14 years before “The Lord of the Rings”, Peter Jackson started his career with this trashy and cult horror comedy

News culture 14 years before “The Lord of the Rings”, Peter Jackson started his career with this trashy and cult horror comedy

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A film that didn’t suggest a great career

Impossible to think about it Lord of the rings without thinking about the great films of Peter Jackson. Although they differ in many ways from the original material, they are now considered near-perfect adaptations and remain particularly enjoyable films to watch even 20 years after their theatrical release. If you are a fan of the Tolkien universe and Peter Jackson’s adaptations, you may be interested in the other films directed by the latter. And if there’s no doubt that you’ve seen King Kong or Lovely Bones, You probably missed Bad Taste.

Bad Taste, the very first film of Peter Jackson’s career, is a horror-comedy from 1987 and suffice it to say, it’s surprising. The story takes place in a small coastal town in New Zealand when an alien invasion begins. The aliens then decide to use the residents of this city as premium meat for their space fast food restaurant. If you just read the synopsis, you can probably guess what kind of movie this is, and you’re probably right. We’ll let you watch the trailer above to confirm your suspicions.

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Ridiculous staging, cheap costumes, improvised sets, ridiculous acting: “Bad Taste” doesn’t take itself seriously at all and the whole thing almost makes you want to watch it. With an aesthetic worthy of the best amateur films by young directors of the 80s, everything breathes passion Even if the result didn’t necessarily promise a particularly rosy future for the New Zealand director. However, Lord of the Rings fans should almost recognize a few things.

In fact, in addition to the mountainous backdrops, which are inevitably vaguely reminiscent of Middle-earth since they were filmed in the same country, it is above all the masks of the famous aliens that could almost remind of his mythical trilogy. If they are obviously significantly less successful than in Lord of the Rings, We can notice that the shape of the faces is somewhat reminiscent of that of the orcs, especially around wrinkles and around the mouth. The posture that the actors assume within the costume (slumped, almost hunchbacked) also shows a design that more closely resembles the creatures of Mordor than the aliens we are used to seeing in Hollywood. Obviously the comparisons to The Lord of the Rings end here because of Bad Taste. However, we still invite you to watch the film if you have the opportunity, you could well have a more than original evening.