BRAINDEAD

A strange animal halfway between a rat and a monkey is brought to the zoo of a quiet town. One day, the creature injures a woman and infects her with its blood, turning her into a sort of zombie; the son of the unfortunate lady tries to cure her in vain, the woman begins to spread death and infect anyone who comes her way. The film deserves the title of "most splatter film in cinema history" and never was a nomination more appropriate: "Braindead" (original title) indeed represents in every respect the pinnacle of the most extreme gore, despite the tones and the plot entirely recalling those of the slapstick comedies of the silent era. The last half hour of the film is a real blood festival with dismemberments, disembowelments, decapitations, flayings, and any other obscenity and atrocity that can be imagined, all of it, like the rest of the film, permeated by a strong comic and self-ironic vein. A sort of comedy-horror but splatter that could not be more so; those who know "Bad taste" by the same Jackson know what to expect, but in this case, it goes far beyond. It is difficult to give it a rating: in its genre, it is a masterpiece, but those who do not like splatter with comedy touches might not appreciate the film. "Splatters - The Brain Splashers" won 16 awards at specialized festivals, including the prestigious Saturn, the Fantasporto Film Award, and the Avoriaz Grand Prize.