Peter Jackson Says He Would Be "Very Happy to Be Disgusting Again" and I Hope He Is One Day

Before Peter Jackson directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy he made some crazy awesome, low-budget gross out horror films. He spent a lot of the early years of his career bathing in fake blood. Well, the filmmaker would love to go back to his roots and make another horror film filled with blood and gore, if the right project came along.

While recently talking with THR, Jackson had this to say:

"I'm very happy to be disgusting again if the right project comes along. It would be interesting to see how disgusting [collaborator] Fran [Walsh] and I could be in our older age compared to our younger years because we've learned a few things since then. We know a little bit more about the world than we did then, so maybe our levels of disgusting could go into whole new places!"

I would love to see Jackson make another horror movie! I’m actually surprised that he hasn’t yet! I think that going back to his roots is exactly what he needs to reinvigorate his filmmaking career. Some of his earlier films include Braindead, Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, and The Frighteners. 

With Mortal Engines completely tanking at the box office, he needs to do something that encourages his fans and studios. Although, his WWI documentary They Shall Not Grow Old, was just absolutely wonderful.

I just think he just needs to dig deep and develop an independent original horror story and then direct the hell out of it without any kind of major studio involvement. When talking about his previous film work, he said:

"Our only philosophy was that we were going to be as disgusting as we possibly could. And we didn't have any studio types on set or reading with us, because there was no script to read, really — we were just writing it as we went along."

Would you like to see Peter Jackson go back to his roots and direct a new insane, blood-drenched, over-the-top horror movie?