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Summary: Must be seen to be believed
Review: Oh my God, where do we begin with this one? Disgusting? Hilarious? Gross-out? Yes to all three and more. The plot is about as thin as a supermodel and the budget is on the same level as a class of school children's milk money.An alien race is trying to get humans for their restaurant franchise. The commandos spend the movie killing them. Blood and guts galore in this one to be sure. Director Peter Jackson wrote, directed, and stars in this. He's the guy with the glasses that spends the entire movie trying to hold the back of his head together (his brain keeps falling out). I made the mistake of eating a supreme pizza watching this during the 'barf cocktail' scene. A dude pukes a green fluid into a large punchbowl and it is passed around like a delicious McDonald's Shamrock Shake. It is steaming and has what appears to be cornbeef and corn floating in it. If the sight doesn't get you, maybe the sound will. They are drinking it up but are making puking and gagging sounds as they drink it. It was enough to make me lose my appetite, and I can sit through anything. The finale is our boy Peter going down the chief alien's throat with a chainsaw, of course he winds up coming out the alien's butt with a scream of victory and delight.
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Summary: Where the prestigious LORD OF THE RINGS guy started...
Review: I saw this movie based on a rave review I read in FAngoria magazine and boy it sure as hell doesn't let down. Pete Jackson does an amazing job with a budget that looks to be lower than the first EVIL DEAD film (which was $... by the way). He pulls off mindblowing camera tricks and gore stunts, carving his way through a wisp of a plot about some aliens (disguised as humans) who have come to Earth to steal human corpses for their intergalactic fastfood chain. Jackson would develop more substantial plots later, and I suspect this fun little mindless flick was just his way of showing off his action direting muscle, as well as earning some bucks to put into his next film. BAD TASTE combines the splat-stick humor of EVIL DEAD films and trhe in-your-face attack of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE for a crazy ride. To check out a real scream of a hilariously sick film, check out Jackson's MEET THE FEEBLES. And don't acuse the poor guy of selling out with the LORD films...it's good to see a horror director break into the mainstream...although I hope he goes back to this kind of stuff someday!!!
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Summary: what budget
Review: This is one of the finer purchases that I have made in either the DVD or VHS markets. (also my first amazon purchase)
Faint of heart need not apply - this was a gore-fest from the beginning. Not having been into this genre until I saw the "Evil Dead" series and realized what wicked genius was involved, my further plunge into gore movies could not have been better heeded by this cinematic (dare i say "no-budget") marvel
This is what I wish more horror movies looked like - give me pointless gore - give me freaky POV shots give me bad acting - and better yet, give me unwatchable vomit shots. After seeing this visual feast I realized how much Hollywood has been ripping me off with their mega-budgets - two or three freaky scenes and the rest is "plot development" and trying to appease censors to acheive a PG13 rating
Buy or rent "Bad Taste" now - then buy "Dead Alive"
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Summary: Tastes Better Than it Smells
Review: (First off, this is not a movie for the average viewer. Only horror nerds, and people who like cult films need apply.) From evil dead to attack of the killer tomatoes, I am pretty much a pro at low budget horror movies. This movie, which i think was Peter Jackson's debut (now famous for Lord of the Rings, and Dead ALive) is actually quite a bit better than i had expected. The film itself is not overly groteque, but rest assured it has its moments, and when it is graphic the special effects are pretty... good. The story isn't to in depth and basically only 2 things happen, the aliens show up and the heroes fight the aliens, but whats there is good enuff. Peter Jackson ,who plays derrik (the coolest of the good guys) and robert (anh ... alien) is pretty funny... SFX wise the film is pretty cool. the aliens look like the guy on the cover, and have a neat hunched over walk. The fight scenes are quick and when guns are involved, not very interesting. The movie itself, looks very good for an old indie film, the transfer is very crisp, and the widescreen bars aren't very big. Sound wise, there is no especially grand music, but the dialogue is easily heard and the music sounds fine and doesn't detract from the movie. As for extra's, there is a trailer and a bio on peter jackson, not real exciting. THe special edition has a booklet and a making of feature if you're really into extra's. All said and done the movie is significantly better looking tahn it's low budget breathren. Story wise, it's not a Mind blower, but it has soem dumb fun and some cool special effects.(At one point Derrick gets a chainsaw, goodnes follows)... So if you like goofy, cheasy-gory, horror movies, This one is definately worth the cash. Oh and by the way, the comapny changed the origional cover of this film, to what you see now. The origional had the alien holding up only one finger. Can you guess which?
