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Bad Taste
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Bad Taste is a 1987 horror comedy that was the first feature length film directed by Peter Jackson. Jackson also has an acting role in the film.
The following guns were used in the movie Bad Taste
Smith & Wesson Model 29
First gun seen in the film. After Barry (Pete O'Herne) fails to lose a blue-shirted human impostor who has trailed him from the deserted town, he resorts to using the team's Smith & Wesson Model 29 on the alien.
Later the team's unstable Ozzy (Terry Potter) calls the Magnum when the team preps for the manor infiltration and uses it for the rest of the film.
IMI Uzi
Derek (Peter Jackson) uses an IMI Uzi sub-machine gun at the start of the film. The weapon is seen again later in the hands of an alien.
IMI Uzi also appears in the cover of Soldier of Fortune magazine that Ozzy is reading while waiting Barry to report back.
Sterling MK IV SMG
Three Sterling MK IV Submachine guns are used by Frank, Barry and Ozzy.
AKS-47
This is the weapon of choice for most of the aliens in the movie. Again, this was another replica made by Peter Jackson for the movie.
There appears to be two types AKS(s) shown in film. One has the AKM-style slant cut muzzle brake.
Beretta Model 1934
When "The Boys" are getting out of the manor, the alien who blows their cover pulls out a Beretta Model 1934 at the Boys.
It is also used by some of the alien mooks during the shoot-outs.
Note A: Fairly thick grip indicates that it's the bigger caliber Beretta M1934 and not M1935
Note B: In the following scene, the alien escorting Giles wields Walther P-38
Note C: That's not a very good grip!
Walther P38
Used by one of the aliens playing patty-cake who are killed by Ozzy when the firefight starts and also a drunken alien who Ozzy shoots straight in the forehead.
Walther PPK
After the firefight starts, Lord Crumb (Doug Wren) gets a Walther PPK stashed in a drawer. He is later appears cautiously sneaking around the homestead in search of the boys and hides behind a bush. He gets a clear shot of Barry, but his perfect kill was foiled by the fact that he failed to load the magazine with real bullets in the first place. He is shown trying to load bullets in the magazine but starts to revert back to his real form and discards it.
Notice grips with NSDAP eagle holding a wreath encircled swastika insignia. This kind of PPK grip is often associated with the Nazi Walther PPK Party Leader Pistol AKA "Honor Weapon of the [Nazi] Political Leaders."
M1911
The team leader Frank is seen wielding a M1911 during the firefight outside of the housestead. Most likely to compensate the fact that the M1911 is a non-firing replica, it changes into Browning Hi-Power everytime Frank is shown firing his pistol.
Browning Hi-Power
Barry uses what looks like a Browning Hi-Power pistol after his Sterling jams. It appears that this is a real gun because there is recoil, smoke and ejecting cartridges. Apparently, the New Zealand film commission didn't allow Peter Jackson to use blank firing guns in this movie which is why he made replicas and added in the effects during post-production. Handguns are legal to own in New Zealand so Peter wouldn't of had much trouble using them in the movie. The actors also behave like they're firing a real gun during these scenes. Full auto weapons on the other hand are restricted in New Zealand which explains the use of replicas for the "bigger" guns.
MP40
Used by various alien mooks during latter parts of the film
RPG-7
The Boys have a (faux) RPG-7 with them. What 1980's New Zealand special forces under British Commonwealth of Nations are doing with a Soviet-made weapon nobody knows but most likely has something to do with hilarious carnage.
It first appears sealed within a locked crate in the trunk of Frank's car during the team's preparations to raid the homestead. Ozzy gleams over it while the others assure that they won't be needing it, crying dissapproving "bloody hell!" for.
During the final confrontation of the movie, the team decides that the aliens must be stopped and Ozzy runs to Frank's car to aquire the launcher. He breaks the lock with the S&W Model 29 and decides to test it on two aliens investigating Frank's car - blowing his co-worker's ride in process.
After Ozzy is injured Frank aquires it and fires it at the homestead, intending to nail Lord Crumb, but instead makes an animal that goes "baa" go "BOOM". It is then totally discarded.
Trivia & Additional Images
Firearm Replicas
It's interesting to note that Peter Jackson went about crafting most of the guns himself for the movie. In "Good Taste Made Bad Taste" behind-the-scenes documentary, Peter Jackson demonstrates one of the Sterling SMG replicas and explains how the magazine is actually all wood with a bit of cardboard on top, and that the gun itself was made from Aluminum pipe and some fiberglass. He doesn't specify if he made the other guns but nonetheless they're quite impressive.
