BrainDead

Plot synopsis:
In 1957, explorer Stewart McAlden (Bill Ralston), leads his team out of Skull Island with a captured Sumatran Rat-Monkey — a hybrid creature that resulted from the rape of tree monkeys on the island by plague-carrying rats. The team is stopped by warrior natives, who demand the return of the creature. Stewart gets bitten by the Rat-Monkey during their escape to a waiting jeep. Seeing the bite mark on Stewart's right hand, his men hold him down and amputate it. A bite mark and scratches are then seen on his left arm and his head, respectively, and those parts are also removed. The captured Rat-Monkey is shipped to Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.
Lionel Cosgrove (Timothy Balme) lives with his domineering mother, Vera (Elizabeth Moody). To Vera's dismay, Lionel falls in love with Spanish Romani shopkeeper's daughter, Paquita María Sánchez (Diana Peñalver). While snooping on the two during a visit to the zoo, Vera is bitten by the rat-monkey. The animal's bite turns her into a ravenous zombie. Lionel tries keeping her locked in the basement while simultaneously trying to maintain his relationship with the oblivious Paquita. Vera escapes and is hit by a tram.
As the townspeople assume she is dead, Lionel tranquilizes her to keep her still for the funeral. After she is buried, he returns to the graveyard to administer more anesthetic, but encounters a gang of hoodlums. Vera bursts from her grave, and kills the hoodlums, creating more zombies. As their numbers grow, Lionel conceals them in his house, and struggles to keep them under relative control with tranquilizer injections. Lionel's uncle Les (Ian Watkin) arrives to wrangle with Lionel over Vera's estate. Discovering the "corpses," Les blackmails his nephew into giving up his inheritance.
Lionel reluctantly administers poison to the zombies to "kill" them and buries them. However, the poison turns out to be a stimulant. Meanwhile, Les invites his friends over for a housewarming party. The zombies burst from the ground to attack the party guests. Lionel informs Paquita and Les of the zombie outbreak. Les escapes through a window while Lionel distracts the zombies from Paquita. Les goes into the basement, where he encounters Vera, who has turned into a giant zombie. She kills Les.
Lionel kills most of the zombies with a running lawnmower. He and Paquita fight dozens of zombies and animated body parts. During the conflict, an open gas pipe ignites, setting the house ablaze. Lionel manages to kill all of the zombies in the house. Vera, who has become a gargantuan monster with a grossly distorted head and huge breasts, emerges and pursues Lionel and Paquita to the rooftop. Paquita is left hanging on to the edge of the roof while Lionel confronts his mother. During the confrontation, it is revealed that Lionel witnessed Vera killing his father and his father's lover. Vera causes Lionel to fall toward her as she opens her womb, engulfing him. Vera then tries to kill Paquita by removing her hands from the roof. Lionel cuts his way out of his mother's body, causing her to fall into the burning house. Lionel and Paquita escape the building and walk away arm-in-arm as the fire department arrives.

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Review:
I expected a comedy, based upon television ads, so I watched episode one waiting for the moment when it diverged into that genre, but that moment never came.
There were bizarre happenings that suggest a writer with a dark sense of humor, but the episode played like straight horror/drama, like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."Still, I felt there was an undercurrent of something political.
Although the main character, Laurel Healy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), seems somewhat apolitical, she works for her brother, a Democratic senator, so much of the story originates from that point of view (and I think that's why some viewers think it espouses a left-of-center political viewpoint).
I noticed that when Laurel didn't like the right-leaning political commentary on one channel, she switched to a left-leaning channel.
Johnny Ray Gill plays Gustav Triplett, a quirky genius who struggles to understand the odd happenings around him.Update 8/2/16: More than a handful of episodes in, this show has shown itself to be consistently interesting and adorable and intriguing--an unusual combination.
I am raising my grade to "9".Update 9/15/16: From the musical reminders of what happened in the previous episode to the way the show perfectly captures the BS that passes for activity in government to the insightful lampooning of PC-inspired nonsense, this show is forcing me to give it a "10" because it is one of the best in recent years.