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Summary: Follow Up
Review: The Anchor Bay version has been released. It has more goodies, and better transfer, and costs less. DO NOT get the Wave Imports version of this film. (click on edition details to find out which version this is).
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Summary: the bastards have landed!
Review: Peter Jackson's sick first movie is rough around the edges but still delivers a large amount of comedy and over-the-top gore, making it a must-see for fans of his splat-stick gross-outs. I thought the pace could have moved along a lot faster in most of the scenes, but you have to give Jackson credit for creating such a one of a kind hilarious and disgusting movie on such a low budget (He and his friends filmed on weekends over the course of a year). Some very memorable gore, like a guy getting the top half of his head shot off (and later on a different guy is seen eating from the remains with a spoon). Then there's some vehicular carnage when a person is run down by a car and his torso separates from his legs leaving intestines and other internal organs splattered all over the ground. Later on the guy driving the car (the eventual hero of the movie) goes on a rampage with a chainsaw and lays the smack down on some alien scum. Not to be missed. Other movies with a sick sense of humor like Bad Taste: Dead Alive (twice as gory as Bad Taste), Pieces, and the Toxic Avenger.
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Summary: Extremely Gory yet very Cool movie.
Review: This New Zealand Cult 1987 Sci-fi Horror comedy import from
The Director of " Lord of the Rings" Peter Jackson sure knows how to entertain. It's about a group of suspicious looking
Guys in Blue Clothes ( Aliens in disguise) that are killing people and making them into Fast Food for their Planet, now it's up to a trio of Stooge-like Fellows to stop the intergalatic Menace from killing all of New Zealand's residents. A Cool movie full of Action, Stomach churning Gore, good B-Movie special Effects and everything that makes this a Literally Bloody-Good time.
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Summary: OOOHHHHHH YYEAAA!
Review: This was peter Jackson's first movie? What a damn good start. I was so impressed with the effects and action he concocted on what must have been a candy buget. I loved it! This has to be watched before the Ring movie. Who cares about Lord oF the Rings? I sure as hell don't. Once again one must watch this fine film with homies and libations. And who can forget the whookie!
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Summary: If only every movie lived up to its title!
Review: If only every movie lived up to its title! Director Peter Jackson?s film debut is one of the most infamous if not most disgustingly fun movies ever to be released on video. An alien invasion has occurred and the inhabitants of a New Zealand town have disappeared. Luckily for mankind we have an intrepid quartet of bungling government commandos who are ready to take on the alien menace. The Alien Invasion Defense Service (AIDS?) meets up with a horde of flesh eating zombies and with a little firepower and old fashioned guts they hope to fight the aliens off before they setup a fast food restaurant featuring human happy meals. Along the way their misplaced leader Derek must try to regroup with his squad, that is unless he can keep his head altogether. The first really cool film from New Zealand is also the first movie by filmmaker Jackson who spent 4 years working on the finished product. The low budget look and excellently cheesy gore make this film the tastiest debut film since The Evil Dead and the original Night Of The Living Dead. A must see for all gore hounds but I must warn this is a really disgusting movie complete with a hideous vomit cocktail. Jackson would top this with the more outrageous Meet The Feebles and the ultimate zombie gore fest Dead Alive. Remember to watch the skies!
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Summary: Reasonably good, but not as funny as expected
Review: I rented this the other night, expecting it to be a good combo of revolting scenes and good humor, like Meet the Feebles and Dead Alive/Braindead. Instead, there was some reasonably good gore (and the green soup scene, ack!) with a lot of dull action scenes near the end of the movie. At the end, I was glad it was done. If it was an hour long, it would have been much better. The second disc documentary was more enjoyable than the movie itself. It showed a lot of the jerry-rigged equipment that was built for this movie, showing off a lot off the inventiveness of Peter Jackson. If this inventiveness had shown up better in the script, I would have been happier. One other question. Why isn't the documentary on the first disc? It definitely feels like it could fit, with the first disc offering no commentary or any complicated special features, and the documentary is only 25 minutes or so.
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