Actium Maximus (2005) Director: Mark Hicks Writer: Mark Hicks Cast: Johnathan Daniel McCuin, Mark Hicks,Jennifer Hamil The wretched colony world of Actium is crumbling under the ego of its dictator, Grand-Automaton Polpox. Rebel Laffrodites, a religious minority, are being exterminated in a government run campaign and to distract the citizenry Polpox has put on a grand carnival, an Actium Maximus where alien dinosaurs fight to the death in a gigantic Colosseum. Space Hunter Axezun is commissioned to scout the farthest reaches of the galaxy for new combatants. He and his crew find much more than bloodthirsty monsters on their quest however, they also discover a secret which could alter life in the galaxy forever.
Ain't No Way Back (1990) aka: No Way Back Director: Michael Borden Writer: Morgan Sloane Cast: Campbell Scott, Virginia Lantry, Bernard White Two men on weekend outing assist country lass in trouble but find themselves in a stew. One is killed, one severely injured who recovers at the Campbell cabin. He learns the simplicity of country living and falls in love with daughter. She explains, mysteriously, that although she cares, this cannot be; the feud is coming', as it always does. Only after his own death, during the feud, does he realize that the Campbell and McDonald clans have been 50 years dead! He has, however, broken the cycle of the ongoing feud and now all, him included, may rest in peace.
Unspeakable (2000) Director: Chad Ferrin Writer: Chad Ferrin Cast: Roger Garcia, Tamera Noll, Leigh Silver Impotent and unhappy middle-aged James Fhelleps goes murderously around the bend after an automobile accident claims the life of his beloved daughter Heather and turns his nagging wife Alice into a pathetic grotesquely disfigured cripple. James embarks on a savage killing spree, brutally butchering such low-life scum as hookers and drug dealers so he can reach Heather from the other side.
Sergio Lapel's Drawing Blood (1999) aka: Drawing Blood Director: Sergio Lapel, Onur Tukel Writer: Onur Tukel, Noel Anderson Cast: Amie Childers, Dawn Spinella, Kirk Wilson A vampire artist forces her brother to bring her victims so she kill them then paint them with their own blood. The brother falls in love with a young hooker, the vampire´s next intended victim, and must choose between sacrificing the girl or killing his vampire sister.
Poor vampire yarn following a female vampire artist who kills women then paints pictures in their blood. To help her she enlists a struggling male artist to bring her woman to use, only he falls for a down on her luck prostitute. He must kill the vampire in order to stop her feeding and killing his new found love.
The characters are one dimensional and they are poorly acted, the plots boring, the pace is pedestrian in fact the only selling point with Drawing Blood is it does contain a pretty big bewb count. I found it extremely dull to the point of wanting to turn it off.
Chillers (1987) Director: Daniel Boyd Writer: Daniel Boyd Cast: Jesse Emery, Marjorie Fitzsimmons, Laurie Pennington While waiting for their bus, five passengers have just had horrible nightmares and decide to tell them to each other to help killing time. A swimmer, who has lessons in a swimming pool with a dead swimmer, tells the first one. A young boy, who goes camping with two friends and a crazy man as a leader, is the next. Then, a lonely woman, who has an infatuation with the anchor of a late night show, and finds that he is indeed a vampire. A young man, who finds he has the gift of bringing dead people back to life, brings a cold blood criminal back to life. Last, a skeptic professor of anthropology tells to his students about an evil Spanish creature from the Middle Ages called "Ixpe", and a young woman embodies it. When the bus arrives, they have a huge surprise.
Substandard anthology horror about a set of bored passengers retelling their nightmares while waiting for a connection in a bus stop. The first tales about a woman being stalked in a swimming pool by a guy who died in a divining accident five years before. Next is a tale about a scout being stalked by a crazed camp leader during a weekend camping trip. The third follows a lonely woman who fantasizes about a TV news reader, he later turns out to be a vampire. The fourth follows a man who gains the gift of bringing people back from the dead, only he ends up bringing an axe murderer back by mistake. The final tale follows a professor who gives a college lecture about an ancient evil creature, only one student becomes possessed. The film wraps with the passengers getting on their bus, only their destination is not where they expected to be heading.
Really poor offering from Troma this, they were clearly aiming for something like Creepshow but Chillers tales are as mild as those from the children television series Goosebumps.
Parts of the Family (2003) aka: Farts of the Pamily (on-screen gag name) Director: Léon Paul De Bruyn, Gabriel Friedman Writer: Léon Paul De Bruyn, Gabriel Friedman Cast: Cecilia Bergqvist, Leo Franquet, Lloyd Kaufman (Tromatized Version) Beyond the front door of an old, decrepit house is buried a horrible and tragic past. One horryfing and gory night a family of four is brutally hacked to pieces. The only survivor is the young and beautiful housekeeper, Ella. When she steps out of the house one day, she has no idea that she is about to be snatched by failed bank-robber Jason Goodis. Goodis, however, could not have imagined that the innocent hostage he is dragging back inside, has an unquenchable thirst for blood!
