You won't be disappointed!

Powerful

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Peter Jackson is now known as an Oscar winning director for his great efforts on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, Peter Jackson didn't always produce high budget epics. He started with low budget films, the first of which was the 1987 horror comedy Bad Taste.The story features a group of boys who have to stop evil aliens from harvesting people into food. It's a simple premise done with a low budget and loads and loads of gore. The film is so gory I wouldn't recommend this film for the squeamish. However, if you're like me you'll be laughing at how over the top the violence gets at points. It's not realistic in the slightest and that's why it's so appealing.Peter Jackson had a hard time selling the splatter movie to the New Zealand Film Commission but he managed and now it's become a cult hit. This film combines horror, action and comedy into a consistently entertaining film. You can clearly tell Peter Jackson and his friends had a blast making Bad Taste and the energy and passion is all evident on screen. Bad Taste definitely lives up the title, it's gross and ridiculously funny at the same time. It was a great start for a filmmaker who went onto bigger things… but I'll always have a soft spot for his schlocky yet fun low budget films.

This is recommended to be seen by everybody. And many times. And (IMHO) this is suitable for even under 10 year old persons, if you 1st tell the humor ideology (maybe the document is needed to see before the film). Almost zero budget and the results where about "The Thing" class effects and gore. Best in its genre. Well, maybe Braindead is as good... ;)

Aliens have invaded and taken over the population of Kaihoro, New Zealand. A group comes to investigate. Barry shoots one of the aliens. Derek (Peter Jackson) is in control on a hilltop and calls in Frank and Ozzy to Kaihoro. They find aliens who are processing humans for food.This indie is Peter Jackson's debut feature. He throws everything into this. Some of it works. Some of it doesn't. It is above all ambitious. He leaves little on the drawing board. The brain eating and other general grotesque creature feature stuff are great. It's always fun to have the gross squishiness. The gun action and fights are less compelling. It is shot very flatly. Peter has yet to absorb the HK action style. The story would be more compelling if the characters start out together. It would allow them to develop chemistry. These characters don't have enough personalities. They seem to be under-written. There is some good camera work. Overall, this is an ambitious debut.

Nowadays he's one of the world's most famous directors after his incredible success with the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, but everyone has to start somewhere and BAD TASTE is Peter Jackson's beginning. Shot over a period of 4 years as an amateur film and clearly inspired by the likes of THE EVIL DEAD, Jackson's film is equally inventive although totally different in tone. Instead of being a horror film, this is a comedy out and out, with the emphasis on dumb humour. Not really my cup of tea, but at least I could enjoy all the effort that went into this – especially the large-scale climax, with the flying house, which must have taken some doing! The simple story of an alien invasion is handled well on what is a very low budget. For much of the movie, the aliens look human, only changing into their rubbery true forms near the climax. The heroes facing them are men of action, so there's plenty of shooting and fight scenes, some heavily in debt to Schwarzenegger's COMMANDO, although this time around Jackson amps up the gore to unbelievable levels. Brains are splattered everywhere, blood fountains through the air, bodies are chainsawed and torn into pieces – it's all very nasty stuff, although thoroughly unbelievable and played for laughs at all times.One scene, the infamous vomit-drinking moment, is specifically designed to make the viewer be sick, and is pretty hard to watch (because of the sound effects, for the most part). This film's biggest detraction is the quality of the acting, which unsurprisingly sucks – particularly Jackson himself, who proves to be an intensely irritating screen star. Thank God then that his directing is good, showing promise even here. While I can't ever see myself sitting through BAD TASTE again, far preferring BRAINDEAD, fans of horror and gore flicks will no doubt have a ball with this silly outing that just goes to show what you can do with special effects and passion.