Bad Taste

Film (Trailer) – 1988

Parental Guidance

After concocting all manner of outlandish images on 8mm film, Bad Taste was Peter Jackson’s breakthrough; years in the making, it was the first feature to make it from his Pukerua Bay backyard to cinema screens, where it quickly began to rack up sales. An all-male cast of public service Alien Investigation and Detection Service 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. Jackson took two acting roles in this ‘splatstick’ sensation.

I'm a Derek, and Derek's don't run.
– Derek (Peter Jackson)

Key Cast & Crew

Peter Jackson

Editor, Camera, Writer, As: Derek, Robert, Special Effects, Producer, Director

Jamie Selkirk

Editor, Post-Production

Tony Hiles

Additional Script, Consultant Producer

Michelle Scullion

Composer

Peter Vere-Jones

As: Voice of Lord Crumb

Craig Smith

As: Giles, Camera

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Produced by

WingNut Films

Source

New Zealand Film Commission

Acknowledgements

Funded by the NZ Film Commission and WingNut Films

Music

Music composed and performed by Michelle Scullion

Closing credits track 'Bad Taste' written by Mike Minnett and Dave Hamilton, performed by The Remnants

'Rock Lies' composed and performed by Madlight