Self-combustion heads when and where you least expect, retro cocktails in new cool bars with old fashion spies, actors who're just the right level of clever and cute and definitely know their character well.
It's an entertaining mix of satire, suspense, sci-fi, horror, and of course, the possibility of romance, with the story set on a political stage.
No need to be into entomology or politics to enjoy it, but for the political tragic, there are appearances from wannabes Clinton, Trump and Bernard someone or another, with plenty of wheeling and dealing along the way.Don't be put off by the stupefying title of the first episode, ("The Insanity Principle How Extremism in Politics is Threatening Democracy in the 21st Century").Give this show a go!.
Braindead bites the jugular as a science fiction satire of the US political vascular system in a way that leaves the viewer with a disturbing lust for blood.
The characters & their interaction is really fun to watch.I hope many people watch this brilliant show.
While the subject matter itself is silly there is the right amount of politics and humor to keep the show moving forward at a solid pace.
The comedy is often dry, like they're not trying, I appreciate this and believe this type of humor is not utilized enough in today's television.
I decided to check out this new show and I have to admit, it's pretty funny.Disclaimer: I'm not a member of either of the major parties - I ditched my "life-time club membership" right after voting in the primaries.
It takes potshots at both sides.It's obviously both satire and fiction but with current real-life elections underway, I can see where this might rub some people the wrong way.At this early stage I don't see any agenda and there might just not be one, or it might hint at the fact that the 2-Party system simply isn't working in a country that claims to value personal freedoms and democracy.I say enjoy it for what it is.
Using this device the series is able to examine the ugly practices of American Politics and the Darker Side of the Federal Government the way that is most effective; with Humor.
Watching the trailers for that show I thought it was going to be absolutely horrible, but I ended up watching the first episode anyway, because I personally watch a lot of political TV shows (even bad ones.) It was good timing on the networks part: year long shows are on break, spring shows just ended and most other summer shows didn't start when this show first aired.
It has a mix of a lot of different categories: political thriller, comedy,romance, and sci-fi.
Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror, (the horror isn't like real horror) and most of all politics.
I cannot compare this with any other comedy.Its a brilliant effort and explaining the reason why things happen the way they do in Washington, there must be something wrong with their brains.As the episodes continue they better and better.
Braindead is amazing, i love it, if you don't like, or understand, or know what satire is you will hate it and be as confused as a person who just had space ants eat through your mind senses.
A B movie styled scifi about ants from spaceits very original to put these things together and for it to work is a credit to all the people involved cant be easy for the actors to pull off.I'm so glad this is on TV please watch its an easy show to bash for some people but I'm sure it will gain a good hardcore following.
Absolutely incredible genre-defying blend of suspense, sci-fi, and comedy, one of the best shows I have seen since 24 and Game of Thrones.
Something completely new, and with the comedy not in any way lessening the suspense.For the first time ever, even the episode recap at the beginning is actually worth watching - with an original funny song at the start of each episode.
It has a little bit of something for everyone...political satire, drama, science fiction, horror, and a whole lot of comedy.
I know this series did not do well in the ratings however, my personal opinion is that this was one of the most enjoyable shows that aired this summer (2016).
But if it never comes back, this show can be viewed as a Mini-Series that you can begin watching whenever you want and know that, like a good standalone novel, will leave you satisfied when you finish watching the last episode.Thank you to the cast, writers and directors for a job well done!.
I watch tons of movies and series, much too much honestly, but I have time enough and I love it so I'm not going to feel guilty about it.
When you see that some series go on and on forever while they should just cancel them, and then you see a quality show like this one that probably will end after one season you know it's a shame.
BrainDead has everything to be loved, a great script, a sense of humor that will make the most depressing people smile, a mild bit of horror, and a great cast.
Meh. When I first read the description I figured it could be a mix between House of Cards and The Walking Dead or at least The West Wing meets The Strain but after finishing the pilot I must say the "horror" tag is all but missing.Tony Shalhoub,Danny Pino and Mary Winstead do a great job to get you interested in watching the next episode(s) but the writing is not very original and the dialog barely got a few smirks on my face.It did however spark my sci-fi interest and I'm willing to give this show a try just because of the writers and the cast.
