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Bad Taste

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Gun-toting assassins try to wipe out a group of aliens that wants to use humans in New Zealand for food.

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Critics Consensus

Peter Jackson's early low-budget shocker boasts a disgusting premise - aliens harvesting humans for fast food - that gives the budding auteur plenty of room for gross-out visuals and absurd cleverness.

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Time Out 01/26/2006
A climatic rebirth-by-chainsaw scene almost makes it all worthwhile, though you may have had to visit the bathroom once or twice in the wait. Go to Full Review
Daniel Fienberg Zap2it.com 10/20/2005
3/5
I miss Peter Jackson in his ultra low-budget horror mode. He always looked like he was having fun. Not half as good as Dead Alive, but still a hoot. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 03/10/2003
Jackson does it all in this movie: writes, directs, stars, produces, and designs the makeup. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times 10/31/2024
4/5
The title says it all so, be warned, those of a sensitive nature. Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 11/06/2005
3/5
Divertido em seu humor descompromissado, este trash faz rir, mas no oferece o menor indcio do virtuoso cineasta que Jackson se tornaria. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/26/2005
3/5
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Robson C Jan 19 Os habitantes de uma cidade desaparecem e os agentes de uma agência do governo são enviados para descobrir o que aconteceu. E os responsáveis são alienígenas que usam carne humana como recheio dos seus sanduíches. Primeiro filme do Peter Jordan. Ao mesmo tempo que vemos o orçamento baixo e algumas cenas bisonhas, nós temos lampejo do talento de Jackson, principalmente na área de efeitos especiais e maquiagem. É um fiapo de história que embarca quem gosta de filmes trashs bem inventivos. Há muito exagero, cenas de tiroteio e lutas risíveis e desengonçadas. Mas encontre aí o Peter Jackson de Senhor dos Anéis, O Hobbit e King Kong. See more Erik B Jul 28 Weird, gory, campy, and hilarious. Peter Jackson's debut is a serious trip! See more Nick O May 26 Be prepared to get sprayed with gallons of blood, guts and puke as soon as you hit play on your VCR from Peter Jackson's ultra-gory and hilariously distasteful directorial debut. See more Ask T Feb 15 👍 See more Landon J @Minxsykitty 01/14/2025 Sadly, as a Jackson fan this one was a miss. A little too bad, to be bad in a good way. Points for creativity with supposedly a super low budget. Worth skipping to see "Meet the Feebles" or "Dead Alive" which are far superior movies. See more Raiodesol S 09/14/2024 This movie feels like it’s stalling for the first two acts. Makes you think the story is going nowhere and feels like there’s nothing really going on, but the third act is where this movie shines, and where it gets these three starts that I’m giving it. Out of nowhere, the senseless shootouts, random radio conversations, shots of cars driving and people running, stop to make place for the incredible alien designs and, well, what comes with it. Honestly it’s frustrating that this film was able to deliver so much on its final act but so little during the rest of it. But the wait is rewarded, and the movie becomes one of the most hilarious and weird things you’ll ever witness. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Gun-toting assassins try to wipe out a group of aliens that wants to use humans in New Zealand for food.
Director
Peter Jackson
Producer
Peter Jackson
Screenwriter
Ken Hammon, Tony Hiles, Peter Jackson
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co
WingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission
Genre
Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 12, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1
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