Talk:Braindead (film)

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"Possibly the goriest movie ever" - I don't know - it may have a greater quantity of blood and guts, but Bad Taste has a higher quality, and is the only film I have ever seen that genuinely made we want to vomit. M-Henry 10:52, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)

That depends on how "goriest" is calculated. Most minutes with blood in the scene: Braindead wins over Bad Taste by a mile. Greatest QUANTITY of blood? Brainded again beats Bad Taste, and most other movies. GROSSEST and GORIEST are two seperate things, I would consider the vomit-eating scene in Bad taste to be one of the grossest scenes on film, but doesn't really qualify as "Gore". I think one of the things that make Brainded catch the lable of "goriest" some of the gory things seen that differ from just about any other movie: The mother having eaten the dog scene, Lionel being "re-born", the entire zombie party scene, including the lawnmower scene, Father McGruder and the nurse making out (and eating their faces), all fall into the "Gore" catagory. To me, the scene where Lionel pulls the dog's carcass out of Vera's mouth was way more repulsive, and had much more of a vomit factor than did the "Vomit eating scene" in Bad Taste. If one goes by the definition put forth at http://www.dictionary.net/gore, then the quantity of blood and guts, which the above user says Braindead has more of, cements Braindead as the gorier of the two movies spoke of. 146.63.253.183 15:40, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

'Those censors who recognised that the film was a cheerful farce, such as those in Australia and Britain, allowed the 104 minute film to be shown in full. In countries where the censors were unable to see beyond the extreme gore the film was initially banned or left unrated before being heavily cut; the US R-Rated version (released as Dead Alive, because of another film with rights to the title Braindead) is only 85 minutes.'

POV, anyone? Can someone fix this?

-I took a shot, trying to leave the substance of the paragraph intact. 24.18.247.30 23:21, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Just tightened up the text, beefed up the plot summary, reformatted, and added additional information. Tired to take out POVs and Wiki-link to relevant topics. -Binder 21-Dec-05

When I saw this movie years ago, I thought the house on the hill looked like a place in Hinau Road, Hataitai, Wellington. Does anyone know for sure? Ghouston 13:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 "Minor" cuts? 2 Trivia about blood used 3 Quote correct? 4 Fair use rationale for Image:B00006RHU4.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[edit] "Minor" cuts?

Having watched the FSK16 release of the film here in Germany, I can confirm that the cuts made are anything but "minor". There's a report here about the cuts made for anyone who speaks German. The DVD itself is usually to be found in bargain bins going for 2 euros. Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 00:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia about blood used

This article originally stated that 300 liters of blood were used in the "lawnmower" scene. This information is taken from IMDb's Trivia page which states that "300 liters of fake blood was used in the final scene of the film." I have changed it accordingly on the wikipedia page, because the final scene of the movie is not the lawnmower scene. The final scene is the encounter on the rooftop with the chest bursting.

That makes much more logical sense, because 300 liters is only 80 gallons. And 80 gallons, at "5 gallons per second" would last only 16 seconds. Where as A Nightmare on Elm Street is listed as using 500 gallons.

In theory, Braindead possibly uses upwards of 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of blood, and quite possibly upwards of 15,000-20,000 in production.

20,000 gallons at 5 gallons per second is 66 minutes of film, and it's hard to say how many outtakes they did, etc.

Where did you get those 5000-20000 figures? Did you make them up or actually find them somewhere? I wish we had some actual sources for these numbers. ToastyKen 01:24, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure everyone here understands just how much 20,000 gallons is. 20,000 gallons, if it were poured to a depth of 1/4", would cover an area about 240 feet by 500 feet. That's a couple of football fields in area, and that is IF it were thick enough to not flow any thinner than 1/4". The blood used in braindead is MUCH thinner, and would spread to an even GREATER area, probably several times that.

I've seen the results of a 55 gallon barrel being spilled, it's an enormous amount of material when compared to the area of the floor in a home, even one as big as Lioenels. 5000 Gallons is not even remotely realistic. True, 85 gallons seems light, but, considering the camera angles were likely chosen to get the greatest effect, and that if could easily be reclaimed and reused with a simple shop-vac, 85 gallons doesn't seem too far out of range. Also, it is doubtful there were as many re-takes as there is in today's big-budget films, I'm guessing very few.146.63.253.183 17:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quote correct?

Shouldn't the "ass" in "Father McGruder: I kick ass for the Lord!" be "arse"?

No, he definetly says "ass". Rzrscm 08:50, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

...no, he definetly says "arse"... KingLoser (not logged in in work)

I'm not hearing any "R" sound in what Father McGruder says. It's definately a longer A sound than is used in the word "ass", but it sounds much more like the word "ass" spoken with an accent than the word "arse". Though the word "arse" uses the long A, the letter R should be heard. In what Father McGruder said, it is not. The pronunciation that FMG uses DOES approach being a combination of the two words, which is understandable since one of those words is a derivative of the other, but it still sounds much more like "ass" than it does "arse".146.63.253.183 20:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:B00006RHU4.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

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Image rationale for fair use added. --Northmeister 16:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)