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Troma News Archives: July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006

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December 28: Our friends at HorrorYearBook.com have just posted their latest interview with our Troma Chief, Lloyd Kaufman! Read "S.O.T. (Save Our Troma) Lloyd Kaufman Talks To Molly Celaschi!"
December 28: CONGRATS TO US!!! THREE of Troma's film's make it into PopMatter's "Top Ten Films of 2006 That You’ve Never Heard Of" including ROCK 'N' ROLL SPACE PATROL... at #5, PERIOD PIECE starring naked old Tyree at #2, and Jenna Fischer's LOLLILOVE starring James Gunn at THE TOP #1 SPOT!!!
December 28: Check out Lloyd's cameo as the Judge in the Landless Theatre's live stage production of Cannibal! The Musical! Now up on YouTube!
December 28: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (the Trade Association for Independent movie studios) praises Lloyd Kaufman's efforts on December 1st, 2006 in their latest bulletin during Lloyd's pursuit to educate members of Congress and the FCC about the fact that independent art is at a very unfair disadvantage due to the cartel of gigantic international media conglomerates!
December 27: Thanks G4TV, our latest major sponsor added to the TromaDance Family!
December 20: Due to some technical difficulties in house, the updates have been a little delayed. Thank you for understanding! Please have a happy & safe Holiday season! Enjoy and spread our cards to your friends like the STD you always wished you got in your stocking on Kwanza morning! We will get back to posting all the latest who, how, and what-the-f#ck! from Tromaville next week!
December 12: HOLLAND DIKES, WATCH OUT! Lloyd Kaufman is going to PLUG YOU UP... with FILM KNOWLEDGE! Meet Lloyd & the Troma Team this Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival highlighted by Lloyd's world famous Master Class this Friday! Get all the details!
December 11: THIS JUST IN... LITERALLY! The POULTRYGEIST CD/DVD Soundtrack has just arrived! Get your's now in time for the Holiday season!
December 7: Justin Channel, webmaster for Troma's Official Fan Site, is having a 2nd screening due to popular demand of his new film featuring Lloyd Kaufman, DIE AND LET LIVE! Watch what the hype is all about Friday December 8th at Midnight (show starts at 11:59, though) at the Warner Theater - 147 High St., Morgantown, WV. Check out the flier HERE!
December 7: TROMETTE OF THE MONTH! "Have yourself a MERRIE little [insert your religious Holiday of choice... atheists can go to Hell.]" with Troma.com's red-hot December Tromette MERRIE! See and find out more about this convention vixen!
December 7: Ace French Journalist Colin Vettier and out friends over at Horruer.com send us his latest "TROMA DU MOIS" for MEDLY!
December 4: Updates to the Troma Appearances Section! Find out if Lloyd and the Troma Team are coming to YOUR town!
December 4: Job Opportunity in Tromaville! Troma is seeking a skilled, creatively driven Graphic Designer to begin work at our NYC Office. Check out our Jobs Page for more details!
November 34: Juuuuuuuuuuuuuust checking.
November 30: BREAKING NEWS! Kate Graham, star of POULTRYGEIST informed us that she will join Lloyd Kaufman at the Washington D.C. Tromapalooza concert for the TromaDance Film Festival on Friday, Dec. 1st, 9:00Pm at the Asylum. The event produced by Jen Tonon will raise money for the TromaDance Film Festival. Click HERE for all the info!
November 29: WATCH TOXIE IN IRAQ! See the streaming footage of Toxie over in Iraq with our brave armed services men and women! Click HERE!
Goodbye, Robert AltmanNovember 29: We we at Troma Entertainment would like express our deepest sympathies over the passing of director Robert Altman on November 20, 2006.
November 27: Lloyd Kaufman is looking for his NEXT FILM SCRIPT! Extreme, Daring, and 100% Original!!! Click HERE to find out MORE!
November 27: BACK TO REALITY! And now, on with the Tromatic News...
November 22: NEW!Exclusive WEBISODES Only on Troma.com! Watch our streaming Quicktime video WEBISODES available no-where else on the web, except TROMA.COM! See Trey Parker & Lloyd Kaufman talk one-on-one about Troma's latest movie and check out TYREE, cyber space's most beloved naked old man, watched over 250,000 TIMES, in his DRAMATIC DEATH SCENE AND MORE!
Debbie Rochon Confidential: My Years In Tromaville Exposed! [EZ Takes Download]November 20: ATTENTION DEBBIE ROCHON FANS! Troma's first EVER exclusively "Buy & Burn" DVD release, DEBBIE ROCHON CONFIDENTIAL: MY YEARS IN TROMAVILLE EXPOSED! will be available at EZTakes.com as of November 21, 2006! Debbie fans can rejoice, for this documentary and behind-the-scenes footage DVD promises to be the most in depth look at this true Tromatic horror scream GODDESS that will ever be available!
November 20: Snag your own copy of the soundtrack of the century, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Special Edition CD/DVD Combo disk available for EGGS-clusive pre-order NOW! Orders will not be shipped until the CD's official release date of December 12, 2006, but you can guarantee your copy will be clucking out on it's way to you! Sample a song or two at MySpace.com/PoultrygeistSoundtrack!
November 15: The TromaDance Team would like to give a warm, wet and sloppy THANK YOU to Mr. Tromapalooza himself, Nathan Fischer for organizing another successful Tromapalooza Event which raised $1,300 for our cause! The concert celebrating it's 4th year of Rocking and fund-raising was a great success! Click the thumb nails to see the picture enlarged. Check out the Next TROMAPALOOZA in Washington DC on Friday, December 1st!
