His first film was called, appropriately enough, Bad Taste, about an alien invasion. It feature an insane amount of gore and was considered very edgy.

And then he went on to do Meet the Feebles, a raunchy puppet based film that was basically a spoof of the Muppets and had some very adult situation.

And then there came the film that many people would consider the “splatterpiece” (criminally bad punning, I know). That movie would be Braindead. You say you haven’t heard of it? That’s because here in the US of A it was titled Dead Alive. Yeah, now you know what movie I’m talking about. I saw Braindead when I was about 4 years old, and I’ve got to say, I still occasionally get nightmares of an evil baby attacking me (although I’m able to laugh at it nowadays). It is seriously the goriest film I’ve ever seen, and my repertoire is pretty extensive.

So then in 1994 something happened. Nobody who could call themselves a fan of Jackson could have seen it coming, but it happened. He made a film without intentionally controversial material. It didn’t have splatter based violence. That movie was the drama Heavenly Creatures, for which Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh were nominated for an Academy Award for screenwriting. Jackson was shifting to mainstream.

Then, of course, he did the Frighteners, which has a large cult following. Then he did Lord of the Rings, which really doesn’t need to be elaborated on. And then he went on to do King Kong, which while I do think was just a little bit too long by about 30 minutes, I enjoyed.

And now his latest film is an adaptation of the novel The Lovely Bones. The film is about a teenage girl who is murdered and tries to help her family solve the murder from a Heavenlike world. The trailer for the film looks fantastic. Which you can watch here.

This could very well be Jackson’s next Oscar, but to all the fans who fear he may be a sellout, don’t worry. He has recently stated that he is interest in returning to his roots with a sequel to Bad Taste, although nothing official has been said.

Here are some of Jackson’s works on DVD if you think you’d like to pick them. I chose ones that are more memorable. Remember, if you buy a DVD here and there from me, it helps keeps this blog going. Keep in mind that Dead Alive (Braindead) is NOT for the faint of heart.

So first of all, Megan Fox is NOT Catwoman. This was “leaked” by the same people that said Eddie Murphy would be the Riddler. It’s simply not true. Fox even said so. There, the easy part’s out of the way.

Now, here’s where it gets tricky. At San Diego Comic Con, Gary Oldman, who plays Commissioner Gordon to those not in the know, stated that filming for the sequel would begin in summer 2010. It’s not known if this is true or if he’s just messing with us, but let’s hope it’s true.

The next rumor that has yet to be confirmed is that not only will Christopher Nolan return as the director on the third film, but that he wants to shoot the whole thing in the IMAX format, like he did with the opening scene, and we all know how amazing that looked. Let’s hope that this, too, is true.

We’ll have to wait to see if these rumors are true or not, but in the meantime, if you need to further satisfy your Dark Knight fix, you can pick up the DVD and Bluray here!

The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]

The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)