Character Relationship Map: Braindead

Characters

• Lionel (played by Timothy Balme) — protagonist

  A meek young man who becomes the reluctant caretaker of a growing zombie horde after his mother is bitten. He desperately tries to keep his loved ones safe using tranquilizers, confronts his mother's...

• Paquita (played by Diana Peñalver) — protagonist

  Lionel's Spanish Romani girlfriend who supports him during the outbreak. After her dog is killed, she suggests using poison to eliminate the undead, assists in cleaning up the gore with a blender, and...

• Grandmother (played by Davina Whitehouse) — minor
• Father McGruder (played by Stuart Devenie) — supporting

  The local priest bitten during a graveyard attack. He reanimates as a zombie, is locked in the basement, and is later found to have copulated with Nurse McTavish, producing a zombie infant.

• Stewart (played by Bill Ralston) — minor
• Father (played by Silvio Famularo) — minor
• Void (played by Jed Brophy) — supporting

  The leader of a gang of hoodlums who attacks Lionel at the graveyard. He is bitten by the reanimated Vera, turns into a zombie, and joins the growing horde.

Key Relationships

• Stewart → Lionel (Narrative Origin)
• Void → Father McGruder (Alliance Zombie Kin)
• Paquita → Father McGruder (Conflict Enemy)
• Paquita → Void (Conflict Enemy)
• Lionel → Father McGruder (Conflict Enemy)
• Lionel → Void (Conflict Enemy)
• Paquita → Grandmother (Social Grandmother)
• Lionel → Grandmother (Social Grandmother)
• Lionel → Paquita (Romantic Lover)
• Lionel → Father (Family Father)

Story Analysis

A comedic horror saga tracing a rat-monkey plague from island smuggling to a suburban mansion massacre.

Plot Progression

1. The Rat-Monkey Plague
2. Basement Secrets & Graveyard Chaos
3. The Housewarming Massacre
4. Rooftop Reckoning & Escape