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Bad Taste
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3428
- IMDb #3738
- Rotten Tomatoes #2118
- Letterboxd #2984
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2581
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2148
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The citizens of a small New Zealand town are being harvested for an intergalactic fast food chain by a group of grotesque aliens. A makeshift team of government agents, armed with heavy artillery and a complete lack of subtlety, is dispatched to contain the threat and save the world, resulting in a gory and comedic battle.
Details
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Writer
- Peter Jackson
- Released
- 11 December 1987
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $25.0K
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