After over a dozen efforts (most were never finished) Bad Taste was Peter Jackson’s breakthrough film; the first to make it from his Pukerua Bay backyard to cinema screens. An all-male cast of public service Alien Investigation and Detection Service (AIDS) operatives run amok with guns, food, vomit, rockets and misguided enthusiasm to rid the earth of alien Lord Crumb and his fast-food gang who want to turn earthlings into hamburgers. Cannibalism is on the menu in this ‘splatstick’ masterpiece.
Bad Taste is Peter Jackson's first completed film. Essentially splatter-comedy from beginning to end, the story revolves round the catching and dispatching of a band of Alien ...
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Hamish Towgood | website
Posted at 03.33AM - 11.05.2009
Of all the countries in the world this film has had a home video release of, New Zealand doesnt even have its own DVD of this brillant piece of cinema. There was the Australian Universal Studios release, but that was limited in New Zealand to select Video Ezy stores, and not available to purchase.
To see more behind the scenes photos check out my website; www.badtaste.co.nz . as featured in 3 books and 2 dvd releases.