November 14: Lloyd Kaufman's most recent Master Class at the University of Toronto was a great success! Check out these LATEST PHOTOS from the events courtesy of Toronto After Dark Film Festival Organizers Adam Lopez and Chris Emery!
November 13: NEW Tromatic Fan Essay! Check out “...How TROMA Broke My Artistic Virginity” by “The Story of Lloyd Kaufman” Troma cartoonist and super Troma fan Andy P!
November 10: POULTRYGEIST FLIER TO DOWNLOAD! IT'S UP TO YOU THE FANS TO SPREAD THE BIRD, YA HEARD! Litter, er, I mean distribute these POULTRYGEIST fliers through out your town, and get the cock out! Download the file HERE!
November 10: Hey Colorado Troma Fans! Don't forget to say hi to Lloyd Kaufman at the 1st Annual "Check out My Shorts" Film Festival in Pueblo this Saturday, November 11th! Check out the Troma Appearances for more info!
November 9: Listen to Lloyd Kaufman on New York Public Radio's Studio 360 discussing how the pupils of famed horror-gore FX master & friend of Troma, Tom Savini, were detrimental in creating the EGGS-cellent FX in POULTRYGEIST!
November 9: Star of POULTRYGEIST and TALES FROM THE CRAPPER Tranny JAMIE GRECO will be on The Montel Williams Show this Friday, Nov. 10th talking about Transgender Civil Rights! Check MontelShow.com for local listings.
November 9: Troma Yale Grads Unite for POULTRYGEIST! Check out this YALEDAILYNEWS.COM article/interview about Troma's articulate Yale Alums Lloyd Kaufman and POULTRYGEIST producer Kiel Walker written by Emma Allen!
November 9: LLOYD'S LIST JOB POSTING! 35mm Director of Photography needed for 1/2 day 2nd unit feature film shoot in New York City in the next two weeks. DP must own a 35mm motion picture camera. Pay is $250 and you will receive credit on the finished film, which will screen theatrically. Please contact Kiel with resume and contact info.
November 9: NEW TROMA IN THE PRESS! Our friends from Exit Weekly published a 3 page spread about your favorite director of chicken zombie movies, Lloyd Kaufman, written by Lani Buess! Check it out!
November 3: It's a photo update OVERDRIVE! Check out the latest freshly unearthed photos from: For more photos from events past, check out the archives listed in our Site Map! YOU might be in there!
November 1: Happy World Vegan Day everyone, and a deadly Day of the Dead to you all in Mexico and to those who celebrate Mexican holidays to get smashed. Here's some other occurrences that have happened on this fine holy day in history!
  • 1611 - William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
  • 1896 - A picture showing the unclad (bare) breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
  • 1942 - Larry Flynt, American publishing hero publisher is born
  • 1969 - After seven years off the top position on the music sales charts, Elvis Presley hits number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his song "Suspicious Minds."
  • 1972 - Jenny McCarthy, American "Playmate of the Year" and TV actress is birthed
    TROMAWEEN BOOBIE PRIZE FOR YOU!
  • 2006 - Monique Dupree`, the "1st Black Scream Queen" and Troma fan is proclaimed Tromette of the month for November 2006! Monique is also making Troma.com history by being our first African American Featured Tromette!
    Check out her deliciously bloody and playful photo spread!
October 31: Happy Samhain, Halloween, Hallow's Eve, Nevada Day, and possibly Kwanza from all of us in Tromaville!
October 30: The Troma and TromaDance Team would like to thank webmaster for Tromatized.TromaMovies.com Justin Channel for organizing the TromaFest in West Virginia last weekend and congratulate him on an event Justin claims was an “overwhelming success” in helping to earn funds for TromaDance! If you are interested in organizing your own TromaDance fundraiser or would like to screen a Troma film/s where you live, please contact Bookings[ at ]Troma.com!
October 30: HALLOWEEN TROMA TV MARATHON ANNOUNCED! Five, count 'em, FIVE Troma Classics, TOXIC AVENGER, TOXIC AVENGER II, CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH, MONSTER IN THE CLOSET and DEF BY TEMPTATION, can be seen on an ALL DAY MARATHON on October 31st, HALLOWEEN hosted by "Thee Goth" & "She Goth"! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE STREAMING PROMO ON YOUTUBE!
TROMAWEEN BOOBIE PRIZE FOR YOU!October 27: MORE TROMAWEEN TREATS FORM MONIQUE DUPREE`! As an extra special surprise for you, our luscious November Tromette, Monique Dupree` has offered a preview with some visual TREATS for you to enjoy for Halloween... and a few tricks, too! Check out more then just Monique's pumpkins!
October 27: Check all the Tromatic Events happening this TROMAWEEN weekend! TROMAPALOOZA, TROMAFEST MOVIETHON in West Virginia, and The XXXorcist / POULTRYGEIST Preview Party in NYC! See you there!
October 25: TheXXXorcist / POULTRYGEIST NYC Party Announced! Troma Team alumnus Doug Sakmann's movie, The XXXorcist is premiering this Friday at Luke N Leroy's in NYC, as well as special sneak BEAKS of POULTRYGEIST scenes to be screened! Other Tromatic and XXXoriffic goodies and freebies available that night also (as if the party and screenings weren't enough)! Get the info in the Troma's Appearances Section!
TOXIE MASK October 25: Because YOU wanted 'em, we GOT 'EM! The deluxe edition FULL COVERAGE TOXIE MASKS are back in stock! We already only have 3 left in stock! Be the envy of your friends or just improve your looks by wearing Toxie's face over your's!  With only 3 masks left, these are in extremely limited supply!