OK so I read the summery and it made me think of an old sci-fi where space worms had taken over the minds of London's political party....
that's how the summery read too, silly, not very creative and trying to cast a house of cards vibe on the whole thing in hopes of luring fans of that as well as sci-fi fans.Well the pilot didn't disappoint, the writing is borderline and not very memorable sadly, a moment of silence for all those wasted opportunities please!They deal with the sci-fi silliness well though, there is no horror here even though there is some gore it's handled in an iZombie fashion.Silly fun and not too serious even though the whole house of cards vibe is still there.
I'd say wait a bit, if they lower the class a bit and upped the silliness it would be a lot more interesting but as is it feels like two shows competing for the same air time..
Anything but brain dead, this brilliant TV series is the best show to come along in years!
Darkly humorous and fearless, it uses the dark analogy of space bugs infiltrating the brains of people in Washington to illuminate what really goes on in Washington and how great power wielded by fallible humans can go terribly wrong.
It also provides the powerful message that is dawning on people across the country; that we need to think for ourselves and not believe what authority figures tell us - their motivations may not be in our best interests.
It's an interesting enough premise, but after watching the pilot I find myself thinking this would make a much better 1 shot (movie) than a series...
It's full of some interesting performances, and I'm a fan of the King's production work, so I figured I'd give their new show a chance (RIP The Good Wife) - but here their last big political project had some major longevity and and obvious trajectory for development, it's very difficult to see how you could sustain anything resembling dramatic (or comedic) tension over an extended period of time.This show has also made me hate The Cars.Also, it's not remotely a horror show, it's akin to iZombie, not The Walking Dead..
Each week we can't wait to turn on the television to watch the next episode.
I recommend it to anyone who follows American politics and thinks it is nuts - this explanation of why almost feels like the only one that could possibly explain it.
Good mix of politics and the actual invasion, worked so well.
This show would work even if it focused on just the politics or the aliens since the writing is excellent and the whole cast are great to watch with interesting back stories and such.Really hoping to see more of this, great having original shows such as BrainDead, even their 'previously on' section is awesome by doing it as a little song that changes each time.
Get spin on the election and how people are acting irrational needs a next season to make fun of how politics and the right and left are somewhat extrem..
It would have been a refreshing change to have concentrated on the story line and left the liberal bias out of the story I won't be watching any more episodes because of this.
Still it's watchable enough that I made it to the end with a sense of relative satisfaction.The premise is that aliens, in the form of ants, have invaded the brains of several power players on Capitol Hill with an as-yet-to-be-determined agenda that is up for the protagonist.
Characters such as Gustav add a lot to the plot but others (like the woman Gustav is hitting on) are somewhat and forgettable and Tony Shaloub's villainous senator is amicable but not worth the hype.Of course this might all vary, and I wouldn't be surprised if this show had its die-hard fans.
Red Wheatus (Tony Shalhoub) leads the Republican Senate bug-brains.
the story is very different that is what make this series unique.I would like to invite all of u to watch first two three episode because i think this show is not much popular as much as it deserve since now The Night of series is over this will keep u busy.ans here is another thing this series has the best way to start the episode.
it comes with a humors song and i love it.Hopefully the first series ends well didn't thought space bugs will be this much cool..
I've seen it described as comedy/drama/horror/satire, but that gives the impression of a lot more punch than this show has.
We don't know what the budget fight is about, the two people who will clearly have sex eventually do some mild political sparring that carefully avoids any significant conflict, and the approach is very much the both-sides-are-recalcitrant trope that doesn't jibe with the current reality of the anti-compromise Tea Party situation of the real world.
This review DOES NOT bash the show for how it portrays the Republican or Democratic party; that's just ridiculous; however, the show does do an outstanding job at mocking all politics in general!I will caveat this with the fact that I am fan of Sci-Fi and "B" movies; so, I may have lower standards than most!I came across this show and decided to give it a go; I had read the summary but was somewhat unsure of what to expect.
