The Best Scenes from Dead Alive

In honor of the review I posted recently on Dead Alive, I'd like to offer up my favorite scenes from the film in some sort of order. Here they are.

1. "Zombie Baby at the Park"



Part of the allure of this scene is the taboo of abusing children. But my absolute favorite part of this wacky sequence, the one where I cracked up the most, is right in the beginning, where Lionel is pushing the stroller and people keep trying to look into the carriage. He then starts swerving the carriage all over the place and it rolls down the hill. Something about the way Lionel attempts to shield people from the baby had me laughing out loud.

2. "Mower Mayhem"



Maybe it's the fact that my summertime job is mowing lawns. Or maybe it's my appreciation of Jackson's ode to the nerd finding his cojones. It's quite possible my fascination only stems from the fact that this might just be the most ridiculous, violent scene I've ever had the pleasure to witness. Whatever it is, the whole thing is just delightful fun.

3. "Kung-Fu Priest"



This might be a pretty obvious choice, but who can forget a priest who cries, "I kick ass for the Lord!" and then proceeds to utterly destroy zombies until he's unlucky enough to be bitten by a flying head. Poor guy, at least he put up a good fight.

4. "Clay Monkey"



I love how Jackson doesn't even try to make this rat monkey look real. He'd rather stick with the claymation Celebrity Deathmatch-style animation for the comedy. But honestly, how can you not get a bit of smug glee after seeing the witchy mother get her dues?