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Summary: Hilarous
Review: One of my all time favorites. A gore filled masterpiece has some of the grossest and funnist moments i've ever seen my favorite being the part where the aliens head is twisted off and kicked through the window like a soccerball or when Derek chainsaws right through the alien and says "i'm born again!" that was the sh*t. There is plenty of gore in this one too. Sledgehammers bashing heads in, heads popped off, shootings, chainsaw fun, brains getting blown out, one alien eating the brains of his friend with a spoon right after and more. I liek this one WAY more then dead alive. This one has much better charaters my favorite being Derek the nutty scientist/leader who is played by Mr Jackson himself, who falls off of a cliff and loses his mind while fighting one of those bastards, the body count in this is pretty high it must be in the 90+ region. After this Peter Jackson went on to make Meet the Feebles a puppet parody, then did Braindead (Dead alive). The story is like this a bunch of aliens have made a small town into hamburger meat and its up the A.I.D.S to stop them. For a low budget movie this one is done extremely well (Better then Andreas Shanss can ever do) and the acting isn't that bad either. SO in conclusion if you want an over the top gorefest buy this limited edition before its gone.......
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Summary: HELL YEAH!!!
Review: Peter Jackson. The one who brought us such films as this one, Meet The Feebles, Dead Alive...and then Heavenly Creatures, Forgotten Silver, The Frigteners and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. What a diverse career! All I gotta say is whoa. For those who may not be aware...Bad Taste was Jackson's first film. For those who may not also be aware, it's a total alien invasion splatter-fest. Brains being blown out, guts spilling, vomit ingestion, it's all here. It's a gore freak's wet dream! Granted, though the effects look dated, at the time of it's release, it was GORY!!! I remember feeling sick to my stomach after watching this film. But remember, the effects look dated...so just put yourself back in the mid-to-late 80's, throw your mullet-wig on, get a big 'ol bag of popcorn, sit back and enjoy the first film of Peter Jackson. It's good to the last drop.
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Summary: Frodo Would Have Loved It
Review: Back in 1988 I read an review in a magazine called Gorezone(a brother magazine to Fangoria that called it quits after only a few issues) of a film called Bad Taste and there were a few teaser pictures. It certainly looked unique. I rented it right when it came out and was totally in awe when I watched it. I had never seen anything quite like it. "Monty Python Meets Re-Animator" is how it was described in the magazine. Not totally accurate, but not far off. I illegally dubbed the film and watched it numerous times, showed it to everyone I knew. Sure, it looks like it was made for about thirty bucks, but Jackson managed to get the most out of a budget this small. But I can tell you folks, back in 1988 I could never, ever have guessed that the guy who made this film would make the Lord Of The Rings movies. I thought Jackson would be nothing more than a minor cult figure. None of his films are like LOTR which makes me wonder how he got the job. I'm sure Hollywood execs aren't big on Bad Taste's and Dead Alive's. But this is where it all began, and in my opinion will always be the best film Jackson ever made. If you enjoy wacky humor with your gore, you'd best get your behind down to your local dvd retailer, pronto! Or if you've seen Dead Alive and loved it, and would like to see a more toned down(but just as funny) flipside, then do not hesitate.
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Summary: Whoa....
Review: Funny but not enough to watch again. "Meet the Feebles" is much funnier, sicker, and bound to make anyone who "wants to see the amazing Peter 'Lord of the Rings' Jackson's earlier work" cringe. I saw it on acid my first time and had to go see "Star Wars: Special Edition" in the theater to get my mind off of it. "Bad Taste" is for die hard collectors only.
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Summary: dont EVER buy this movie!!!!!
