Each week we invite a famous face to watch a classic film they have never seen and tell us if it lived up to the hype or left them throwing away their popcorn in disgust.

Inspired by Ruth and Martin's Album Club blog, which reviews critically acclaimed music, we decided to form a club of our own to test the cinematic knowledge of Scotland's great and good.

Up this week is stand-up comic and scourge of Twitter Darren Connell, winner of best comedy actor at the 2015 Scottish Comedy Awards for playing irrepressible police nuisance Bobby Muir in the BBC sitcom Scot Squad.

Despite his lifelong love of horror films, Peter Jackson's alien invasion cult classic has somehow slipped through his clutches. We aim to change this.

Why should we care?

Sir Peter Jackson is one of the most revered film-makers on the planet, responsible for bringing JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit on to the big screen in two of the most epic movie trilogies ever made.

Even Oscar-winning directors have to start somewhere, however.

For Sir Peter it was in 1983 in his native Pukerua Bay, New Zealand, where he embarked on making his debut feature, Bad Taste.

Filled with blood, guts and aliens, the gory comedy horror sees a group of suit-wearing extraterrestrials invade a small town intent on turning its inhabitants into fast food.

Shooting in 30-second bursts on an old 16mm camera it took four years to complete, with filming taking place at weekends with Jackson's friends volunteering as the unpaid cast and crew.

Filming took so long, in fact, that one of the actors was married and divorced before it was finished, while Doug Wren, who played alien leader Lord Crumb, died before the film finished production.

With virtually no budget, Jackson funded most of the project himself, building makeshift tracks for the camera, home-made cranes and even created his own $20 steady cam.

As well as writing, directing and co-starring in the film, he also created all the special effects on a shoestring budget (the latex alien masks were set in his mother's oven).

Eventually, the New Zealand Film Commission stepped and handed over NZ$235,000 to ensure the project was completed, allowing Jackson to overdub all the dialogue and the rest of the post-production effects.

All that hard work finally paid off when the movie was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and was subsequently picked up for release at cinemas around the world.

It never won any awards but its cult status was cemented when a cut version of the film was banned by the Queensland Film Board of Review, ultimately leading to the board's dissolution in 1990.

While Bad Taste may, on the surface, appear to be nothing more than a crude, low-budget splatter film, for Peter Jackson it was a launchpad into Hollywood that would pave the way for characters like Bilbo, Gandalf and Gollum to come to life on the big screen.

Firstly, tell us about your three favourite films, Darren?

My three favourite films of all time are Angels with Dirty Faces, Boys Town and Castaway with Tom Hanks.

I get a beautiful feeling of nostalgia every time I watch Angels with Dirty Faces and Boys Town; Spencer Tracy and James Cagney are gods.

I remember being introduced to these films as a young child by my mum and grandfather and I'm very grateful for that as I think it's what started my utter love for film, movies and old school entertainment.

These films are over 70 years old and I'm constantly moved to tears each time I watch them. They truly don't make them like that any more.

My recent film of all-time has to be Castaway. I think I've seen this film over 50 times and I never get sick of it.

Basically it's a one-man show with Tom Hanks and for him to keep you entertained for the entire movie shows you how awesome he is as an actor, or maybe I just want to be stranded on an island and have a football as a mate!

What, if anything, do you know about the film?

The only thing I know about this film is that is that Peter Jackson directed it, it's low budget and a horror.

This is considered a cult classic, how come you've never seen it?

I'm a massive horror fan and I love The Lord of the Rings, The Frighteners and Dead Alive. They are all favourites of mine so I'm ashamed that I've never had the chance to watch this.

Now that you've had the chance to watch the film, what did you think?

Now that I've watched it I found it enjoyable, the kind of enjoyable in the sense that something is so bad it's good.

I found the soundtrack through it very annoying and distracting to be honest.

Basically it's because it is Peter Jackson who made it - it was so surreal watching it knowing that he's made Hollywood blockbusters then watching this looks like it's been made by Mad Davy doing an NQ in TV production and sound recording at North Glasgow College.

What was your favourite scene?

My favourite scene was when the alien butler was standing at the top of the stairs saying "we are going to leave this awful planet soon" towards all the aliens at the bottom of the stairs, which clearly just looked like Peter Jackson's mates and cousins because they didn't have enough money to pay extras.

Did you have a favourite character?

My favourite character has to be the butler and my favourite quote is when he says "goodnight boys" and you just hear an alien go "ohhhhh" like it's saying goodnight but in alien language.

Would you watch it again?

I wouldn't watch it again. Please don't ask me.

Would you recommend it to a friend?

I would recommend it to a friend as all my pals also love film and this is a classic so defo worth a bash at least once.

How would you rate it out of 10?

3/10. I feel bad rating it that because if they did a remake I would sell out and happily be in it. Haha!

Do you feel like a gap in your cultural knowledge has been filled?

I might go round my back and burn this now.

So it looks as though Peter Jackson's first foray into film-making isn't a classic on the same level as Lord of the Rings but is still worth a watch if you are a fan of low-budget gore.