The film was bought by Troma and comes in two versions you can watch the original Belgian film (as they bought it) or you can watch a Tromatized version where Lloyd Kaufman and his fellow Troma goons add scenes and gags (these are mostly centred on cutting back to a Troma news desk during various points of action within the main movie). Plots about an on the run bank robber taking an helpless female hostage, only turns out she's not so helpless as she's just killed an whole household of people. The robber takes the hostage back to her place, but the victims bodies rise from the dead and attack.
Very lame attempt by Troma to liven up a very dull though pretty gory movie. You get a few bewbs lots of gore and painfully unfunny gags, who knows if your stoned or drunk and want something that doesn't need much thought it may be ideal viewing. I sadly was sober and found it painful, I was praying for the ending within the first 20 minutes.
Mommy's Epitaph (1987) aka: Epitaph Director: Joseph Merhi Writer: Joseph Merhi Cast: Natasha Pavlovich, Delores Nascar, Jimmy Williams A family must keep moving from town to town because the mother is a psychotic axe murderer who keeps flipping out and murdering people.
Tale about the Fulton family who have to keep moving homes because alcoholic mother Martha kills most the men she meets. The daughter Amy as had enough of these moves and wants to settle down, expecially now she's met a new boyfriend Wayne. Her father does his best to sort the family out by hiring a psychiatrists to pose as Marthas friend in the hope she can help. Only things don't go to plan as Martha ends up killing both her husband and the psychiatrists then continues with her killing ways.
Released by troma but for change it isn't exactly played for crude laughs (well theres some but its not the usual lame gags about shit or bewbs). It contains one of the wildest onscreen deaths I've seen since Vincent Price played Dr Phibes. Martha puts a rat in a bucket and ties it to the psychiatrists stomach, then heats the bucket until the rat eats its way through the woman exiting her back. One of the more memorable Troma releases this purely because Joseph Merhi tries to stick to his own penned script. Recommended to fans of classic gory dramas like the kind HG Lewis used to make.
A Nocturne (2007) Director: Bill Mousoulis Writer: Ali Alizadeh, Bill Mousoulis Cast: Chris Anderson-Peters, Billy, Patrick Boyle X and Z are a vampire couple, living in an old warehouse in inner-city Melbourne. Over the course of one night, they go about their regular business, teaming up with the poet-cannibal Seers and another vampire Vee. After a strange encounter with the mysterious Rola, the fabric of X and Z's world begins to change. A philosophical vampire film.
Philosophical low budget vampire tale from Australia, that comes off more like Mike Leigh's Naked than any vampire movie I've seen before. A Nocturne seems to sidestep any idea of a plot, instead we see the vampires meditate on their almost junky like situation of facing their own hopeless existence just to feed. I'd recommend both Abel Ferrara's The Addiction and George A. Romero's Martin over this, both better thinking mans vampire tales, but if you're in the mood for a zero budget shoegaze vampire movie then maybe A Nocturne will suit your tastes.
2011 Father's Day Mother's Day Toxic Twins: The Toxic Avenger V
2010 Troma Digital Studios: A Lesson in BrownRay Grim Blood Oath Killer Yacht Party Blood Junkie Sexy Workout Obsession Letters To David Lynch Spaceman LA Mr. Hollywood Superstar Surfin' In the USA What is Art?
