Peter Jackson's Bad Taste

Charming beyond belief, Bad Taste is a great example of creativity, hard-work, skill, and persistence paying off with a great movie for not a lot of money. It's not for the prudish, the squeamish, or the pretentious. Rather, Bad Taste is a delightful, instructive, and inspirational movie-making workshop resource. It has great effects gags - including great sets, props, models, folly, and gore - all with EXTREMELY great editing, and all in service of a funny plot with a clever storyline and outrageous sequences.Bad Taste also has GREAT pacing. There are no boring or unnecessary lulls to pad time. The provisions of exposition and tone are just right, so as the story unfolds and elements are revealed, everything is easy to follow and makes sense in the context of the movie. It has set-ups, and the set-ups have pay-offs. It has fun and funny dialog, fun characters with clear motivations, and tons of action. The lighting, cinematography, directing, choreography, and locations all work well. Even beyond its over-the-top gags, there are also tons of great props, effects, shots, and edits so well crafted and executed that it isn't always apparent that they're not real stunts, objects, or actors being filmed in real locations. And again, it's all in service of what turns out to be a good storyline and a funny movie.For any fans of practical effects, gross-out comedy gags, and inspired creativity in the face of limited resources, Bad Taste is a must-see, and worth multiple viewings. Really, it's worth owning.

Whether or not you're a fan of the LOTR saga (but seriously, how could one not be?) this low budget Kiwi import circa 1980's is an hour and a half of varying flavors -none of them bad- that'll leave the viewer with an even greater admiration for Peter Jackson, or have one going to Amazon Prime in search of all of his subsequent films. Keep in mind that this was a collaboration among Jackson and friends that was filmed in the weekends over a period of years where everyone involved was multitasking; yet, the film is pure Jacksonian. Aside from writing and directing credits, Peter Jackson also was the Gandalf-prop wizard who constructed the alien prosthetics and the weaponry displayed throughout the movie. For a project that began in a mere $25,000 budget, Jackson 's tremendous artistic capabilities catapulted "Bad Taste" to a height well beyond the schlock horror subgenre in a way that is actually quite tasty for fans of several persuasions.

I discovered this gem after a fellow sci fi fan told me about it last year. It seems rather odd Bad Taste is the precursor to Jackson's more epic films. But close examination reveals Jackson's filmmaking genius even in his very first film. Made over four years during college for next to nothing, Jackson and his friends somehow crafted together this incredibly bizarre yet wildly entertaining masterpiece of student film. The sophomoric jokes, outrageous scenes, and how it pokes fun at itself and its genre make Bad Taste one of my favorite movies. A must see for aspiring filmmakers.

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!!!

It's a wonderful horrible bad acted old joke horrible effects no story line and every other bad thing you can have in a block uster "b" for bad movieI love it

Mal Gusto is the best looking version of this film I've seen resolution wise, probably still going to be better looking than Peter Jackson's new versions which will have DNR and upscaled footage, but they cut off a ton of footage for the sake of fitting it on a widescreen display! Plus, there's no color correction at work, so most of the footage looks inaccurate to how it looked in real life and in other versions of the film.I also own the DVD version from what amazon says is 2009, and it looks really bad, even for DVD. I eventually bought the limited edition from 2001, and the DVD from that one looks much better (and it wasn't really any more expensive except for shipping. Then I actually looked at the case and it said the 2009 one is actually from 1999, so that explains the quality being poor.If you want the best quality version of this film, I think the 2001 limited edition is your best bet from what I've seen. The Mal Gusto bootleg has zoomed in footage and incorrect colors, the "2009" one is actually from 1999 and you know what, may also be a bootleg, I've never heard of "SUBSTANCE" as a company and the case art is extremely ugly and basic compared to other versions. The wild world of cult movie DVD shopping!

Came a day earlier than the earliest delivery date and in better condition than some next day delivery DVDs

Es buena película para agregar a ru colección

Gran película de terror de bajo presupuesto. Esta es la que definió lo que sería la gran braindead, pues tiene destellos para reconocer similitudes entre ambas, las cuales son del mismo director, Peter Jackson.

Diese Rezension bezieht sich auf die ungeschnittene DVD von Marketing Film, welche außerdem mit ca. 150 Min. Bonusmaterial aufwartet.Der neuseeländische Regisseur Peter Jackson ist allgemein für "Der Herr der Ringe" bekannt, doch in den 80ern und Anfang der 90er Jahre inszenierte er ganz andere, unvergleichliche und heute zu Kultklassikern avancierte Filme - Horror-Komödien par excellence.Das bekannteste Werk dürfte wohl "Braindead" sein (siehe Rezension), denn früher oder später kommt jeder im Horror-Splatter-Trash-Bereich mit dieser blutigen und abgefahrenen Perle in Berührung. Der Puppenwahnsinn namens "Meet the Feebles" (siehe Rezension) ist eine weitere Ausgeburt Jacksons, dürfte aber hierzulande eher weniger bekannt sein, obwohl dieses Muppets-auf-LSD-im-Gewaltrausch-Filmchen ebenfalls einen Platz im Sammlerregal verdient hat.Der hier nun vorliegende Film "Bad Taste" war nicht nur der Erstling von Peter Jackson, sondern stellt auch einen irrwitzigen, blutigen und völlig abgedrehten Trashspaß dar.Außerirdische wollen Menschenfleisch auf die Speisekarte ihres intergalaktischen Fast-Food-Restaurants setzen und haben bereits eine Kleinstadt ausgelöscht. Nur der Rambo-Spezialtrupp 'The Boys' kann diese außerirdischen Hefeklöße aufhalten."Bad Taste" ist nicht nur wahnsinnig unterhaltsam, sondern auch derartig absurd und abseits des "Guten Geschmacks", dass man ihn einfach sehen und in der Sammlung haben muss.Ganz klare Empfehlung für alle Genre-Liebhaber, aber bitte nur uncut, denn die deutsche FSK-18-Fassung ist (wie immer) geschnitten, gekürzt und unbrauchbar verstümmelt.

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