As you may already have guessed from its title, "Dead Alive" is a zombie flick, and the employees do what they should do in zombie movie without hesitation. That poor guy's right hand is bitten, so his right hand is quickly severed with a machete in front of our eyes. And then they also see a scar in his other arm, so we see his left arm amputated. And then they find another scar on his forehead...do I really have to tell you what they do next?

If you find this sight pretty gory, I have to tell you that it's merely the tip of the iceberg. "Dead Alive" has maintained its infamous status as one of the most disgusting horror films ever made, and you will be treated with gruesome moments which certainly make you cringe and wince; you may want to stop watching it as being repulsed and disgusted by it.

Nevertheless, once you understand that this is a black comedy which goes far, far over the top with its gleeful no-holds-barred approach to its rotting zombie bastards, you can have some good laughs--while holding your barf bag just in case. To be frank, I found the movie pretty disgusting when I saw it movie for the first time, but I found myself laughing out loud several times as my eyes were amazed by its bloody outrageousness. While going all the way to the extreme, the movie rushes to its deranged comic finale, and it is as riotous as, say, Mel Brooks's comedies.

After that hilariously gory opening scene, the creature in question, which later turns out to be a very evil rat monkey with nasty traits, is sent to the zoo in Wellington, New Zealand. It is kept well in the zoo, but a bad incident eventually happens; Mrs. Vera Cosgrove (Elizabeth Moody) unwittingly gets bitten by it while she is spying on her son (Timothy Balme) and his first girlfriend Paquita (Diana Peñalver). Good news: she quickly takes care of that mean rat monkey with her high-heeled shoe for the safety of mankind in the future. Bad news: although she seems all right at first, her condition quickly worsens during the night, and, in the next morning, Lionel is horrified to find what has happened to his dear mother.