Braindead 1992

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Because all of this looks blatantly unreal, and because the timing of the shock effects is so haphazard, Dead Alive isn't especially scary or repulsive. Nor is it very funny. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Horror films used to be primordial spook shows, tapping midnight-dark fears. Now they tap bodily goo: rivers of blood, dripping limbs, eyeballs that go pop in the night. Read more

Time Out: The finale, in which Lionel reduces a horde of flesh-eaters to a mulch of blood, flesh and offal with the aid of a flymo, is probably the goriest scene ever. Read more

David Stratton, Variety: The best to date from Kiwi gore specialist Peter Jackson. Read more