Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: _Brain Dead_ Peter Jackson-Dir
From: pjrolfegeol@otago.ac.nz
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:39:57 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

In article <9212311414.AA00655@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu>, dhentric@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu (David Hentrich) writes:
> 
>       Two months ago, I attended (actually worked) a 24 hour horror film
> festival in Columbus, Ohio.  I missed the film, but my friends (horror
> fanatics) all claimed that they had seen the grossest film of all
> time at this festival.  I was told that it made Romero's zombie films
> look like a G rated film.  The film is called _Brain Dead_ and is due
> for release sometime in February (I've seen it listed in _The Film Journal_
> under TriMark pictures with no release date).
> 
>       The director of _Reanimator_, _From Beyond_, and _The Pit and the
> Pendulum_ (starrring Lance Henrikson) attended the festival as a guest speaker
> (and he brought a couple of his films with him).  (For the life of me,
> I can't think of his name right now . . . it's *not* Brian Yuzna as he
> was the guest speaker the year before.)  During his talk to the audience,
> he announced that he had seen _Brain Dead_ about a week before at some
> screening in California.  He said that he was AMAZED (a horror director
> was amazed!) at the amount of blood and gore.  He said that he had 
> personally asked the Australian director of _Brain Dead_ how many
> gallons of fake blood he used . . . 3 *THOUSAND* gallons.  According
> to the _Reanimator_ director (who I can't recall his name), he had
> thought the previous record was 30 gallons . . . or that could have 
> been the most he had ever used . . . I can't remember.
> 
>      All of my friends watching the movie (gore buffs) told me that it
> made them (without exception) feel ill.  I'VE GOT TO SEE THIS FILM!
> I don't know if this film will come out at the designated time . . .
> TriMark puts their films into the Dayton,OH area as a test market
> before they really release it . . . and I have as yet to see a full
> release of some of their films that I've run (i.e. _Leprechaun_).
> I hope it gets released on the big screen and not video.
> 
>      I've heard that at one point in the film, one of the main characters
> picks up a running lawnmower and uses it to cut through an army of zombies.
> And dig this . . . if you take away all the gore . . . the movie's
> a love story!
> 
>      If anyone knows anymore about this film or has any corrections, mail
> me!  I wanna know!  This film is done, but not in release yet.  By the
> way, the director of _Reanimator_ has a new film coming out in February
> from Warner Bros. called _Fortress_ starring Christopher Lambert.  This
> is a futuristic prison film.  Supposed to be out in February.  I've seen
> the trailer for it.
> 
>      P.S.  This movie is not to be confused with the Concorde film of a few
>            years back called _Brain Dead_.  This one's new!
> 
> -- Dave Hentrich                       dhentric@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu
> -- Computer Science Undergrad
> -- University of Dayton
> -- Projectionist
> -- Loews Beaver Valley 6 (Dayton,OH)
> 
> ** I speak only for myself! **> 

BRAIN DEAD has been released here as a movie and on video.  It is truely the
most goriest and funniest horror movie I have ever seen!!!
One minor correction to the above though...
PETER JACKSON IS A NEW ZEALANDER!!! NOT Australian.
Most of the cast are New Zealanders also.
And believe it or not it was shot on location in (you guessed it) New Zealand.
See it as soon as you can as it is a fantastic movie. 

PETE
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