October 20: TROMAFEST MOVIETHON on the Big Screen in Morgantown, WV on October 27th! $4.00 ALL SHOWS! ALL AGES! ALL THE TIME! NO KIDDING! Cannibal! The Musical, Toxic Avenger, and Surf Nazis Must Die! Surf Nazi's Must Die producer, Robert Tinnell to attend! We'll also be playing the EGGS-clusive 5-minute preview of POULTRYGEIST! Contact event organizer and Tromatized.TromaMovies.com Webmaster Justin [ at ] Tromamovies.com for more info! Check out this and other Halloween Weekend Troma Appearances & Screenings!
Click for a larger view of The XXXorcist Box CoverOctober 20: Troma Team alumnus Doug Sakmann's movie is premiering across the country the weekend of October 27th-31st! Burning Angel is painting the town blood red on Halloween weekend to celebrate the release their latest horror-porn of The XXXorcist! As an added surprise, every screening will feature one of three alternative endings! For info on the theatrical premieres & parties in New York, Philly, Atlanta, visit the XXXorcist Homepage!
TromaDance Fundraiser October 15, 2006October 19: The TromaDance Team would like to extend an extra special thanks to Shane Swenson and rockers Thee Obscene and the volunteers who made the October 15 SCREAMFEST After-Party TromaDance Fundraiser in Orlando, Florida such a success! Thanks to their time and dedication, they raised $500.00 for independent cinema! If you are interested in organizing a TromaDance fundraiser, click here!
October 19: Today on TOTAL REQUEST LLOYD, Troma Fan Carson Daly gives a cluck about Lloyd's new cinematic feature, POULTRYGEIST! See the photo of Carson and Lloyd in Troma World!
October 18: GOOD NEWS! Room left for a few extra volunteers at upcoming Troma Appearances! This is your chance to work with Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team, or just get into an event! Email Kiel to inquire. Please specify which event.
October 18: Tromette LABIA is giving you the first look at her steamy SCREAMFEST pictures with the Troma Team which took place October 13 - 15, 2006! Get your looky on!
October 18: HALLOWEEN TROMA TV MARATHON ANNOUNCED! Five, count 'em, FIVE Troma Classics, TOXIC AVENGER, TOXIC AVENGER II, CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH, MONSTER IN THE CLOSET and DEF BY TEMPTATION, can be seen on DirecTV Channel 101 beginning October 20th starting at 10:00PM Eastern & 7:00PM Pacific Standard Time with an ALL DAY MARATHON on October 31st, HALLOWEEN hosted by "Thee Goth" & "She Goth"! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE STREAMING PROMO ON YOUTUBE!
October 17: BEEK the first to check out the Official POULTRYGEIST Theatrical Movie Poster signed and numbered available NOW exclusively for YOU, the online fans FIRST through the Troma Studio Store!
October 13: We here at Troma are too excited about all the FREAKY events happening this weekend! Check them out, and hope to see YOU there this weekend!
October 12: The Official POULTRYGEIST Motion Picture Soundtrack now has it's own MySpace Music Page! Be a FIEND of the most EGGS-ellent motion picture soundtrack for a chicken zombie movie released yet!
October 12: NEW POULTRYGEIST APPAREL ONLINE TO BUY NOW! Be the first on your block to wear these limited edition designs based on actual art from the POULTRYGEIST movie! Check it out at CafePress.com/Poultrygeist!
October 11: New Tromatic Fan mail!!! Check out these fan letters from Bjarni and Dave! More fan mail to be posted soon coming from YOU!
October 11: New LLOYD'S ROID! Get an advance look at the intro Lloyd Kaufman and Gabe Friedman were asked to write for NICANO LORETI's upcoming book about Cult People and Exploitation to be published in 2007!
October 11: NEW TROMATIC PARTY JUST ADDED IN EVENTS! SCREAMFEST After-Party & TromaDance 2007 Fundraiser w/ Special Guest, Lloyd Kaufman to start rocking on October 15th at 6:00PM at the BackBooth Club in Orlando! Ages 18+ and FREE BEER for those 21+ while supplies last! See the band and burlesque line-up HERE!!!
October 11: NEW EVENTS!!! Can you believe it's already been 15 years since VEGAS IN SPACE made it's glamorously visual assault on the shocked American masses? Well, it has! Check out the details on the very special Midnight Mass 15th Anniversary Cast Reunion Screening & Concert of this cult classic in San Francisco on November 11th in our Tromatic Appearances & Screenings!
October 6: In view of the recent tragic school shooting across our nation, we thought you should revisit Lloyd's Roid about the Columbine Massacre written in 2001. Please send your responses about your views of this horrible epidemic to Webmaster[ at ]Troma.com
October 6: "LLOYD KAUFMAN CROSSES THAT LINE" video is in the homestretch to get aired on television on CurrentTV.com! In the top 10 now, but this video needs to be ranked #1 to air! Go to Current.tv/watch/12404863 to GREEN LIGHT it, or to just witness the inner workings Lloyd Kaufman's mind!
October 6: ZOMBIExCOWGIRL puts the T & A in TromA-ween! Meet and SEE Troma's Online Tromette for October 2006!
October 6: NORTH CAROLINA! MEET LLOYD KAUFMAN TODAY! Lloyd and the Troma Team will be at a special book signing and discussion at the Borders Books and Music Store #558 in Charlotte, NC! Click here for more details and events!
