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Bad Taste
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References
"Doctor Who" (1963)
"Star Trek" (1966)
"The Waltons" (1972)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
 -  Chainsaw cutting at the door
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
 -  The house flies up in the ending like the homestead in Bad Taste.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The Shining (1980)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
 -  "There's no glowing fingers on these bastards"
Referenced in
Meet the Feebles (1989)
 -  When the show goes live, one of the spectators is wearing the alien mask from "Bad Taste"
Alien Beasts (1991) (V)
Fear in the Dark (1991) (TV)
 -  One of the boys mentions this as a film he likes.
Valley of the Stereos (1992)
 -  Ted plays the Bad Taste LP which causes River to roll down the hill into the swamp.
Braindead (1992)
 -  "Spoon Stuck in Head" gag
Batman Returns (1992)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
"Troldspejlet: Troldspejlet special: Ringenes herre - Eventyret om ringen (#27.1)" (2001)
 -  Jakob Stegelmann mentions the film by name
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
 -  The Orc captain's head is shaped like the alien's in Bad Taste, an early Peter Jackson film.
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Upon accepting his Best Picture win, Peter Jackson thanked the Academy for not awarding him for Meet The Feebles or Bad Taste
Little Red Riding Hood (2009/I) (V)
 -  Aesthetically inspired, similar satirical depiction of cannibalism.
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
 -  Nick closing a cracked-open skull and "sealing" it with a hat just like Derek in Bad Taste
Featured in
Good Taste Made Bad Taste (1988) (V)
Gorgon Video Magazine (1989) (V)
 -  Features a review of the film as well as clips
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995)
Spoofs
Mickey's Trailer (1938)
 -  The retractile lawn
Goldfinger (1964)
 -  The person with the finger prostetics in the beginning of the movie is called "Coldfinger".
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
 -  Kemp's hand spoofed at the beginnning of Bad Taste
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
 -  The Beatles car
The Evil Dead (1981)
Commando (1985)

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