History YMMV / Braindead

* FreudWasRight: In the end Lionel's mom, turned into a huge monster, captures his son and puts him into her huge belly; he later rips her apart from the inside and emerges in a pool of blood, in an almost-fetal position.
** And note that this is just a more over-the-top version of the ending of ''Film/BadTaste''. Jackson may have some mother issues...

** [[spoiler: Based on the picture of the attic, it seems that Lionel's mother isn't even his mother and that the "mistress" is his real mother]]
*** That seems like a hell of a stretch. [[spoiler:The way the pictures are presented indicate Vera was snooping on the dad, and Lionel's flashbacks show the woman in the photographs being held underwater along with him.]]

** Well, it's not like she ate ''all'' of it!

* UglyCute: Selwyn the zombie baby. Some characters in-universe even seem to think so

* NauseaFuel: The Custard scene.

** And note that this is just a more over-the-top version of the ending of ''{{Bad Taste}}''. Jackson may have some mother issues...

* RetroactiveRecognition: Jackson gave some of the film's actors cameos in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Roger is Isildur, Vera is a Sackville-Baggins, and Void is the leader of the warg riders.

* {{Squick}}: When guests come over to see his ill mom, they have a relatively uneventful dinner until his mother's ear falls off and lands in the custard. She then absentmindedly eats the custard with the ear.

-->Embalmer: "Cranial blowout!"

* CompleteMonster: Lionel's mom was a piece of work ''before'' she became a literal monster.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Jackson gave some of the film's actors cameos in ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''. Roger is Isildur, Vera is a Sackville-Baggins, and Void is the leader of the warg riders.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Just about everyone loves Father [=McGruder=], even though he has a pretty small role.

* BigLippedAligatorMoment: The scene where Lionel takes the zombie baby to the park. There's no logical reason why he did this, it adds nothing to the plot, and it's never mentioned again. [[RuleOfFunny But it was really funny.]]

* CompleteMonster: Lionel's mom

* TooCoolToLive: Who else besides [[BadassPreacher Father]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse [=McGruder=]]]?

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: ''"I kick arse for the Lord!"''. Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
** Selwyn in the park.

* NightmareFuel: Lionel's zombified mother turns into a huge, hideous monstrosity at the end of the film.
** The undead biker's internal organs slithering on their own in pursuit of Lionel as well.
** Rita's death. Baby Selwyn rips threw the back of her head. What's worse? She's still alive while he does it.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Lionel's zombified mother turns into a huge, hideous monstrosity at the end of the film.
** The undead biker's internal organs slithering on their own in pursuit of Lionel as well.
** Rita's death. Baby Selwyn rips threw the back of her head. What's worse? She's still alive while he does it.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Turns out Lionel's mother crossed this long before she turned into a zombie, drowning both her husband and a woman he reputedly had an affair with in the bathtub.]]

* {{Squick}}: When guests come over to see his ill mom, they have a relatively uneventful dinner until his mother's ear falls off and lands in the custard. One of the guests consumes the custard with the ear.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Where do we even ''start'?