2009 Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare Direct Your Own Damn Movie! My Best Maniac Purge Heavy Mental: A Rock-n-Roll Blood Bath Jessicka Rabid The Chainsaw Sally Show The Killer Bra Dark Nature The Ghost of Marquis de Sade 10 Things Every Golfer Should Know Penisella
2008 Poultry in Motion: Truth Is Stranger Than Chicken The Amnesia Party Dead Eyes Open Splendor and Wisdom Bloodspit The Seduction of Dr.Fugazzi Tasteless Shameless Vanity Insanity
2007 Uchuujin from Outer Space Dancing Into the Future Meat Weed America Blood, Boobs & Beast Crazy Animal A Nocturne: Night of the Vampire (reviewed here) Jack to the Max
2006 Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Debbie Rochon Confidential: My Years in Tromaville Exposed! The Evolved Part 1 Special Needs Cyxork 7 Yeti: A Love Story Big Foot Meat Weed Madness The Demons Among Us I Need to Lose Ten Pounds
2005 Virgin Beasts Devoured: The Legend of Alfred Packer Make Your Own Damn Movie! 976-Lars Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night Eyes of the Chameleon Pot Zombies Rock 'n' Roll Space Patrol Action is Go! Belcebú: Diablos Lesbos Actium Maximus: War of the Alien Dinosaurs Hick Trek 2: The Next Aggravation No Substitute for Victory: From Vietnam to Iraq Mike Jacobs' Explosive Golf
2004 Tales from the Crapper Kung-Fu Kitties LolliLove Space Daze The Thick Brown Line Offensive Behaviour Emily The Incredible Torture Trio Marijuana's Revenge
2003 Doggie Tails, Vol. 1: Lucky's First Sleep-Over Bazaar Bizarre Zombiegeddon Doggie Tails The Wounded Coming Distractions
2002 All the Love You Cannes! Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie'
2001 Sidney Pink on 'Pyro' The Making of 'Terror Firmer' Suicide Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market Outlaw Prophet Farts of Darkness: The Making of Terror Firmer Rockabilly Vampire: Burnin' Love
2000 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV "Troma's Edge TV" The Rowdy Girls Dumpster Baby Superstarlet A.D. Viral Assassins Ángel Negro Eve's Beach Fantasy Sour Apple Freeze Pop (presented by Troma only)
1999 "Captain Jackson" A Midsummer Night's Dream So Shall You Reap Backroad Diner Touch Me in the Morning Fatty Drives the Bus Shakespeare in... and Out The Hall Monitor Sergio Lapel's Drawing Blood Go To Hell Nightfall Alien Blood
1998 Fag Hag Terror Firmer Decampitated Viewer Discretion Advised The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven Jefftowne Pep Squad Sucker: The Vampire Fag Hag Lost in Hollywood
1997 Bugged Sgt. Kabukiman Public Service Announcement (TV) Hamster PSA Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills Teenage Catgirls in Heat "The Tromaville Café" Legend of the Chupacabra Blood Sisters of Lesbian Sin Mommy 2: Mommy's Day
1996 Tromeo and Juliet Killer Condom The Imitators Macabre Pair of Shorts Tight Spot Vendetta
1995 Class of Nuke 'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo Digital Prophet
1994 House of the Rising "Troma Theater" Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress Flesh Eaters From Outer Space
1993 The Troma System Cannibal! The Musical Teenage Catgirls in Heat Eye of the Stranger Tuesday Never Comes Death Dancers
1992 Vegas in Space There's Nothing Out There State of Mind Fraternity Demon
1991 Dead Dudes in the House Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown Wizards of the Demon Sword "The Toxic Crusaders" Tomcat Angels Body Parts Cybernator
1990 Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy Def by Temptation Getting Lucky Luther the Geek Strangest Dreams: Invasion of the Space Preachers Time Barbarians Twisted Justice No Way Back
1989 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie Chrome Hearts Fortress of Amerikkka They Call Me Macho Woman The Toxic Avenger Part II Beware: Children at Play Blades Invasion for Flesh & Blood Mr. Robbie
1988 Troma's War Jakarta Rabid Grannies Evil Clutch Dr. Hackenstein Contra Conspiracy Death by Dialogue Ragin' Cajun Bloodspell Mirror of Death
1987 Lust for Freedom Story of a Junkie Surf Nazis Must Die Student Confidential Chillers Deadly Daphne's Revenge Redneck Zombies Blood Hook Skeleton Coast The Newlydeads Plutonium Baby Mommy's Epitaph Deadly Daphne's Revenge Jonathan of the Night
1986 Hollywood Zap Class of Nuke 'Em High Combat Shock Nightmare Weekend Play Dead
1985 Igor and the Lunatics When Nature Calls Screamplay Star Worms II: Attack of the Pleasure Pods
1984 Dreams Come True The Toxic Avenger Zombie Island Massacre Ellie
1983 The First Turn-On!! Monster in the Closet
1982 Stuck on You! Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters The Last Horror Film Nightbeast Curse of the Cannibal Confederates
1981 Waitress! Graduation Day Great White Death
1980 Mother's Day The Children Beyond Evil Escape From Hell Nightmare Never Ends
1970's Squeeze Play The Battle of Love's Return Honey Britches Mad Dog Morgan Blood Sucking Freaks Hanging Woman Cry Uncle! Video Vixens Preacherman East End Hustle Garden of the Dead Fore Play Sugar Cookies Pigs The G.I. Executioner Big Gus, What's the Fuss? Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell Hot Summer in Barefoot County The Butchers Crazed Demented Death Farm Massacre The Capture of Bigfoot Acting Out No Substitute for Victory