October 4: Dive into the depths of Lloyd Kaufman's brain... figuratively, of course, in this new expose' from RogueCinema.com!
October 3: Troma's POULTRYGEIST get's a “We Hear...” in the world renown “Page Six” of the New York Post today!
October 2: Digital Retribution gives 5 Australia's out of 5 (!!!) for Troma's TROMEO & JULIET 10TH ANNIVERSRAY EDITION. Just another stellar review reminding us all why we NEED to own this classic DVD Collector's set all the more!
October 2: Happy Yom Kipper!!! Last day of the Happy HIGH Holy Days Sale! 25% OFF THE ENTIRE STORE until midnight! RUSH to the ROSH Hashana savings!
September 28: NEW POULTRYGEIST CD/DVD COMBO ANNOUNCED! See the cover art and get the inside scoop on how & when YOU can get your's at PoultrygeistMovie.com!
September 28: See which poster YOU picked! Thanks to the fans we now have our Official POULTRYGEIST Poster! Find out which one!
September 27: New Lloyd's Acting additions! Find out more about the films HORIZONICA and THE COPS DID IT, the latest independent film gems posted to Lloyd's resume!
September 27: Check out the web-page with trailer and Google Video for yet another movie Lloyd Kaufman graces his thespian skills for in The Cops Did It by Truth In Creativity Productions!
September 27: Friend of Troma & co-screenwriter/co-producer of the film HORIZONICA in which Lloyd Kaufman appears in, Ton van Rooij has sent us his literal praise and write ups on SFTerra.com and Fantastiek.com! Both are in Dutch, but have great great photos for the Dutch-language impaired!
September 21: Where can you get a MasterClass by Lloyd Kaufman, a screening of the Rough-Cut of POULTRYGEIST, and view the finest underground cinema from up-&-coming future auteurs within reasonable distance to peyote? Only at the 2006 TROMADANCE NEW MEXICO Presented by BURNING PARADISE this weekend! Why are you still reading this? GO!
September 21: 25% OFF THE STORE!!! Troma wants you to get a spiritual high on these solemn High Holy Days (Rosh Hashana & Yom Kipper), so we made EVERYTHING in the Troma Studio Store 25% OFF! Discount will be applied at checkout. Get your high savings and RUSH to the ROSH HASHana Sale!!!
September 20: Donations to the TromaDance Fund over $250.00 are now Tax-Deductible (plus you get the cool goodies!)! The more you give, the more you get back! For more details on this easy and rewarding process, please contact Kiel[ at ]TromaDance.com.
September 20: Lloyd Kaufman, Troma and the TromaDance Team would like to thank every one who has been pulling through and donating to bring the TromaDance fund to almost $800 in a week's time! Check out the NEW 2007 Incentives! Never hurts to donate again!
September 20: Get your Official Program for the 2006 TromaDance New Mexico! Check out the Official Press Release with all the details HERE!
September 20: NEW ACTIUM MAXIMUS DVD SHELF! Actium delivers a special look back year-to-date review this month with twice the shelf!
September 20: Troma's September NEW RELEASES are now available for your purchasing pleasure! Bon appetite!
September 20: The NEW Official 2007 TromaDance Website is online now!
September 13: URGENT! Unless more donations come in from the website fans, there may be NO TromaDance 2007! We do not have large corporate sponsors-- Help Keep Independent Art Alive! IT all adds up to YOUR next TromaDance! Thank you.
September 13: LLOYD KAUFMAN Crosses the Line: By Dan Persons streaming video on Current.TV! Check it out and vote to get Lloyd's interview greenlighted!
September 13: Lloyd Kaufman featured in Podcast streaming online from Dreaming Ant Afterhours! Click here to see how you can download it for yourself! Comments welcome (please, be gentle)!
September 13: New Tromatic Fan mail from Christopher Thomas! He also sends a link to a YouTube Video featuring Lloyd Kaufman and his bevy of sexy Tromettes at Dragon*Con! Check it out!
September 13: 's Bill Gibron gives Troma's Tromeo & Juliet: 10th Anniv. Double-Disc one of it's highest ratings in this fascinating proclamation! Also noted by the folks at DVDTalk, the same Tromeo & Juliet 10th Anniv. Edition have garnered their acclaim in Horror DVD Review Highlights of The Week (3rd listing down)!
September 13: ATTENTION SO. CAL. TROMA FANS!!! There is an opportunity to work with Troma Entertainment's International Sales team at the upcoming American Film Market - Nov 1-8. Please contact Lisa Borhoum (lisa[ at ]troma.com) if you are interested in volunteering. Deadline for volunteer submissions ends September 30, so don't delay!
September 13: Check out this new review from PopSyndicate.com proclaiming Troma's ZOMBIEGEDDON “a B-Movie fan's wet dream!”
September 13: “Talk Show Host TROMAtized - Judyth Piazza chats with Lloyd Kaufman!” New audio interview of Troma's head honcho Lloyd Kaufman online NOW and STREAMING on the TheSOP.com (Student Operated Press)'s American Perspective Radio Program!
September 12: There is still room for volunteers at Toxic Avenger book signings! This is your chance to appear as Toxie or a Tromette with Lloyd Kaufman! See the Events section for details.
September 11: VOTE FOR A CAUSE WHERE YOUR VOTE REALLY COUNTS! Lloyd would like to ask you all to support his picks for 4 of the categories for the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, SLiTHER! Support Tromalum James Gunn and show Fangoria with YOUR votes which film REALLY had the “Highest Body Count” and “Looks That KILL” among others! Check out Fuse.TV/Chainsaw to vote NOW!
