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Bad Taste
Watch Out Aliens... ... Here Comes Derek!
( Comedy / Horror )


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MPAA Rating:
Unrated

US Runtime: 91 min

Premiere Date:
Dec 25, 1987   [NZ]
 
Director: Peter Jackson
 
Writers: Ken Hammon   [additional material]
Tony Hiles   [additional material]
 
Producer: Peter Jackson   [Producer]
 
Edited by: Jamie Selkirk
 
Production Companys: New Zealand Film Commission
WingNut Films
 


Cast:

Craig Smith
Giles/3rd Class Alien
Mike Minett
Frank/3rd Class Alien
Doug Wren
Lord Crumb
Dean Lawrie
Alien Leader Double/3rd Class Alien
Peter Vere-Jones
Alien Leader's 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
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
John McTavish
3rd Class Alien
Graham Nesbitt
3rd Class Alien
Steven Smith
3rd Class Alien
John Logan Jr.
3rd Class Alien
Matt Noonan
3rd Class Alien
 
Cameron Chittock
3rd Class Alien
Ray Battersby
3rd Class Alien
Mike Appleby
3rd Class Alien
Peter Appleby
3rd Class Alien
Mike Kane
3rd Class Alien
Robert Johnston
3rd Class Alien
Scott Bradshaw
3rd Class Alien
Mark Lamey
3rd Class Alien
Giles Forrest
3rd Class Alien
Carol Taylor
3rd Class Alien
Dean Taylor
3rd Class Alien
Kim Taylor
3rd Class Alien
Dave Hamilton
3rd Class Alien
Jock Fyfe
3rd Class Alien
Tony Hiles
Coldfinger
Kerry Underhill
3rd Class Alien
Robin Watene
3rd Class Alien
Garry A. Brown
3rd Class Alien
Mark Jackson
3rd Class Alien
Janine Riely
3rd Class Alien
Margaret Byford
3rd Class Alien
 

Crew:

Ken Hammon
film crew
Tony Hiles
consultant producer
Philip Lamey
film crew
Dean Lawrie
film crew
 
Mike Minett
film crew
Matt Noonan
asst. editor
Matt Noonan
asst. post-production supervisor
 

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

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$150,000 (USA)
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:

  • Derek: Suck my spinning steel, s**thead!
     
  • Derek: Stick all the bits of brain in a plastic bag, Barry.
     
  • AIDS President: I think this is a job for real men!
     
  • Alien Leader's Voice: Tomorrow we're having you for lunch!
     
  • Barry: I think Derek has his toes up, guys.
     

Trivia:

  • Peter Jackson constructed his own counterweighted steady-cam device for this film that cost only $15.
     
  • 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.
     
  • All the dialogue in the film was dubbed after the original sound tapes went missing.
     

Credits Fun:

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

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