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I'm looking for a sci-fi comedy film probably from the 80s, it was a favourite of my Uncle but I've lost the name.

I think it is set in Australia, and there is a problem with aliens abducting and mutilating cattle.

The Prime Minister is deciding how to react with various advisors suggesting the army or air force, but the Prime Minister declares 'This is a job for The Boys' and uses a dedicated phone to summon (quoting my uncle) 'three lunatics in a van', who proceed to blow up everything in sight.

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Bad Taste, New Zealand, 1987.

Edited from IMDB:

Four men known as "The Boys" get called into a quiet New Zealand fishing town to investigate reports of a UFO, only to run into malevolent zombie-like murderous townspeople. What follows is a gore-drenched real guy's movie. The great Peter Jackson got his start writing and directing his own movies with this amazing b-movie independent zombie / alien gore comedy.

Here's a trailer courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.

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    If you enjoyed Bad Taste, you should watch Brain Dead, also by Jackson. Meet the Feebles is also great, but it'll ruin anyone's love for muppets.
    – bob1
    Commented Oct 30, 2023 at 20:34
  • i am intrigued. peter jackson is a genius.
    – releseabe
    Commented Oct 31, 2023 at 3:52
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    After seeing Brain Dead (aka Dead Alive, which is so much fun. That lawnmower scene alone is incredible) and Bad Taste, it blows my mind even more that he got the "keys" and go-ahead to do a multi-multi-million dollar interpretation for Lord of the Rings. I suppose those show his imagination, and ability to work with a low budget? In any case, I agree that Peter Jackson is a genius.
    – BruceWayne
    Commented Oct 31, 2023 at 16:52
  • I note that New Zealand doesn't have a president, so in that way the movie should be different from the queston.
    – M. A. Golding
    Commented Nov 1, 2023 at 18:00

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