Review: i really wanted to see this movie being a fan this genre and i was really dissappointed. its suc a cult classic and i read all this stuff on it but it really wasnt that good. if u want to see a movie like this done right buy dead alive or thed evil deads. i am glad i saw it just to see it but i am not glad i bought it. i thought that the makeup on the aliens was surprisingly cool and the last scene with the "born again" thing was pretty cool but other than that it was not worth ur money
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: This is so funny. The acting is [bad], but adds to hilarity (is that even a word?) to this gory little flick. Yes it's a stupid movie, but it's funny and that is all that counts. The plot is almost too simplistic to be called that: The New Zealand government's bumbling four man anti-alien department, the Astro-Investigation and Defense Service, stumbles onto the wholesale slaughter of the small town of Kaihoro by an alien horde. And not just any aliens -- capitalist aliens! Alien entrepreneurs! Interstellar bastards who plan to promote human flesh as the latest fast-food taste sensation, under the banner of Crumm's Crunchy Delights! It's hysterical. If you get scared by seeing gore (I don't know why you would be) then stay away from this film, but for us normal people that don't follow the crowd, let's all give a big hollar out to Peter Jackson!
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Summary: Fans of Dead Alive, Evil Dead take note
Review: I love Dead Alive (released as Brain Dead is Aus), am a big fan of the Evil Dead series and am generally much in favour of tasteless, gory comedic horror movies that would sicken most normal people, but I just can't classify this movie as anything other than total rubbish. I was just at the point of placing an order for this DVD becasue of recommendations on this site and comparisons to Evil Dead, Dead Alive etc but luckily I rented a copy from my local video store before parting with my cash. How can I describe whats wrong with this movie? Well its full of senseless over the top gore, and I know that sounds like a good thing, but wheras the gore in Dead Alive, and Evil Dead 2 caused me to laugh uproariously Bad Taste just left me feeling slightly grossed out and completely unsatisfied, sort of like Id just eaten some expired shrimp. Its not that its overly realistic, and you can tell its meant to be funny but somehow it just doesnt come off. The level of the movie is set from the moment we are introduced to the character Derek (Peter jackson elevating overacting to an art form) with a gigantic trail of drool haning down his chin, and it doesnt get much better as the movie progresses. If that kind of stuff amuses you then you may love Bad Taste but its not my cup of tea. I didnt even remotely feel like laughing for the first half of this movie, and the few laughs I did get towards the end from some very average jokes were shocked out of me because in contrast with the awfulness of the rest of the "humour" in the movie, at that point they actually seemed funny. I could talk about the acting, special effects, music and plot here as well but I seeing as this is a low budget film and one of the directors first projects it can be pretty much assumed that they are all routinely awful and cheesy (and they are). This can even be part of the appeal of this type of movie but its absolutely essential that the humour work for the movie to be entertaining and in this case it just doesnt. In fact this movie has very little going for it apart from the various sickening special effects featured throughout, but as I already mentioned theres a very good chance you might not find these scenes as amusing as you think you might - because I sure didnt. I found myself amazed while I was actualy watching the movie that it actually got distributed, and I was even more amazed by all of the glowing review for the movie that covered the box (one reviewer calling it "the best movie of the year" - must have been a very bad year for movie goers). I had to actually double check the tape in the VCR to be sure that the video store hadnt accidently switched it with some school kids bad home movie. Do yourself a favour and stay away from this, watch Evil Dead 2 or Dead Alive instead, but if you feel you must have it at least try and rent it first. Peter Jackson has directed some great movies but this ain't one of them.
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Summary: Lots of gory fun
Review: This is just a hoot to watch. Lots of blood and gore for even the most frugal of horror fans. And once you figure out who the director is (he is in the movie as well) that makes it even more fun. Grab some popcorn and enjoy.
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Summary: WELL......
Review: I guess the title says it all! There are some pretty disgusting scenes in "BAD TASTE", but it's not as interesting of a movie that some say....Buy at your own risk!
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Summary: Watched it once and threw it out
Review: It's that bad. And believe me, I know it's supposed to be bad, and that's supposed to be funny, but it wasn't. I bought this DVD after it was compared to some of my favorites, The Evil Dead Trilogy, The Re-animator, Frankenhooker and Blood Sucking Freaks. All those shows are disgustingly sick, that's why we love them. Bad Taste had some sick scene's, but it failed to shock. Actually, the only thing it did elicite(?) was a yawn. BORING. Save your money.
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