Bad Taste - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Bad Taste"
Bad Taste (1987)
Timing: 1:32 (92 min)
Bad Taste - TMDB rating
6.323/10
789
Bad Taste - Kinopoisk rating
6.526/10
3846
Bad Taste - IMDB rating
6.5/10
51000

Actors and characters

Photo Terry Potter #228924Photo Terry Potter #228925Photo Terry Potter #228926
Terry Potter
Character Ozzy / 3rd Class Alien
Pete O'Herne
Character Barry / 3rd Class Alien
Photo Craig Smith #228927Photo Craig Smith #228928Photo Craig Smith #228929
Craig Smith
Character Giles / 3rd Class Alien
Mike Minett
Character Frank / 3rd Class Alien
Photo Peter Jackson #10253Photo Peter Jackson #10254Photo Peter Jackson #10255Photo Peter Jackson #10256

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson
Character Derek / Robert
Photo Doug Wren #228930Photo Doug Wren #228931Photo Doug Wren #228932
Doug Wren
Character Alien Leader
Photo Peter Vere-Jones #20924Photo Peter Vere-Jones #20925
Peter Vere-Jones
Character Alien Leader (voice)
Ken Hammon
Character 3rd Class Alien
Robin Griggs
Character 3rd Class Alien
Michael Gooch
Character 3rd Class Alien
Peter Gooch
Character 3rd Class Alien
Laurie Yarrall
Character 3rd Class Alien
Shane Yarrall
Character 3rd Class Alien
Dean Lawrie
Character 3rd Class Alien
Philip Lamey
Character 3rd Class Alien
Photo Costa Botes #316623

Costa Botes

Costa Botes
Character 3rd Class Alien
Graham Butcher
Character 3rd Class Alien
Bob Haliburton
Character 3rd Class Alien
Andrew McKay
Character 3rd Class Alien
Clive Haywood
Character 3rd Class Alien
John McTavish
Character 3rd Class Alien
John Nelson
Character 3rd Class Alien
Graham Nesbitt
Character 3rd Class Alien
Steven Smith
Character 3rd Class Alien
John Logan Jr.
Character 3rd Class Alien
Matt Noonan
Character 3rd Class Alien
Cameron Chittock
Character 3rd Class Alien
Ray Battersby
Character 3rd Class Alien
Mike Appleby
Character 3rd Class Alien
Peter Appleby
Character 3rd Class Alien
Michael Kane
Character 3rd Class Alien
Robert Johnston
Character 3rd Class Alien
Scott Bradshaw
Character 3rd Class Alien
Mark Lamey
Character 3rd Class Alien
Giles Forrest
Character 3rd Class Alien
Grant Taylor
Character 3rd Class Alien
Carol Taylor
Character 3rd Class Alien
Dean Taylor
Character 3rd Class Alien
Kim Taylor
Character 3rd Class Alien
Dave Hamilton
Character 3rd Class Alien
Jock Fyfe
Character 3rd Class Alien
Tony Hiles
Character 3rd Class Alien
John Ruby
Character 3rd Class Alien
Kerry Underhill
Character 3rd Class Alien
Robin Watene
Character 3rd Class Alien
Garry A. Brown
Character 3rd Class Alien
Mark Jackson
Character 3rd Class Alien
Peter Henderson
Character 3rd Class Alien
Janine Riely
Character 3rd Class Alien
Margaret Byford
Character 3rd Class Alien

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film was shot on a student grant over several years.
  • Peter Jackson, the film's director, plays two roles: a bespectacled man (Derek) and one of the bearded aliens (Robert).
  • All the weapons in the film are made from aluminum pipes, and the alien masks were baked in Peter Jackson's mother's oven.
  • A similar scene to the cliffside episode, where Derek impales the alien he killed with a machine gun and then shoots from its back, was used in Robert Rodriguez's film "From Dusk Till Dawn".
  • The mixture used in the film consisted of yogurt, muesli, and green food coloring.
  • There was never a written script for this film; all the scenes were improvised during filming.
  • The original title translates to "Bad Taste".
  • The idea to shoot a sheep with a grenade launcher came from a computer game.
  • A similar scene to the cliffside episode, where Derek pierced the alien he killed through and through with a machine gun and then shot from its back, was used in Robert Rodriguez’s "From Dusk Till Dawn".
  • The original title translates to "Bad Taste".
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