I waited to write a review until I had watched the first two episodes.
With two episodes in, all I can say is that I'm disappointed that this is airing on CBS; only because I believe CBS will fail the show as compared to the show failing CBS.The humor in the show comes from, in my humble opinion, the fact that the invasion takes place in DC and the ridiculous nature of politics in DC overshadows the fact that an alien bugs have landed on the planet and are slowly taking over mankind.
The story may seem slow at times, but you really do become invested in the story and what is going on with the main characters.Give it a try and at least watch the first two episodes before writing it off.
All the while only a handful of people are suspicious, but can't get any traction because of Congress' well- documented inability to function and the fact that D.C. is the place where dreams of making a difference come to die.The complaints about it being partisan (pro-Democrat) are completely wrong--the Democratic members are just as self-centered, venal, and out of touch as the Republicans--as a evidenced in episodes 2 & 3, where the Democrats turn on each other, leaking stories to the press and even using constituents asking for help for publicity ("Shutdown Annie").I particularly love the fact that the central plot line takes some of the sting out of the sad fact that our elected representatives would rather fight with each other than do their jobs.
Enjoying it - figuring out why some people's head explodes (is it because they are the smartest ones and their brain is stronger than the alien bugs?) and others are just taken over (the weak minded ones?).
But it's just fun to think that aliens have really taken over Washington - especially this really strange year of politics.
I am sure there will be many redeeming factors in time, just very sorry the beginning premise did not hook me, left me empty and for the most part un-entertained.Had 'Monk' been based on space bugs I would have felt the same way.
Thought it sounded quite interesting a little fun.But, straight off the bat it was Democrats trying to save the world from Republicans, and that was about it.Some space ants, poor humour, and I suppose watchable if you were a Democrat looking at watching more Democrats attacking Republicans.In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing hadn't been written by Obama, Clinton, and Sanders, because you can actually see those characters in it, and the title gives it away.Now, I feel I am free to make my political review, as the whole show is a political view, and nothing more than an advert for Democrats.
LOL Danny Pino, who exited "Law & Order: SVU" last year, stars as a left- wing senator trying to get biz-ness done in DC while Tony Shalhoub plays a right-wing congressman who's brain gets invaded by alien insects, and well, behaves like a typical republican congressman...LMFAO!!
The thing that kinda surprises me so far about this show is how it behaves like your typical hour-long drama, only with that little touch of Ivan Reitman/Robert Zemeckis-style sci-fi-yielding supernatural comedy thrown in.
I don't know a lot about the political structure of the U.S.A. so I can honestly say that I don't see this show as a Republicans vs.
But there was also Donald Trump so I don't think there's any obvious bias there (or maybe there is - like I said, I don't know your political structure).Anyway, what I am seeing is a very cleverly written script with some interesting concepts."Space-ants" come to Earth and inhabit the brains of people (both politicians and non-politicians).
Some of the people who are not infected are trying to work out a way to save the Earth from the hostile take-over.At this stage, I'm only half-way through the first season and I can only hope that it either gets tied up with a very good conclusion or, goes on for a second season.It's funny; clever; fresh and, I think it's worth watching..
I watched all of the episodes.
Why ANYONE would rate something after seeing only one episode is beyond me.First, I don't like stupid humor or horror, so the whole grotesque parts of the show made me turn my head, plus it was just stupid.I get that they were saying that humans on both sides of the political spectrum are braindead (and they are), but towards the end they actually swayed from that point & focused more on the romance.They touched very briefly on how corrupt mainstream media & the gov't is, & how they get away with doing terrible things because everything is hidden from the public.
I wish they would have focused more on that truth & all the false flags that are played out to make people afraid, but I got the feeling they don't actually know a lot about the dirty dealings the gov't actually does, or they were told by legal that they can only go so far.I think there was supposed to be 4-5 seasons, but it got canceled after 1.Whether that's because the EVIL CORPS that run hollywood & the gov't didn't like the truth in it, or the show just wasn't good enough, I won't ever know.