September 11: Look for new releases September 19th in Tromaville! That is all.
September 11: Massive thanks goes out to the “regular fan” who made a whopping $100 contribution to the TromaDance Fund this weekend! EVERY BIT HELPS! And thanks to all of you $5 people, as well. IT ALL ADDS UP! We'll keep you posted on the latest events! Look out for the 2007 site at the end of the week!
September 11: Check out out Cannes photos in the Tromatic Fan Mail submitted by super-Troman, Matthias Diefenbache from Germany who has held a tradition for over 15 years of taking a photo with Lloyd at the Cannes Film Festival while including a picture of the previous photo taken with Lloyd from the year before! We salute you, Matthias! We salute you.
September 11: On the gyno note, see our new and improved Tromette Gallery Menu where you now have a face to those names you may have just scrolled by! And BREAST-DETECTOR! Roll over the thumbnail to find which girls show off what parts of you know where...
September 11: If you haven't checked her out yet, see our smokingly sexy, POULTRYGEIST starlet Tromette of the Month for September 2006 on Troma.com, Brenna Lee Roth! Let's just say, she's so hot, it's OK that we see her after having taken Milk of Magnesia... HMMM...
September 11: Remembering 5 Years Since September 11th in Tromaville. Revisit Lloyd's Roid about THE UNSUNG HERO OF 911:  THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA!
September 1: Happy Knowledge Day, Russia! And a glorious Revolution Day to YOU, Libya! Many wonderful things in the world have occurred through history on this September 1st day such as:
  • 5509 BC - The world was created, according to the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
  • 1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war.
  • 1975 - The last original episode of the American television series Gunsmoke airs on CBS after a record 20-year run.
  • 1990 - The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.
  • 2006 - Troma's announces the IN-LABOR Day 40% OFF Sale!!! Spend, then rest up, contemplate the meaning of life, take a nap, then SPEND!
Have a good weekend!
August 30: BE A FRIEND OF TROMADANCE! The 8th Annual TromaDance Film Festival now has a new MySpace Film Page online at www.MySpace.com/TromaDance! Be a friend and support independent cinema! New website coming soon!
August 30: ONE MORE KABUKIMAN & TROMETTE SPOT LEFT for each of the Troma Team's upcoming events this week! E-mail Kiel[ at ]Troma.com to see if you're the one who could represent Troma at DRAGON*CON and the FESTIVAL OF FEAR next weekend!
August 30: Hey STUDENTS! It's Back to School and Back to Internship Time in Tromaville! Few available spots still left for interns looking to get credits and independent film experience! Check out the Troma Internship Page and email this questionnaire to Internships[ at ]Troma.com!
August 25: This week you're getting a double dose of gossip, production photos, and complaining as Andy Deemer unveils chapters 10 and 11 for YOU to get inside the mind of a POULTRYGEIST PRODUCER! The Journals of Andy Deemer! More intrigue! More drama! More MORE!
August 25: Meet Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team at MONSTER MANIA CON 666 this weekend in Cherry Hill, NJ! Say “hi” to CITIZEN TOXIE's Kinky Finkelstein while you're there!
August 24: Tromapalooza Schedule Pushed Back! New Deadline for September 8th! Get your entry form HERE! You still have time! Check out the schedule of events while you're at it!
August 24: TROMAPALOOZA 2006 IS ON, BABY! Friday October 27th 2006@ The Boro Bar and Grill, Murfreesboro, TN (25 miles south of Nashville)
Bands Include: Skullkin • Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre • Trent Summar and The New Row Mob • Biff's DeVille • Butcherpriest • Lady Gia Bathory
Special Appearance by Lloyd Kaufman and The Toxic Avenger! Troma Merchandise will be available - Admission $7.00! Be there!
August 24: BEG! has a new home! Check out RobertGoldenPictures.com to see the official site for this "Best of the Fest"-winning cult Troma Classic!
August 23: Kasting makes “The Cut” in Short Film Competition! First time horror director Alyosha Saari of London is the £5000 winner of the Zone Horror CUT! Short Film Competition in which Lloyd Kaufman was one of the judges! Read the whole article!
August 23: NEW provocative interview online NOW with Lloyd Kaufman conducted by JAREPRIME for HorrorWatch.com during the HorrorFind Weekend in Maryland! Whew!
August 23: Lloyd Kaufman plays a small - but important! - role in the Dutch horror film Horizonica by Ramon Etman. The movie will premiere at the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held from 27 September to 6 October in Utrecht, near Amsterdam. For more info on the festival and screenings, check out FilmFestival.nl/en/!
August 23: Our friends over at TromaDance New Mexico have just sent us their latest Schedule of Events and Screenings for their September Festivities!
August 23: MORE VIDEOS... now of the Troma Team at Cannes! Check out this 9 min. raucous filled vignette of the freakshow we lovingly call the Troma Parade! Edited by Tromaggot from Germany. Hope you have good bandwith...
August 23: Congratulations to Justin Channel, Webmaster for Tromatized.TromaMovies.com, who has just released the teaser for his next film, Die & Let Live! which features Lloyd Kaufman. Check it out at MySpace.com/DieAndLetLive! AND, FANGORIA.com has done an in depth write up on the IWC director and his new film!
August 23: NEW TROMAIL! Check out this note from future stripper and probable future Troma movie starlet, Nick Wooley!
August 23: Check out this Google Video featuring Lloyd Kaufman in this new film from Truth in Creativity Productions, The Cops Made Me Do It!
August 18: Bob from Texas sends us his review of Lloyd Kaufman's Make Your Own Damn Movie book!
