History Trivia / Braindead

* PlayingGertrude: Elizabeth Moody was in her early-'50s when she played the 60-year-old Vera Cosgrove.

** The climax of the Spanish horror-comedy ''Film/WitchingAndBitching'' features a gigantic, bloated, rotten-looking female monster. It's based on those ancient fertility idols such as the Willendorf Venus, but the fact that it is the ''mother'' goddess of the witches and swallows the male main character whole makes it a pretty clear nod to Jackson's film.

** And again in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'' when Snowy jumps up to a drunk Captain Haddock, who then jumps back in fear shouting "The giant rat of Sumatra!"

* NamesTheSame: There was already a film in America called ''Braindead'' when it came time for this film to be brought over to the states, so it was dubbed ''Dead Alive''.

** And again in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTinTin2011'' when Snowy jumps up to a drunk Captain Haddock, who then jumps back in fear shouting "The giant rat of Sumatra!"

** The climax of the Spanish horror-comedy ''Las brujas de Zugarramurdi'' (AKA "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witching_%26_Bitching Witching & Bitching]]") features a gigantic, bloated, rotten-looking female monster. It's based on those ancient fertility idols such as the Willendorf Venus, but the fact that it is the ''mother'' goddess of the witches and swallows the male main character whole makes it a pretty clear nod to Jackson's film.

* The Cuban/Spanish film ''Film/JuanOfTheDead'' features a BadassPreacher called Preacher Jones, who saves the main characters from a horde of zombies and later announces he will "kick arse for the Lord".

* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Czech Republic: ''Braindead: The Living Dead''
* HeyItsThatPlace: Peter Jackson would later use The Pinnacles, where this film's opening scene was shot, as the entrance to the Paths of the Dead in the ''Lord of the Rings'' films.

* ReferencedBy: Peter Jackson makes a nod to this film in his [[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]] adaptation. The ship's cargo has a crate which reads "Sumatran Rat Monkey - BEWARE THE BITE".
** Also, the climax of the Spanish horror-comedy ''Las brujas de Zugarramurdi'' (AKA "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witching_%26_Bitching Witching & Bitching]]") features a gigantic, bloated, rotten-looking female monster. It's based on those ancient fertility idols such as the Willendorf Venus, but the fact that it is the ''mother'' goddess of the witches and swallows the male main character whole makes it a pretty clear nod to Jackson's film.
!! The Series
* ActorAllusion: In the Pilot, [[Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead Laurel]] mentions she [[Film/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld used to have pink hair]].

* AcclaimedFlop: At least in the U.S. where it's theaterical run was EXTREMELY brief, making only $242,623 in theaters, opening in only 11 theaters. Thankfully, Trimark Pictures (now Creator/{{Lionsgate}}) gave it a really good promotional campaign when it hit home video.

* ActorAllusion: In the Pilot, Laurel mentions she [[Film/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld used to have pink hair]].

* AcclaimedFlop: At least in the U.S. where it's theaterical run was EXTEREMLY brief, making only $242,623 in theaters, opening in only 11 theaters. Thankfully, Trimark Pictures (now Creator/{{Lionsgate}}) gave it a really good promotional campaign when it hit home video.

* AcclaimedFlop: At least in the U.S. where it's theaterical run was EXTEREMLY brief, making only $242,623 in theaters, opening in only 11 theaters.

* ActorAllusion: In the Pilot, Laurel mentions she [[Film/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld used to have pink hair]].

* NamesTheSame: There was already a film in America called ''Braindead'' when it came time for this film to be brought over to the states, so it was dubbed ''Dead Alive''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Father [=McGruder=] is played by Stuart Devenie. Who also played Sebastian the fox and Sandy the chicken in ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'' and Kernunnos in ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.
** Despite the strong CelebrityResemblance, he is not, in fact, the same actor as FatherTed.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Father McGruder is played by Stuart Devenie, who also played Sebastian and Sandy in ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'' and Kernunnos in ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.