the pudding scene. Nightmares for weeks.
23 years later I still have to give it a second go...
the lead character takes a zombie baby, the product of two zombies, to the park in a stroller. This movie is a masterpiece 🤣
One of my favourite horror movies of all time ❤️
My friend actually put this movie on a few months ago. I facepalmed so many times during it. This movie likes to make its own rules only to proceed to break them later.
This is one of my favorite movies ever in this genre. It's so good and it's amazing craftsmanship in how this is made. Also, I think Tokyo Gore Police is slightly more gore, I don't know for sure tho🤔
The "Chair Woman"
I do miss the classic avant-gore era of horror. The cartoonish camp is what made it awesome!
Jackson also turned in scripts or pitches for I believe 2 different Freddy films which ended up helping his relationship with New Line when Lord of The Rings happened.
Him and Sam Riami I think just tackle other genres like pros. Both went from gory ass movies to award winning ones.
They were eating custard. "I love me a good custard!"