"One of those movies that offers an "awakening" shock about halfway through, the kind that makes the viewer quickly re-assess everything that's happened up to that point, Brain Dead is low-budget and entirely un-flashy, but it houses a a few nifty sci-fi concepts, a handful of unpredictable twists & turns, and enough Pullman/Paxton goodness to keep and movie geek suitably entertained. (For at least 80 minutes, anyway.) Notably better written than it is directed, Brain Dead isn't any sort of hidden cult classic or B-movie masterpiece, but there's something to be said for a twisted little science-fiction story that gets to the meat of the matter and doles out a generally tasty little meal." - Scott Weinberg, DVD Talk