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Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

Summary: Lionel, a Mama's boy has the unwanted honor of having to look after his overbearingly evil mother. He ends up falling in love with a local woman who believes that they're destined together. In a moment of intentional sabotage of one of their dates, his mother is bitten by a mysterious creature that ends up zombifying her. It's only a matter of time before she rises from the dead a powerful, bloodthirsty zombie. It's only a matter of time before she starts infecting residents of the town and Lionel has to stop her...and them.
Runtime: 104 min
Rating: Rated R for an abundance of outrageous gore.
Production: WingNut Films
Genres: Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Languages: English, Spanish
Home Release Date: Sep 15, 1998
Director Credit
Peter Jackson Director
Writer Credit
Fran Walsh Screenplay
Peter Jackson Screenplay
Stephen Sinclair Story
Principal Cast Credit
Diana PeƱalver Paquita Maria Sanchez
Elizabeth Moody Mum (Vera Cosgrove)
Ian Watkin Uncle Les
Timothy Balme Lionel Cosgrove
Cast Credit
Brenda Kendall Nurse McTavish
Davina Whitehouse Paquita's Grandmother
Elizabeth Mulfaxe Rita
Glenis Levestam Nora Matheson
Harry Sinclair Roger
Jed Brophy Void
Lewis Rowe Mr. Matheson
Murray Keane Scroat
Silvio Famularo Paquita's Father
Stephen Papps Zombie McGruder
Stuart Devenie Father McGruder
Producer Credit
Jamie Selkirk Associate Producer
Jim Booth Producer
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