Review of Bad Taste (1987) by Alexandros T — 06 Jul 2014
Aliens land on a New Zealand town in order to extract the townspeople and turn them into fast food and it is up to four people to stop the aliens.
This movie in its entirity is over the top and ridiculous (the poster and VHS cover speaks for the ridiculum, an alien with a Chinese AK on the left hand and flipping the bird on the right hand), but the film's ridiculous-ness is sheer beauty of Peter Jackson (Yes, Lord of the Rings director Perer Jackson)'s directoral debut. The acting is functional, the writing is decent, and the effects are clever, practical, ballsy and brutal, with thevonly flaws being poorly aged and some people (like me l) can tell this is an early film with a low budget (although I'm fine with it) making for a surprisingly hilarious film for the budget.
Overall, Bad Taste is an impressive directoral debut, especially for the film titan known as Peter Jackson. If you like cult classics, go watch it. If you like comedic horror, go watch it.
On that bombshell, time to go to Mickey D's.
This review of Bad Taste (1987) was written by Alexandros T on 06 Jul 2014.
Bad Taste has generally received positive reviews.
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