August 18: NEW Tromail from Dewn Undah! Chris from Australia sends us his photos from Lloyd's recent visit!
August 16: NYC AREA TROMA FANS! The new feature film "DISORDER" edited by Gabe Friedman, editor/co-writer of Poultrygeist! and Citizen Toxie, is now screening for a limited engagement! This psychological thriller opens in NYC on August 21, 2006 at the Pioneer Theater. Tickets are now on sale for the 9:00pm show on August 21, 2006. The 6:30 pm show has already sold out! Please come out and support this film! For more info, visit the Official Site or MySpace.com/DisordertheMovie.
August 16: Announcing TOXIE'S DRAWN & QUARTERED SALE! CHOPPING 25% OFF ALL DVDs SOLD IN THE TROMA STUDIO STORE (excluding new releases) ! This brings it to over 340 items in the Studio Store being discounted!!! It's like getting your 4th DVD FREE! Stock up before the holidays! This sale will be ending after August 27th at midnight! Available while supplies last!
August 15: Washington Post proclaims The Best of TromaDance, Volume 4 as a cult DVD “dose of summer horror-camp!” (middle of page) Also making the cult grade is Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace featuring Lloyd Kaufman as the Man in the Hat by our friends from Odessa Filmworks whose behind the scenes footage is in the MYODM Boxset!
August 15: Robert Golden's BEG! lauded as a “modern day masterpiece” by AssociatedContent.com film critic, Gennaro Desposito! Check out his “review of a new classic” or find out what all the praise is about yourself!
August 15: Shout out to fellow Jersey Boy, Kevin Smith, who was reported by Brookldale Public Radio to have played trailers for The Toxic Avenger & Waitress! as part of highlighting some of his favorite cult films at a recent screening he held in Red Bank, NJ.
August 15: Rave reviews for the NEW bonus footage from Troma's NEW Tromeo & Juliet 10th Anniversary Special Edition Double-Disc DVD Set! Check out the glowing comments from the Riverfront Times by Jordan Harper, or just get all the great bonus footage yourself right NOW!
August 15: “BLOOD WRESTLING: ONLY AT GENGHIS CON II: THE WRATH OF CON!” As if meeting L.K. and the Troma Team weren't enough of an incentive, now you'll get hot gynos wrestling in fake blood! Story by FilmThreat.com. Get more Appearances info HERE!
August 14: The “Be A Chicken Zombie” is now officially CLOSED! Thank you to the thousands upon thousands of entrants who submitted to get this unique opportunity to be in Troma's next egg-cellent fowl feature, POULTRYGEIST! More details to be announced as they arrive!
August 11: Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team are currently attending the HORRORFIND WEEKEND in Maryland, “the Spookiest Show on Earth!!!” If you're in the area, stop by and party at the Troma Booth! WOW!
August 11: Troma Team Buffalo gets mad drunk. Then realizes that we start shooting in 14 days. At the same time, the star of the film gets cold feet, and we start rehearsing Kiel for the role of Arbie. All in CHAPTER 9 of the Poultrygeist production journals by Andy Deemer!
August 10: New Troma Fan Mail with pictures! Sent in by Adam Leibig, Jeff from Texas, Rhea Caine, Val from Russia, Erin from Ohio, Dale Devries, and Leslie Chartier!
August 10: NEWSFLASH! Changes to Troma's Events Schedule: Unfortunately, Lloyd Kaufman will not be appearing at the Rock 'N' Shock with the rest of the Troma Team in October. He will instead be appearing at the newly listed Screamfest in Orlando, FLA that weekend. Check out all the other events and updates!
August 10: NEW additions to Troma World!
August 9: New addition to the Lloyd Kaufman, ACTOR section! Lloyd co-stars in Larry Longstreth's 16mm film "The Losers Have A Junkyard" from Bullcrank Productions!
August 9: Check out the Lloyd Kaufman intro on YOUTUBE for the new indie film, DREAM REAPER from Hack Movies Productions! Make sure to Search "TROMA" on YOUTUBE (or just click here) to watch your favorite Troma clips which we're lovingly uploading for you with new ones being added all the time!
August 8: NEW ACTIUM MAXIMUS DVD SHELF! Actium reveals new DVD Easter Eggs and details about the new T&J Double-Disk Set!
August 8: NEW RELEASE DAY IN TROMAVILLE! TROMEO & JULIET 10TH ANNIV. EDITION DVD is only available through the Troma Studio Store from August 8th to the 21st. This set does NOT hit retails stores until August 22nd, but you can get yours NOW! Also check out the Roan Group release, WHERE TRAILS DIVIDE!
August 8: Our French friends over at HORREUR.COM have the new LE TROMA DU MOIS posted highlighting the Troma import ANGEL NEGRO! Cool stills from the film are posted for the French language impaired! Review by Colin VETTIER.
August 8: Updated photos now online for the Troma Team at the San Diego Comic Con 2006, Cinema Wasteland 2006, Lloyd's Master Class at Coney Island, the Texas Frightmare 2006, and Lloyd's Master Class at the Boston Underground Film Festival!
August 8: NEW COCK TEASER cluck full of personal photos and harsh realities on set from the journals of POULTRYGEIST producer, Andy Deemer!
August 4: TOXIE I SCREENING! “Beat the heat in cool theaters showing even cooler movies!” Cleveland's Plain Dealer Columnist John Petkovic agrees that tonight's TOXIC AVENGER I screening is the best way to have fun, stay cool, and watch grown men wrestling.
