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~~~I only vaguely remember the playstation game this movie is related to. I have never read the original novel. However, I have sat thru the experience of this DVD, & I must say that it is an interesting film indeed. I like the fact that it takes some real, tangible scientific data, & uses it for the basis of a well-written, well-acted piece of cinema.

I thought that the relationships were kept simple enough to allow the audience to draw their own conclusions, yet were complex enough to keep the audience guessing as to what those conclusions should be. This gave a dynamic to the relationships between the Drs, & their respective patients, as well as the links between all of the main characters.

The camera & light work was exceptional, & I look forward to watching the movie again, just so I can pick one aspect to focus on at a time, allowing me to absorb them systematically.

I recommend Parasite Eve to anyonwwe,without a doubt is one of the best foreign films I have seen in a long while.

A++

~~~I had inadvertantly rented both Braindead/Dead Alive & Meet the Feebles at separate occasions and never made the connection that they were both directed by Peter Jackson. After seeing the Fellwship of the Ring I decided that I wanted to know more about this director, & started to collect his past films. You can imagine my amazement that a guy with films like Bad Taste & Meet the Feebles on his resume was chosen to shoot the epic that is LotR. but after watching the past PJ films, I am convinced that the man is a genius. He has fun in every film, & tells an entertaining tale. I think that he is, before all else, a great storyteller.

The thing about Braindead that strikes me is that it is, at heart, a love story. So there happen to be a few bumps along the way to romance...like the dead mum...& the wicked little zombie-baby...not to mention the killer viscera. But in the end, it's Lionel's desire for love that is the important thing.

I've seen posts saying that Braindead is the goriest movie ever...I don't know that I can say that...but they sure used a heluva lot of blood in that lawn mower scene.

In the end, I haven't seen a single Peter Jackson film that I haven't loved...and that anyone who lays down their hard-earned cash to pick up this gem of a dvd is getting every penny's worth.