BAD TASTE

“Comedy comes first. The idea of making an outrageous, over-the-top movie has appealed to me since I used to watch Monty Python’s Flying Circus as a kid. I used to play around a lot making special effects and shooting them in little super 8 movies with my parents’ camera. I made little monsters and animated them frame by frame and I made little model spaceships and tried to get them to fly and film them [...] As an only child you’re on your own a lot, so you invent your own playmates and little games with toys. It definitely trains your mind to be imaginative and not rely so much on other people” - (Peter Jackson in Harvey Clark, “Kiwi movie maker on the offensive”, New Zealand Herald, July 15, 1988)

“Bad Taste is a film to be watched and savoured - if that’s the right word. It’s an alien, cannibalistic, epicurean delight for anyone who even suspects that they have a warped mind!” - (John Gilbert, Fear, No.10, October, 1989, pg.11)

Bad Taste was made with the help of director Peter Jackson’s family and friends. Production took place every Sunday for four years. The film a special jury prize for the best ‘Gore’ film at the 17th Paris International Festival of Fantasy and Science Fiction Film in 1988.