History Film / BadTaste

* BaaBomb: Ozzy tries to destroy the aliens headquarters with a RPG. It goes through the without hitting anything, and a sheep gets blown up instead.

** As seen on the cover (at least, the ''original'' cover. [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm426286080/tt0092610 later versions]] added a second finger). This cover, sold in North America and featuring the "two finger" variant of flipping the bird seen in the UK and commonwealths, was often mistaken as a sequel to the original.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: One of the alien mooks carrying hammers moves barefooted.

* AlienLunch: Crumb arranges some gruel for his employees. It comes from Robert, who vomits into a bowl. Frank is forced to taste it in order to maintain his mole status. [[spoiler:He finds it quite tasty.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: One of the alien mooks attack Barry with an axe.

%%* AnArmAndALeg

%%* UseYourHead

It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for an intergalactic fast-food company, who massacre a small UsefulNotes/NewZealand town for the meat of its inhabitants. However, one of the townsfolk managed 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 named Giles is abducted and The Boys have to clean up the whole mess.

* BrainFood: Giles accidentally discovers Robert chowing down the brains of the fellow alien that was shot by Barry

* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: Happens when Crumb, who's preparing the leave Earth, rolls back the grass around house-ship and while badly hurt Oz is stuck on it.

* DistressCall: One doomed citizen of Kaihoro managed to make call for help from a phone box, which can be heard in the opening.
* DistressedDude: Giles, the relief aid collector is captured by the aliens, who intend to turn him into a dinner.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: According to film critic David Stratton it was the most appropriately named movie he'd ever seen. "It certainly makes good on its title." claims Rob Gonsalves on Rotten Tomatoes.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Derek (before his cranial trauma makes him go "apeshit") and Ozzy, who is happy to get to shoot something

* MonsterThreatExpiration: For the first alien to be 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.

* MyCarHatesMe: Giles manages to run away from Robert, who is chasing him with a bayonet, and reach his car. Unfortunately, it is unable to start before Robert is in the striking distance.

* PsychoPartyMember: Derek was already an example of a disturbed invidual before falling off a cliff. Afterwards, he's full on psycho who relishes in unnecessary cruelty.
* PsychopathicManchild: Some of the alien mooks, including Robert act like children. One pair is found playing pattycakes before they try to grab their guns and are shot down.

* SameLanguageDub: All the actors had to redub their dialogue after all the sound tapes went missing. Doug Wren, who played Lord Crumb, died during post production. So his character was dubbed by Peter Vere-Jones.

* WhoYouGonnaCall: The Boys, that's who. They are are small band of defenders under the government payroll who respond to alien threats.

* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: For the first alien to be 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.

''Bad Taste'' is a 1987 NoBudget sci-fi/horror/comedy film, the directorial debut for Creator/PeterJackson (who would later give us Film/TheLordOfTheRings and Film/TheHobbit films).

It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for an intergalactic fast-food company, who massacre a small town for the meat of its inhabitants. However, one of the townsfolk managed 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 named Giles is abducted and The Boys have to clean up the whole mess.

''Bad Taste'' is a 1987 NoBudget sci-fi/horror/comedy film, the directorial debut for Creator/PeterJackson.

* MacheteMayhem: The alien chef attacks Ozzy and Giles with a machete during the big shootout. The same blade returns few times as an ImprovisedWeapon userd by other characters.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Derek (before his cranial trauma makes him go "apeshit") and Ozzy, who is happy to get shoot something

* AlienLunch: The alien leader arranges some gruel for his employees. It comes from Robert, who vomits into a bowl. Frank is forced to taste it in order to maintain his mole status. [[spoiler:He finds it quite tasty.]]

* BaldOfEvil: The alien leader in his human form is bald.
* BigBad: The alien leader.

* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: Happens when the alien leader, whose preparing the leave Earth, rolls back the grass around house-ship and while badly hurt Oz is stuck on it.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Derek [[spoiler:going through boss alien's head and coming out his rear with his chainsaw.]]

* {{Badass}}:

'''''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 an intergalactic fastfood company, who massacre a small town for the meat of its inhabitants.

However, one of the townsfolk managed 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 named Giles is abducted and The Boys have to clean up the whole mess.

However, one of the townsfolk managed 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.

* OffWithHisHead: One of the aliens gets his head ripped off (and his spine along with it) when Frank steals his costume.