August 2: Check out ALL the photos from Toxie's Novel Release Party HERE! When it's a Troma Party, you know it's worth looking at...
August 2: See CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL Live! Latest stage incarnation to take place August 25th to September 16th performed by the Landless Theatre Co. in Washington, DC. Our own Tromette LABIA is cast as horny virgin boy George Noon! Check out their “CrapKeeper” homage poster with the info & get your tickets at LandlessTheatre.org!
August 2: PLAY “KEEP ELIAN OUT!” To commemorate the “temporary” resignation of power by Fidel Castro in Cuba, let's hearken back to a simpler time when Elian Gonzalez was our trendiest illegal Cuban import. Play some ELIAN PONG in Troma Games!
August 1: New York Magazine Lloyd Kaufman & Toxie Portraits Online! These portraits were taken during Lloyd's interview regarding THE TOXIC AVENGER Novel for New York Magazine by their house photographer, Brad Paris.
August 1: Check out Lloyd's latest movie pick to flick! Get the first look at the new film, NIGHTMARE MAN starring Super-Tromette Tiffany Shepis (TROMA'S EDGE TV, TROMEO & JULIET, ALL THE LOVE YOU CANNES), and Directed by Rolfe Kanefsky (TROMA'S WAR)! ONE WEEK EXCLUSIVE RUN starting AUGUST 4, 2006 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theater 8000 Sunset Blvd. • West Hollywood, CA. • (323) 848-3500!
August 1: LOLLILOVE announced on Amazon.com's list of 50 best DVDs of the year so far at #25, ahead of the new DAZED AND CONFUSED Criterion disc at 26, HOSTEL at 29, and a bunch of Oscar winners, including GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK at 44!
August 1: 152 days until another New Year's resolution we can break! Huzzah! Here's some other historic events that occurred on this day in:
  • 1619 - First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.
  • 1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
  • 1944 - Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary.
  • 1960 - Chuck D, rapper in Public Enemy is born.
  • 1966 - Charles Whitman kills 15 people shooting from the Main Building at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
  • 1981 - MTV broadcasts its first video, "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles.
  • 2002 - Troma Entertainment announces release of CITIZEN TOXIE  Soundtrack!
  • 2006 - SinDee proclaimed Tromette of the month for August 2006 on Troma.com!
July 32: There's only 31 days in July.
July 31: New Troma Events Update! Meet the Troma Team at these Hot-Off-the-Verbal-Agreement upcoming events! The Troma Team to invade the Festival of Fear on September 1st in Toronto, Canada and Lloyd will join up with them at the TOXIC AVENGER Midnight Screening August 4th in Ohio! Get the info!
July 27: ZOMBIEGEDDON FANS! Check out this interview with Ari Bavel who stars in the future cult classic film as the bad-ass cop, CAGE!
July 26: NEW GAME added to Tromatic Games! We know you can whack OFF a Penis Monster, but can you just WHACK one? The future classic, WHACK-A-PENIS created by Jen Tonon & Lawrence Waldman!
July 24: See what happens when sweet Uncle Lloydie comes to Buffalo. A few hints: one of the art directors turns out to actually be color blind, the star of the film disappears, and something leads the landlady to start the eviction process. Courtesy of POULTRYGEIST Producer, Andy Deemer on PoultrygeistMovie.com/Journal!
July 21: NYC TROMA FANS!!! Meet star of CITIZEN TOXIE Heidi Sjursen and see her NEW movie, "FRENCHIE THE CLOWN" premiering this SATURDAY, JULY 22ND, 11:15PM at the ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES located at 32 2ND AVE. @ 2ND ST. Don't miss the after party at Rated X-the Panty Party located at Luke & Leroy, 21 7th Ave South & Leroy Street. COME ON DOWN & JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF NON-STOP FUN & EXCITEMENT! BRING DIAPERS, YOU MIGHT CRAP YOUR PANTS!
July 21: Lloyd Kaufman's Master Class at University of Southern California TODAY! 10:00AM - 1:00PM!
July 20: TROMA ON YOUTUBE! When you have to resist a gyno's derriere, do you think of LLOYD KAUFMAN!? You're not alone, as this YOUTube Promo for “Something To Be Desired” shows! Check out these photos from the film shoot! See what I mean?...
July 19: Check out how the Toxic Avenger reduced this fan's jail time! Only in the LATEST Troma Fan Mail from all over the world! Submitted by Josh, Blaine, Chris, George, and a heartfelt Debbie Rochon tribute by Steven!
July 19: NEW Tromatic Fan Essay, “Independent Cinema & the Troma Style: My Interview with Lloyd Kaufman” by Charlie Guzman!
July 19: NEW YouTube movie excerpts online from recent demented Troma Library addition, EVOLVED! Get your sneek peak!
July 19: NEW DVD Retribution review for Troma's TERROR FIRMER!
Mickey Spillane Documentary on the BLACK BOX COLLECTIONMickey Spillane, featured in the BLACK BOX COLLECTIONJuly 18: Acclaimed crime writer Mickey Spillane has died after a long illness. He was 88. Born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York in 1918, the author is best remembered as the creator of top TV and movie sleuth Mike Hammer, who appeared in his very first book, "I, The Jury," in 1947. The Original pilot episode for this rare 1954 Television Classic, "Mike Hammer" as well as the Bio-Documentary about him simply entitled, "Mickey Spillane" are on THE MAX ALLAN COLLINS' BLACK BOX: SHADES OF NEO NOIR currently 40% discounted in the Troma Studio Store. Spillane once boasted, "I'm the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they're all dead." Thanks for the memories.
