History Film / BadTaste

* IAmAHumanitarian: One of the boys is forced to in order to maintain his mole status. [[spoiler: He finds it quite tasty.]]

* ActingForTwo: both Derek and Robert are played by Peter Jackson, which makes the scene where Derek tries to torture Robert to reveal why the aliens are here all the funnier.

* PropRecycling: One of the alien masks can be seen in ''Film/MeetTheFeebles''.

* TakeThat: Which no one outside New Zealand will get. Derek doesn't think the aliens destroying Auckland would be so bad.

'''''Bad Taste''''' is a 1987 NoBudget film which is the directorial debut for Creator/PeterJackson. It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for intergalactic fastfood company, who massacre the town of Kaihoro for the meat of its inhabitants.

* EvilChef: One of the aliens who looks suspiciously like Peter Jackson during his ''LordOfTheRings'' years.

* FlippingTheBird: As seen on the cover (at least, the ''original'' cover. [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm426286080/tt0092610 later versions]] added a second finger). Giles, also flips Robert off at one point.

* LoweredMonsterDificulty: The first alien killed it takes Barry numerous shots to its head with a very large revolver before it finally goes down. The five heading for Derek on the cliffs go down a bit quicker but he has a machine gun. By the middle and end of the film they're going down with only a few gunshots.

->'''Frank''': "Yeah, and the Moon."

'''''Bad Taste''''' is a 1987 NoBudget film which is the directorial debut for PeterJackson. It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for intergalactic fastfood company, who massacre the town of Kaihoro for the meat of its inhabitants.

However, one of the townsfolk manages to send a distress call and Astro Investigation and Defence Service sends out The Boys to investigate. The team consists of four members: Barry (the StraightMan of the group), Frank, Ozzy (a trigger-happy duo), and Derek (a sociopath with a slight drooling problem). HilarityEnsues as The Boys clash with the aliens; Derek goes berserk, a charity collector Giles is abducted and The Boys have to clean up the whole mess.

* BloodyHilarious: For the record, some VHS versions came with [[{{Feelies}} barfing bags]].

* ImpactSilhouette: At one point Derek saws a hole shaped like himself on the aliens headquarters' wall.

'''''Bad Taste''''' is first film made by the oscar winner PeterJackson. It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for intergalactic fastfood company, who massacre the town of Kaihoro for the meat of its inhabitants.

* HeroicSociopath: Derek before his cranial trauma and Ozzy to some degree.

'''''Bad Taste''''' is first film made by the oscar winner PeterJackson. It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for intergalactic fastfood company, who massacrie the town of Kaihoro for the meat of its inhabitants.

* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Barry kills Roberts by throwing a machete on his throat, pinning him into a pillar.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: At one point Ozzy encounters one of the aliens, who puts its dukes up. Ozzy attempts to follow the suite, but is interrupted by Frank.

* MuggedForDisguise: Happens to one of the aliens when The Boys inflitrate their headquarters.

** When The Boys wonder the aliens have hid their spaceship, Ozzy proposes that perhaps they came in [[Series/DoctorWho a telephone booth]].

* DistressCall: Doomed Kaihoro sents one in the opening.

Notable for being shot with a shoestring budget during weekends in period of four years.

* EfficientDisplacement: At one point Derek saws a hole shaped like himself on the aliens headquarters' wall.

** "There's no [[ETTheExtraTerrestrial glowing fingers]] on these bastards."

* PropRecycling: One of the alien masks can be seen in ''MeetTheFeebles''.

* [[strike: [[TalkingToHimself Talking To]]]] [[TalkingToHimself Torturing Himself]]: both Derek and Robert are played by Peter Jackson, which makes the scene where Derek tries to torture Robert to reveal why the aliens are here all the funnier.

* [[strike: [[TalkingToHimself Talking To]]]] [[TalkingToHimself Torturing Himself]]

* CrazyAwesome: Derek goes a bit nuts after losing part of his brain.

* ImpromptuTrachteonomy: Barry kills Roberts by throwing a machete on his throat, pinning him into a pillar.

* MacheteMayhe: The alien chef attacks Ozzy and Giles with a machete during the big shootout.

->'''Frank''': Just remember, we're only authorized to use violence when there's a threat to the planet Earth.
->'''Barry''': And the Moon.
->'''Frank''': Yeah, and the Moon.

'''''Bad Taste''''' is first film made by the oscar winner PeterJackson. It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for intergalactic fastfood company massacring the town of Kaihoro for the meat of its inhabitants.

One of the townsfolk manages to send a distress call and Astro Investigation and Defence Service sends out The Boys to investigate. The team consists of four members: Barry (the StraightMan of the group), Frank, Ozzy (a trigger-happy duo), and Derek (a sociopath with a slight drooling problem). HilarityEnsues as The Boys clash with the aliens; Derek goes berserk, a charity collector Giles is abducted and The Boys have to clean up the whole mess.

--> '''Derek''': I'm a Derek. ''Dereks don't run''.

* BoundAndGagged: Giles.

--> '''Frank''': Yeah but you know what the rules are. When we work undercover we have to remain faceless.
--> '''Ozzy''': Oh I get it, just in case we kill a lot of innocent people! (Cocks gun)

* DropTheHammer: After hearing one of their own being tortured, bunch of aliens grab sledgehammers and rush to the rescue.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: At one point Ozzy encounters one of the aliens, who puts its dukes up. Ozzy attempts to follow the suite, but is interrupted by FRank.

* MuggedForDisguise: One of the aliens.

* SlashedThroat: When the EvilChef threatens Giles with throat slice motion, Robert tries to mimic him and accidentally cuts his throat.

* OrIsIt: Not for the aliens it is.