Troma Entertainment. They make really shit movies. And that’s why horror fans all around the world love them.
The company, which was founded in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, producer and distribute some of the most over the top movies you’ll ever likely to see. Sex. Violence. Gore. Anything goes in these movies.
Tonight on Sci-Fi (which, I have to say, are on a bit of a roll lately!) are showing three Troma movies back-to-back to celebrate Friday the 13th. The evening will presented by Lloyd Kaufman, too!
The Toxic Avenger, the first movie of the night at 10pm, is about Melvin, a 7 stone weakling who tumbles into some toxic waste and emerges as… well, The Toxic Avenger! The film is the company’s most well known, and spawned 3 sequels, a comic, a cartoon for kids and even a musical!
Tromeo and Juliet, the next movie of the night at 11:50pm, is a “punk-rock, gore-filled, over-sexed take on the Shakespearean classic with narration by Lemmy from Motorhead.” I think that about sums it up, really. The film was written by James Gunn, who went onto write and direct the mainstream, but rooted in Troma humour, flick Slither for Universal. The film was highly praised in the horror community, but bombed at the box-office making only £12.2 million worldwide.
The final movie of the night is Sgt Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. at 2am. The film is a spin on the superhero genre, about a cop called Harry who is transformed into an Oriental super-being equipped with heat-seeking chopsticks. Wow, much!?
For more information on Troma Entertainment, and their movies head on over to the official website.
Happy Friday the 13th!
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