* PsychoPartyMember: Derek was already an example of a disturbed invidual before falling off a cliff. Afterwards, he's full on psycho who relishes in unnecessy cruelty.

* PsychopathicManchild: Some of the alien mooks, including Robert act like children. One pair is found playing pattycakes before they try to grab their guns and are shot down.

->'''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 a 1987 NoBudget film which is the directorial debut for Creator/PeterJackson. It's a splatter movie about a bunch of aliens working for an 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.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Derek's chainsaw.
* AlienLunch: The vomit gruel.
* AliensInCardiff
* AnArmAndALeg

* BaaBomb: Ozzy tries to destroy the aliens headquarters with a RPG. He misses and hits a sheep instead.

--> '''Derek''': "I'm a Derek. ''Dereks don't run''."
* BaldOfEvil: The alien leader.

* BoundAndGagged: Giles when he is captured by the aliens.
* BrainFood: Robert is shown happily eating the brains of one of his own.

* ChainsawGood: Derek's weapon of choice.

* ColdBloodedTorture: It involves a hammer, a bayonet and [[AgonyOfTheFeet a foot]].
* ComedicSociopathy: Ozzy!
--> '''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)
** Also, Derek shows a little too much joy torturing Robert (the alien he captured) and at the end when he'a cutting aliens up with a chainsaw
* CoolCar: Derek's Beatles-mobile.
* ConveyorBeltOfDoom: Happens when the alien leader rolls back the house-ship's grass and is stuck on it.
* CreepyBasement
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Derek [[spoiler: going through boss alien's head and coming out his rear with his chainsaw.]]
* DistressCall: Doomed Kaihoro sends one in the opening.
* DistressedDude: Giles.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: One of the alien mooks moves barefooted.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Frank dresses as one of the mooks during the infiltration.

* EvilChef: One of the aliens who looks suspiciously like Peter Jackson during his ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' years.
* EyepatchOfPower Worn by one of the alien mooks.
* 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. This cover, sold in North America and featuring the "two finger" variant of flipping the bird seen in the UK and commonwealths, was often mistaken as a sequel to the original.
** A little harder to notice is one of the aliens flipping off the protagonists as they make their escape in a car.

--> '''Ozzy''': "Wish we'd change that name!"
* GhostTown: Kaihoro.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: One of the aliens after Derek runs him over with his car.
* HatDamage: Derek's hat (that keeps his skull together) is shot off by a stray bullet, and he's immediately sent into spasms.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Derek before his cranial trauma and Ozzy to some degree.
* HumanAliens: for all but the last 20 minutes of the movie, the aliens look like regular humans
* ImAHumanitarian: One of the boys is forced to in order to maintain his mole status. [[spoiler: He finds it quite tasty.]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy
* ImpactSilhouette: At one point Derek saws a hole shaped like himself on the aliens headquarters' wall.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Barry kills Robert by throwing a machete on his throat, pinning him into a pillar.
* TheInfiltration: The Boys start one when they set out to save Giles.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: At one point Ozzy encounters one of the aliens, who puts its dukes up. Ozzy attempts to follow suit, but is interrupted by Frank.
* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: 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.
* MacheteMayhem: The alien chef attacks Ozzy and Giles with a machete during the big shootout.
* MadeOfPlasticine: The aliens; lampshaded with the line "They sure go to bits easy!"
* MeaningfulName: Kaihoro means "Foodtown" in Māori.
* MuggedForDisguise: Happens to one of the aliens when The Boys infiltrate their headquarters.
* MyCarHatesMe

* OverlyLongGag: The vomit scene.

* PsychoPartyMember: Derek after falling off a cliff.
* RailingKill: Ozzy kills the alien chef by throwing him over a railing.
* RefugeInAudacity
* PsychopathicManchild: Some of the alien mooks, including Robert.
* SameLanguageDub: All the actors had to redub their dialogue after all the sound tapes went missing. Doug Wren, who played Lord Crumb, died during post production. So his character was dubbed by Peter Vere-Jones.

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

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror

* ToServeMan: Aliens work for intergalactic fastfood company Crumb's Crunchy Delights, who wants to add humans to their menu.

* UseYourHead
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: Derek's attitude toward aliens.
* VomitIndiscretionShot
* WeaksauceWeakness: After falling off from a cliff, Derek's head becomes very vulnerable and if it's hit Derek is sent to spasms. Even a hit from a ''pinecone''.
* WhoYouGonnaCall: The Boys, that's who.