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3.1.1 Peter Jackson.
** What were Peter Jackson's previous movies?
(1) "Bad Taste" (1987). A simple tale of prospectors for an alien fast food
company, seeking new product: humans. Up against them, the boys from the Alien
Investigation and Defence Service whose task is the defence of the earth (and the moon).
The boys have to rescue a captured phony priest, with the help of some Stirling
sub-machine guns, some pistols ("my turn with the magnum"), an RPG-7 and a
chainsaw. [mcw] (2) "Meet The Feebles" (1989). A sordid tale of greed, violence,
drugs, sex, and soft toys. A puppet show prepares for its live television debut but the
tensions within the troupe are about to explode in an orgy of violence. Features a
hippopotamus running amok with an M-60 machine gun. [mcw] (3) "Braindead" (aka
"Dead Alive") (1992). A simple tale of boy meets girl, mother doesn't approve,
follows them, gets bitten by a vampire monkey and before you know it, ZOMBIES. Which all
have to be killed by the hero with a lawn mower strapped to his chest. [note: Beware
of excessively-censored versions of this film on video. jp (passing on the warning of many
Braindead fans)].
** How were they received?
"BORN TO BE BAD (TASTE).
Horror Movie Takes NZ Film Down New Path"
Wellington, Sept 15, [1992] REUTER - A new blood-and-guts horror movie, "Braindead," scorns New Zealand tradition of art films by making even the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" seem like a fairytale. "If you thought the '50s was all bobby-sox and innocence you didn't live next door to Lionel," the film's publicity material proclaims. Set in Wellington, "Braindead" is about 25-year-old Lionel Cosgrove, whose life goes off the rails... But far from clutching the sides of their seats in terror, the audience at the premiere were rolling in the aisles with laughter. Director Peter Jackson insists the film is a comedy.