1960's Scream, Baby, Scream Shark! Madigan's Millions The Girl Who Returned Sweet Sound of Death Psycho A-Go Go
1950's Albert Schweitzer Radar Men from the Moon D.O.A. Three Guys Named Mike Rage at Dawn The Painted Hills Jack and the Beanstalk The Big Trees Indiscretion of an American Wife Suddenly Carnival Story Last Time I Saw Paris
1940's The Corpse Vanishes The Ape Dead Men Walk The Monster Maker Zorro's Black Whip Dick Tracy, Detective Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Dick Tracy's Dilemma Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome That Uncertain Feeling Invisible Ghost British Intelligence Captain Kidd In Old Cheyenne Bowery at Midnight King of the Cowboys Adventure in Iraq Nabonga Angel on My Shoulder Roll on Texas Moon Africa Screams Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe Underground Lady Gangster Kid Dynamite Hands Across the Boarder Enemy of Women Blood on the Sun Helldorado Apache Rose The Perils of Paulie The Time of Your Life
1930's White Zombie The Gorilla Billy the Kid Returns Days of Jesse James The New Adventures of Tarzan Tarzan's Revenge Zorro Rides Again Zorro's Fighting Legion The Broken Melody His Private Secretary Dixiana The Milky Way Rawhide Terror Sins of the Children The Legion of Missing Men Light of Western Stars Silver Horde Millie Behind Office Doors The Lady Refuses Kept Husbands Illegal The Last Frontier Bird of Paradise Kennell Murder Case Tarzan the Fearless Of Human Bondage Blue Steel The Mysterious Mr.Wong The Lucky Texan West of the Divide Paradise Canyon The Fighting Westerner Hell Town Undersea Kingdom Something To Sing About Where Trails Divide The Secret of Dr.Kildare Way Down South They Made Me a Criminal Fisherman's Warf Nancy Drew, Reporter
Bigfoot (2006) Director: Bob Gray Writer: Bob Gray Cast: Todd Cox, Liza Foster, Bob Gray In a place, where man and nature have co-existed for years. Man has finally overstepped his bounds and nature is fighting back.
The Newlydeads (1987) Director: Joseph Merhi Writers: Sean Dash Cast: Rebecca Barrington, Michele Burger, Dick Crawford, Charla Driver, Doug Jones The owner of a lakeside resort murders a transvestite. Fifteen years later, the drag queen's spirit comes back and starts killing honeymoon couples.
Screamplay (1985) Director: Rufus Butler Seder Writers: Ed Greenberg, Rufus Butler Seder Executed in the manner of a 1940's low-budget programmer, this comedy-thriller chronicles the misadventures of screenwriter Edgar Allen (Rufus Butler Seder), aspiring to move along in the literary footsteps of another, 19th-century Edgar Allen. Edgar is trying to come up with good horror script in order to impress an agent. If the script is good, the agent will take on the scenarist. Needing digs, but having little dough, Edgar agrees to work for room and board as a janitor of the ramshackle Welcome Apartments, owned by an odd experimental filmmaker. Edgar finds that every resident is more than a little eccentric and uses them in his new script. 'Wow amazing and sad that Rufus Butler Seder only ever got to make one movie, he also stars as Edger Allen a young dreamer who's hopes of making it as a big time screenwriter are set back when people are dying like the characters in his script. The films a wonderful blend of b-movie exploitation, golden era hollywood and even some thrown in German expressionism. The use of projected backgrounds in alot of the scenes works so well even though its clearly used due to lack of budget. Film also stars lofi arthouse legend George Kuchar as a sleazy hotel manager who befriends Edgar after killing a roller skating transexual mugger in one of the films many humorous death sequences. As well as great visuals there's so many priceless snippets of dialog like the old has been actresses "I've f'cked Barrymore, I've f'cked Karlof ... (you've f'cked Karlof ?) ... I've f'cked them all" in the manner of Sunset Blvd style Norma Desmond. How can you not love this movie, Oscar Wilde said "We are all sitting in the gutters but some of us are staring at the stars" like that this gutter film dares to stare into the stars. Gotta fit a mention in for Katy Bolger who plays wannabie actress Holy like Rufus Butler Seder its a shame she never went on to make more films. Highly Recommended Cult Gem'
Bugged (1997) Director: Ronald K. Armstrong Writer: Ronald K. Armstrong A defenseless housewife whose home is under siege by flesh-eating insects calls on some unfortunately ill-prepared exterminators. Another juicy horror-comedy from the twisted auteurs at Troma Team. 'I'm sure this started out as an honest attempt to do an all black independent science fiction movie, but like so many lowbudget films before specially troma efforts it fails. Its not a total lost cause though as a few of the actors really try and the bugs are so cheesy looking and the way they move they're sure to raise the odd giggle.'