Bad Taste is a 1987 New Zealand science-fiction comedy horror film directed, produced and filmed by Peter Jackson, who also starred in it and co-wrote the screenplay, along with Tony Hiles and Ken Hammon. Independently produced on a low budget, it is Jackson's first feature film. Jackson and friends take on most of the key roles, both on and off-screen.
Aliens invade the fictional New Zealand village of Kaihoro to harvest humans for their intergalactic fast food franchise, where they face off against a four-man paramilitary force.
Victims[]
- 75 Unnamed Kaihoro Residents - Killed by aliens on the orders of Lord Crumb off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Alien - Top of head blown off by Barry with a handgun.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot to death and then impaled by Derek with an automatic weapon.
- Two Unnamed Aliens - Shot to death by Derek with an automatic weapon.
- Unnamed Alien - Arm shot off by Derek with an automatic weapon.
- Unnamed Alien - Skull crushed underneath a falling sledgehammer.
- Six Seagulls - Accidentally crushed by Derek.
- Seagull - Headbutted by Derek.
- Alien Sous-Chef - Committed suicide by slitting his throat with a sword.
- Unnamed Alien - Skull and spine ripped out and kicked out a window by Ozzy.
- Eight Unnamed Aliens - Shot to death by Frank and Ozzy with automatic weapons.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot in the forehead by Ozzy with a handgun.
- 18 Unnamed Aliens - Shot to death by Frank, Barry, and Ozzy with automatic weapons.
- Unnamed Alien - Accidentally disemboweled by the alien chef with a machete.
- Alien Chef - Thrown off of a balcony by Barry.
- Three Unnamed Aliens - Shot to death by Frank with an automatic weapon.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot in the back of the head by Frank with a handgun.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot in the back by Ozzy with a handgun.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot to death by Ozzy and Frank with handguns.
- Unnamed Alien - Ran over by Derek with a truck.
- Seven Unnamed Aliens - Shot to death by Frank with a handgun.
- Unnamed Alien - Stabbed in the cranium by Barry with a machete.
- Robert - Impaled through the throat with a machete thrown by Barry.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot by Barry with an automatic weapon.
- Four Unnamed Aliens - Blown up by Barry with a rocket-propelled grenade.
- Unnamed Alien - Disemboweled by Barry with a machete.
- Unnamed Alien - Stabbed to death by Barry with a machete.
- Unnamed Alien - Decapitated by Barry with a machete.
- Unnamed Alien - Dismembered by Derek with a chainsaw.
- Unnamed Alien - Shot to death by Frank with an automatic weapon.
- Unnamed Alien - Head cut vertically in half by Derek with a chainsaw.
- Sheep - Blown up by Frank with a rocket-propelled grenade.
- Lord Crumb - Hollowed out by Derek with a chainsaw.
Deaths[]
- Total - 148
Kill Counts[]
- Lord Crumb - 75 (Deceased)
- Frank - 39 (Alive)
- Ozzy - 30 (Alive)
- Barry - 29 (Alive)
- Derek - 15 (Alive)