What if horror and gross-out comedy were joined in perfect goopy union? What if a soap opera was interrupted by someone’s body exploding like a baking soda volcano at the fifth-grade science fair every ten minutes? What if the Three Stooges were zombies? Wrapping up LOTR-luminary Peter Jackson’s self-proclaimed “naughty years” in a big red bow of knotted organs and lymph slime, DEAD ALIVE proudly and breathlessly answers these queries; proclaiming the only things you need to make a movie are an appreciation of slapstick comedy and every last gallon of New Zealand’s fake blood supply.

Poor Lionel wants to elope with the girl of his dreams, but a domineering mother won't let him leave the nest. It's not long until a cursed rat-monkey bite complicates the situation and the tropey melodrama turns on its head - can Lionel serve surprise dinner guests while mummy’s skin melts off? Featuring some of the gnarliest practical effects ever, a masterful sense of squirmy “splatstick” humor, and a severed tongue-in-cheek, DEAD ALIVE’s creativity and excess make a feast for the eyes and heart; if not the stomach. As so eloquently phrased by the IMDB Parents’ Guide, it's “a squeamish viewer’s worst nightmare” with “almost no relief from the unrelenting violence.” Just the way we like it.

The vitals:
MONDAY, 10/17
7:00 - doors
8:00 - local short film "Bastards" with filmmaker Shadi Qutob
Following - DEAD ALIVE
(take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8LIug1cP04&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers)

Sliding scale $5-10 tix available for presale, any remaining sold at door (all proceeds go to studio's screening fees and future programming all for you!).

21+

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