Bad Taste (1987)
Every director has their starting point, and often it is a labor of love. Rarely a masterpiece, and Bad Taste definitely isn't, but typically a budding film maker will learn a lot about what they can do and can't do, and many ways to overcome the latter. It's that one film that you make on weekends with your friends, most of you playing multiple roles and taking on many roles on and off the camera. And, if you are in New Zealand, you may just find yourself getting some government funds and a pat on the back even if what you are making is a violent alien invasion comedy. Bad Taste took four years to make. In that time, one of the cast members got married, left the production, got divorced and returned. Hairstyles, sock colors and other continuity errors pop up. The actor playing the lead villain passed away. Ultimately, the result was a movie that laid the foundation for director Peter Jackson to make the movie Braindead (released in...