July 18: BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! More about our sizzling Tromette of the Month for July 2006, AMANDA FIRE, for you to see!
July 17: NEW ACTIUM MAXIMUS! NEW ACTIUM MAXIMUS!  Whether you want to be informed, or disturbed, Actium has you covered with Troma's newest new releases!
July 17: NYC AREA TROMA FANS! Part 2 of the interview with Mr. Lloyd Kaufman conducted by Ms. Divine will be airing on Ms. Divine's Tee Hee Heure (Queens Public TV), July 17th, 8:30pm EST, TONIGHT on Channel 34 and encoring again, July 19th, 1:30pm, Channel 56.
July 14: Almost 100 strangers crowd into the church basement to sing protest songs. Andy receives a verbal flogging that begins with “I’ll take a fucking 82 year old midget at this point... Where is the tape of the fat man singing?... ” And the WB news-team shows up to document the travesty that will become… Poultrygeist! Online NOW on PoultrygeistMovie.com/Journal by producer Andy Deemer!
July 14: The Moonlight Cafe has sent over the links to some streaming UTube interviews with Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, Producer Eric Butts, and Writer/Director Jerry Williams about their new film, ZEPPO, featuring Lloyd and Debbie as the President and Empress Molly, respectively.
July 14: How lucky Chicago is! JUST ANNOUNCED! Not only does Chi-Town get Lloyd and the Troma Team at the Flashback Weekend, but Lloyd Kaufman will also be doing a book signing meet & greet for THE TOXIC AVENGER Novel on July 28th at Borders Book Store at 7:00PM! Get all the details!
July 12: NEWS FLASH! CAMERA-PERSON NEEDED FOR L.A. POULTRYGEIST FILM SHOOT! Get all the details of how to apply HERE!!!
July 12: Is CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL becoming the new GREASE? Since the success of the Gay Cabaret production in Seattle, WA this spring, 2 more productions are now in the works across the country! Colorado's Backstage Theatre is currently looking for a CANNIBAL Musical Director while Indiana's FireHouse Theater held auditions this week! Maybe you can still be “Cow Bell Guy?”
July 12: Tis the season for DARK Xmas in July! Check out these freshly unearthed photos with captions from Dark Xmas 2005 featuring the lovely ladies of POULTRYGEIST! Also, new photos from Lloyd's Word Book Tour visit for the TOXIC AVENGER Novel in Pittsburgh, PA!
July 11: What has boobies, drugs, and transcends the barriers of foreign language? Well according to ace DVD reviewer Colin Vettier of France's Horruer.com, it's Troma's MEAT WEED MADNESS! Click here to read his review and see his expertly picked stills from the movie! (Hint: It's pictures of boobies.)
July 11: AUSTRALIAN TROMITES! Win over 20 FREE Troma DVD's! Click HERE to find out how!
July 11: Retraction - The upcoming ZOMBIEGEDDON Cast DVD Signing is in fact this Saturday, July 15th as was confirmed on the site of the venue at Dark Delicacies, and not tomorrow July 12th. We apologize for the mix up, and hope those who can, show up and have a good time at this DVD debut celebration!
July 10: Mr. Skin has just posted skin-tastic reviews for the boobie-liscious Troma hits, Meat Weed Madness - “You don't have to be stoned to enjoy this!”... [more] and Best of Too Hot for Troma's Edge TV 2 - “Debbie Rochon [is] certainly responsible for the 'Too Hot' adjective phrase of the title”... [more] !!!
July 10: POUTRYGEIST is the feature story on PopMatters.com detailing a visit to Tromaville and “how the Internet has changed the meaning of indie film!”
July 10: Horror Talk Radio DeadPit.com's FEATURED streaming broadcast is their indepth interview with, you guessed it, your own Uncle Lloydie Kaufman! Check out it!
July 10: Meet the star of CITIZEN TOXIE, Heidi Sjursen at the premiere for her new film, FRENCHIE THE CLOWN, which features Lloyd Kaufman... in spandex! SATURDAY, JULY 22ND 11:15PM @ ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES • 32 2ND ST @ 2ND AVE. See Heidi's new MySpace page for more details!
July 10: AintItCool.com's Quint declares the July 22nd Comic Con panel with your own Lloyd Kaufman and famed cartoonist, Batton Lash to be “the 2nd biggest panel of Comic-Con as far as I'm concerned!” Check out the details on this unique semi-Master Class panel!
July 10: NEWS FLASH: TROMEO & JULIET 10th Ann. DVD FULL THANKS TO YOU!!! Space for fan submissions is now full of your best, brightest, and bizarrest home-grown Tromeo-atic re-enactments! Thank you to everyone who spent the time to send us your reels! Check out the progress and get free downloads on the Official MySpace page, MySpace.com/Tromeo10!
July 7: Two PAs are beaten by a gang of vicious thugs, Lloyd realizes this crew is the worst he’s ever worked with, and Andy receives even more valuable advice from Trent Haaga, all online TODAY on PoultrygeistMovie.com/Journal!
July 6: Check out Amanda Fire, the Tromette for July 2006! She'll make it feel like summer all year long, in your pants!
July 5: Part 1 of Lloyd Kaufman's interview by the lovely Ms. Divine will be airing on Ms. Divine's Tee Hee Heure, on Queens Public TV, July 5th, Wednesday Channel 56 @1:30pm. For those who can't catch it, watch her, uh, I mean the interview with Lloyd HERE! For more information on Ms. Divine and show times, go to www.MsDivine.net!
July 5: Hope you had a Crappy Independence Day! Now, to the important issues...