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Bad Taste (1987) 6.7
The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain. Director:Peter Jackson |
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Cast
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Terry Potter | ... |
Ozzy /
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Pete O'Herne | ... |
Barry /
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Craig Smith | ... |
Giles /
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Mike Minett | ... |
Frank /
3rd Class Alien
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Doug Wren | ... |
Lord Crumb
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Dean Lawrie | ... |
Lord Crumb SPFX Double /
3rd Class Alien
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Peter Vere-Jones | ... |
Lord Crumb's Voice
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Ken Hammon | ... |
3rd Class Alien
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Robin Griggs | ... |
3rd Class Alien
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Michael Gooch | ... |
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Peter Gooch | ... |
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Laurie Yarrall | ... |
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Shane Yarrall | ... |
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Philip Lamey | ... |
3rd Class Alien
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Derek and his friends must investigate the missing people in a small village. Then they find out its human formed aliens that are really big headed monsters that used all the people in the small village into their snack burgers. Now, Derek must save the day and the world with his chainsaw before the meat eaters strikes the whole planet. Will Derek kill all the aliens? Written by Liam
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Crumb's Crunchy Delights. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
New ZealandLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
June 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mal gusto See more »Filming Locations:
Gear Homestead, Okowai Road, Papakowhai, Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand See more »Box Office
Budget:
NZD 30,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
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1.66 : 1
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Frank: Well... I guess we shoot the bastards.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
'Mike Minnett' (Frank) was almost hit by a sledgehammer which flew out of an actor's hands during the filming of the cliff fight. It narrowly missed his face, sailing over the cliff and landing on the rocks below. See more »Goofs
When Derek kills the "stupid" alien by pushing the gun through the stomach, the cameraman is reflected in Derek's glasses in some shots. See more »Quotes
Barry: What are we gonna do if we're spotted, Frank?Frank: Well... I guess we shoot the bastards.
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Directed by the New Zealand king of low-budget gore - Peter Jackson, who also takes the starring role in his debut film as 'Derek', the leader of the alien prevention group 'Alien Investigation and Defence Service' - A.I.D.S(!), who are called into action when a group of aliens land on earth with the intention of kidnapping humans and using them as the main ingredient for their fast food restaurants! Naturally Derek and his crew are none too happy about this and set about stopping them in the only way they know how - violently.
As you can imagine with a plot like this and with Peter Jackson involved you can expect extreme gore mixed with extreme cheese, for example there is this one part where an alien has been severed in two from being hit by a car, his remaining top half fends off Jackson's attacks with a chainsaw by throwing pine cones at him! Also throughout the film Derek becomes increasingly demented after having a particularly nasty fall off a 90ft cliff, although miraculously surviving this, he has a nasty crack on the back of his head which keeps flapping open and letting bits of brain fall out (nice) and at one point he replaces his emptying skull with an alien's intestines who he has just slaughtered! As you can probably tell from these examples this film is pretty gross and if your like me you will find it very funny as well.
Watch this film even if it is only to see one of Derek's compadres' rip off an aliens head with his bare hands and drop-kick it successfully out of a window to which he casually comments "The old magic is still there."