In Braindead, what is the name of the film’s main character?

In Braindead, the main character is Lionel Cosgrove.

Lionel is played by Timothy Balme in Peter Jackson’s 1992 New Zealand horror comedy. He lives under the control of his domineering mother, Vera, and becomes involved with Paquita Maria Sanchez. After Vera is bitten by a rat-monkey, the outbreak escalates into the film’s famously exaggerated gore and dark comedy.

The film is known as Braindead in New Zealand and the United Kingdom and as Dead Alive in North America. Both titles refer to the same movie, which is why viewers may encounter different names for it in databases and home-video releases.

Lionel’s surname is Cosgrove, not Sanchez; Paquita is his romantic interest. The character’s transformation from timid adult son to determined survivor supplies the film’s comic arc. Jackson later became internationally famous for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but Braindead belongs to his earlier splatstick period.