Bad Taste Reviews

When I was a kid back in France, when I used to go to the videostore to rent some videos, I would always get petrified by the VHS cover of this movie. I was just 10 years old or something like that and I thought there was something really unsettling about it. Eventually, it took me about 8 more years to finally get the nerves to watch it and, eventually, it was not as hardcore as I thought it would be. In the mean time, I already saw 'Braindead' so I was already aware of the fact that it wouldn't be too scary. Anyway, for Peter Jackson, it was the start of a very interesting career. Basically, like some other directors like Christopher Nolan, David Lynch or Kevin Smith, he shot this movie on the week-ends with a bunch of friends and since it got enough attention, his film career was launched. Personally, I thought it was pretty good, especially considering that it was his directing debut but it was still a little too random and messy for my taste. Indeed, there was never a script for the movie and each scene was filmed from ideas Peter Jackson had come up with during the week. Still, it remains a fun movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.