Bad Taste

Peter Jackson's first film, a gory zombie/alien action/adventure/comedy. If I made this over the weekend with my friends and a budget of $30, I'd be very proud of myself. But it really begs the question how this director was given hundreds of millions of dollars to make "The Lord of the Rings." It certainly wasn't on the basis of this film. So what was it? "The Frighteners"? "Dead Alive"? Someone tell me!!!