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BrainDead

  • TV Series
  • 20162016
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 44m
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8.0/10
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BrainDead (2016)
A young, fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. to discover two things: The government has stopped working, and alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.
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A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
11K
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POPULARITY
3,955
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    • Creators
      • Michelle King
      • Robert King
    • Stars
      • Mary Elizabeth Winstead
      • Danny Pino
      • Aaron Tveit
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      • Michelle King
      • Robert King
    • Stars
      • Mary Elizabeth Winstead
      • Danny Pino
      • Aaron Tveit
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    • 88User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews

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    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    • Laurel Healy
    13 episodes13 eps • 2016
    Danny Pino
    Danny Pino
    • Luke Healy
    13 episodes13 eps • 2016
    Aaron Tveit
    Aaron Tveit
    • Gareth Ritter
    13 episodes13 eps • 2016
    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • Red Wheatus
    13 episodes13 eps • 2016
    Nikki M. James
    Nikki M. James
    • Rochelle Daudier
    12 episodes12 eps • 2016
    Johnny Ray Gill
    Johnny Ray Gill
    • Gustav Triplett
    10 episodes10 eps • 2016
    Paige Patterson
    Paige Patterson
    • Scarlett Pierce
    10 episodes10 eps • 2016
    Jan Maxwell
    Jan Maxwell
    • Ella Pollack
    9 episodes9 eps • 2016
    Zach Grenier
    Zach Grenier
    • Dean Healy
    8 episodes8 eps • 2016
    Megan Hilty
    Megan Hilty
    • Misty Alise
    8 episodes8 eps • 2016
    Beth Malone
    Beth Malone
    • Claudia Monarch
    8 episodes8 eps • 2016
    Charlie Semine
    Charlie Semine
    • Anthony Onofrio
    7 episodes7 eps • 2016
    Brooke Adams
    Brooke Adams
    • Senator Diane Vaynerchuk
    5 episodes5 eps • 2016
    Wayne Duvall
    Wayne Duvall
    • Andre Amarant
    4 episodes4 eps • 2016
    Lily Cowles
    Lily Cowles
    • Germaine Healy
    4 episodes4 eps • 2016
    Dakin Matthews
    Dakin Matthews
    • Bob Isenstadt
    3 episodes3 eps • 2016
    Patrick Breen
    Patrick Breen
    • Cole Stockwell
    3 episodes3 eps • 2016
    Nikiya Mathis
    Nikiya Mathis
    • Stacie Zara
    3 episodes3 eps • 2016
    • Creators
      • Michelle King
      • Robert King
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    • Trivia
      Folk songwriter Jonathan Coulton creates the song "Previously on..." at the beginning of each episode. Braindead creators Robert King and Michelle King had previously worked with Coulton in The Good Wife (2009).
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Dave Franco/Mary Elizabeth Winstead/Diarrhea Planet/Jon Theodore (2016)

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    8/10
    An explanation into the going ons of 2020?
    Does anyone else feel an eerie simiularity of this storyline to whats going on today in 2020? Have the alien bugs really invaded earth? Asking for a friend. :)
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    • timsworld-69356
    • Jul 21, 2020

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    • Release date
      • June 13, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Безмозглые
    • Filming locations
      • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Scott Free Productions
      • King Size Productions
      • CBS Television Studios
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    • Runtime
      44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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