BAD TASTE: SAVORING THE GORE-FEST OF JACKSON’S CULT SPLATTER CLASSIC
The Taste of Horror: A Fresh Bite into Peter Jackson’s Splatterfest “If you don’t feel well tomorrow, you know who to blame!” exclaims an alien invader in the darkly comedic horror movie “Bad Taste.” Released in 1987, this low-budget outlier marked the directorial debut of New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson. It’s a schlockfest that follows…
DEAD ALIVE: SPLATTERING THE CANVAS OF COMIC GROTESQUE WITH PETER JACKSON’S BLOODY BRUSH
A Gory Line Between Laughter and Screams “Party’s over.” With this disarmingly understated line from Peter Jackson’s cult classic Dead Alive (also known as Brain Dead), one might not immediately picture the fountains of blood and absurdity that define the 1992 horror-comedy. Before delving into a world where the grotesque dances with the ridiculous, let’s…
THE FRIGHTENERS: NAVIGATING THE ETHEREAL MAZE OF SPECTRAL HORRORS
From Beyond the Grave: Unravelling “The Frighteners” “Death ain’t no way to make a living!” – so quips Frank Bannister in the spectral comedy-horror romp that is “The Frighteners,” directed by Peter Jackson before his epic foray into Middle-earth. Released in 1996, the film follows con artist Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) who, after a…