10 Overlooked First Films By Great Directors

The man behind the epic Middle Earth series of movies started his directorial career making schlocky horror movies in New Zealand.

Before making the greatest film trilogy of all time (and then The Hobbit movies), Peter Jackson was best known as the mind behind Braindead and The Frighteners. Before any of those though, Jackson was making a movie about a group of murderous aliens harvesting human meat for use in their fast food chain.

1987's Bad Taste was a proper team effort by Jackson and his friends. The director also wrote the film, edited it, and played two parts. He was backed up by future collaborators Pete O'Herne and Peter Vere-Jones.

Wow, this guy needs to get some friends who don't have the same name as him.

In the end, Bad Taste is a fun, silly, over-the-top low-budget comedy horror with plenty of laughs and gore stuffed into its 92 minute runtime. More importantly though, it gave Jackson an entry point into the world of cinema, and for that we are all eternally grateful.

Jackson came from very humble beginnings to acheieve greatness - much like a certain resident of The Shire.