Troma Entertainment
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1974 |
| Seat | Astoria , NY , United States |
| management |
Lloyd Kaufman , President Michael Herz , Partner |
| sales | $ 1,800,000 |
| Branch | Film company , media company |
| Website | www.troma.com |
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production company founded in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz . At the beginning some sex clothes were shot. With the takeover of the marketing of Blood Sucking Freaks , Troma is concentrating on films that usually have a dramatic depiction of violence, combined with horror elements and rough humor ( trash horror , splatter , exploitation ). Her cheaply produced films ( low-budget films ), which are seldom recognized by the established specialist press, enjoy cult status among a wide range of fans . Her most famous film, Atomic Hero (The Toxic Avenger), has been cited as one of her greatest influences by Peter Jackson , Quentin Tarantino and Takashi Miike , among others .
Troma films were also often the start of great film careers, e.g. B. for Kevin Costner (Sizzle Beach USA), Marisa Tomei (The Toxic Avenger) , Billy Bob Thornton (Zombie Town) and Samuel L. Jackson (Def by Temptation).
In 2012 Troma published one hundred and fifty of its productions on the online video portal YouTube .
Troma's headquarters are located at 733 Ninth Avenue, in the heart of the Hell's Kitchen district in New York City , New York, USA.
Filmography (selection)
- Bloodsucking Freaks , 1976
- Christmas Evil (alt .: You Better Watch Out )
- Mother's Day (Mother's Day) , 1980
- Class of Nuke 'Em High, 1986
- Class of Nuke 'Em High 2
- The Toxic Avenger (Atomic Hero) , 1984
- Surf Nazis Must Die , 1986
- Combat Shock, 1986
- Monster in the Closet (Monster in the Closet) , 1986
- Redneck Zombies , 1987
- The Toxic Avenger Part II, 1988
- Club War ( Troma's War ), 1988
- Curse of the Cannibal Confederates
- Decampitated (cry louder )
- Evil clutch
- Fortress of Amerikkka
- Zombie Island Massacre
- Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD, 1990
- Tales from the Crapper
- The Toxic Avenger Part III, 1991
- Witch House - Blood for the Zombies , 1991
- Class of Nuke'em High 3 : The Good, The Bad and the Subhumanoid , 1994
- Tromeo and Juliet (Tromeo & Julia) , 1996
- Cannibal! The Musical , 1996
- Terror Firmer , 1999
- The Toxic Avenger Part IV / Citizen Toxie, 2001
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead , 2006
- Attack of the Tromaggot , 2010 (Germany)
- Father's Day, 2011
- Return to Nuke 'em High Vol. 1, 2013
- Return to Nuke 'em High Vol. 2, 2016
literature
- Lloyd Kaufman: All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger . New York: The Berkley Publishing Group 1998 (English). ISBN 0-425-16357-1
- Lloyd Kaufman: Make Your Own Damn Movie !: Secrets of a Renegade Director . New York: St. Martin's Press 2003 (English) ISBN 0-312-28864-6
Web links
- Official website of Troma
- Troma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Troma entertainment films on YouTube
- House Of Horrors on the subject of TROMA
- Official site of Lloyd Kaufman
- List of all Troma Films (English)
- TROMADANCE! - the annual Film Festival Troma (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Troma, Inc. In: D&B Hoovers. Dun & Bradstreet , Inc., accessed June 7, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Mike Masnick: B-Movie Legends Troma Entertainment Releases 150 Films On YouTube. In: Techdirt . August 30, 2012, accessed August 31, 2012 .