Braindead

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Watched With: Jordan, Tyler

There's a lot of gore in this one. And creative gore too.

From the makers of Lord of the Rings! They should put that on the cover.This film is a hilarious cartoonish romance/drama that happens to feature a lot of zombie action. But at it's heart, it's a coming of age story and it's very sweet.

Jackson shows he's got what it takes with this one. Although he does really favour the wide angled lens ala Terry Gilliam. It's a little rough around the edges but it's all there, the skills that would lead to bigger and better things. This was his third feature, the first two are equally hilarious and shlocky. Here though he's refined the structure and writing a little more and also, most importantly, created Weta Workshop so they had someone to do all the gore fx.

Many claim this is the goriest film ever made. It's had not to argue with them. It's certainly one of the funniest zombie films I've ever seen. It's up there with Shaun of the Dead, not just with laughs but with heart too. I love this film.