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Bad Taste
Watch out Aliens... here comes Derek!
( Action / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi )


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MPAA Rating:
Unrated

US Runtime: 91 min

Country of Origin: New Zealand

Premiere Date:
Dec 01, 1987   [NZ]
 
Director: Peter Jackson
 
Writer: Peter Jackson   [Writer]
 
Producer: Peter Jackson   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Peter Jackson
 
Edited by: Peter Jackson
Jamie Selkirk
 
Music Composed by Michelle Scullion
 
Production Companys: New Zealand Film Commission   (NZ)
WingNut Films   (NZ)
 


Plot Summary:

    The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Terry Potter
Ozzy / 3rd Class Alien
Pete O'Herne
Barry / 3rd Class Alien
Craig Smith
Giles / 3rd Class Alien
Mike Minett
Frank / 3rd Class Alien
Peter Jackson
Derek / Robert
Doug Wren
Alien Leader
Peter Vere-Jones
Alien Leader (voice)
Ken Hammon
3rd Class Alien
Robin Griggs
3rd Class Alien
Michael Gooch
3rd Class Alien
 
Peter Gooch
3rd Class Alien
Laurie Yarrall
3rd Class Alien
Shane Yarrall
3rd Class Alien
Dean Lawrie
3rd Class Alien
Philip Lamey
3rd Class Alien
Costa Botes
3rd Class Alien
Graham Butcher
3rd Class Alien
Bob Haliburton
3rd Class Alien
Andrew McKay
3rd Class Alien
Clive Haywood
3rd Class Alien
 
 

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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$150,000
Revenue:
$0
Color Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Super 16
Film Negative Format:
16 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Production Dates:
1983 - 1987

Quotes:

  • Alien Leader's Voice: Tomorrow we're having you for lunch!
     
  • Derek: I'm a Derek and Dereks don't run!
     
  • Derek: Stick all the bits of brain in a plastic bag, Barry.
     
  • Ozzy: The bastards have landed!
     
  • Alien Leader's Voice: We got rid of those wicked cowboys!
     

Trivia:

  • All the dialogue in the film was dubbed after the original sound tapes went missing.
     
  • Director Peter Jackson shot the film on weekends over a four-year period with friends playing the lead roles. Jackson funded most of the film himself until towards the end of the shoot when the New Zealand film commission gave him money to finish his project after being impressed with what he'd already produced. The entire movie was improvised.
     
  • Peter Jackson constructed his own counterweighted steady-cam device for this film that cost only $15.
     

Credits Fun:

  • Any similarity with persons living or dead is an accident. Sorry.
     

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