Braindead
“Some things won't stay down... even after they die.”
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Studio
WingNut Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Braindead performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$242,623
Gross Profit
−$2.8M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$48K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Lionel
Timothy Balme
Lionel
Paquita
Diana Peñalver
Paquita
Mum
Elizabeth Moody
Mum
Uncle Les
Ian Watkin
Uncle Les
Nurse McTavish
Brenda Kendall
Nurse McTavish
Father McGruder
Stuart Devenie
Father McGruder
Void
Jed Brophy
Void
Zombie Mum
Elizabeth Brimilcombe
Zombie Mum
Zombie McGruder
Stephen Papps
Zombie McGruder
Scroat
Murray Keane
Scroat
Mrs. Matheson
Glenis Levestam
Mrs. Matheson
Mr. Matheson
Lewis Rowe
Mr. Matheson
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