Lloyd Kaufman
Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, such as The Toxic... Read full bio →
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Vampire Zombies... From Space!
In 1957, the small town of Marlow is under attack by Vampire Zombies - From Space.
Poultrygeist 2: Dawn of the Chicken Dead
A global poultry pandemic sets the stage for a wealthy tech tycoon to attempt to relaunch a failed fast-food empire using lab-grown synthetic chicken. Things go horribly wrong when these artificial food supplies unleash a wave of mutant chicken zombies.
Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story
From Blockbuster Dreams to streaming screens, a filmmakers journey through a vanishing world. Follow a director's thirty year odyssey to get on the shelf of Blockbuster Video and beyond. A tale of struggle, perseverance and what to do when your dreams no longer makes sense. Featuring Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, Joe Bob Briggs and many others.
Superman
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
Silent Night, Bloody Night 3: Descent
When Angelica wakes from a coma in an asylum, she must rediscover who she is by confronting who she was. These walls hold numerous horrors she must battle, including a visitor who wants to see her home for the holidays...in a body bag.
The Toxic Avenger
When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.
The Suicide Squad
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
VHS Massacre 2
Struggling to keep independent films alive, indie filmmakers travel from the last Blockbuster to Troma Studios, encountering threats like media consolidation and censorship that jeopardize indie cinema's survival from VHS to streaming.
The Last Blockbuster
Sandi Hardingm, the manager of the world's last remaining Blockbuster - located in Bend, OR, reflects on the store's vibrant past and navigates the difficult task of keeping a video rental store open in the era of streaming.
In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
A follow-up to the film Iron Sky (2012) in which Nazis plan to take over the world after lying dormant in a secret military base on the moon.
In Search of Darkness
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
Another Cinema Snob Movie
After portraying the original YouTube character Cinema Snob for many years, Craig Golightly will be releasing an original film for theaters.
Survival of the Film Freaks
"Survival of the Film Freaks is a documentary exploring the phenomenon of cult film in America and how it survives in the 21st Century. Through interviews and fan events, the documentary will trace decades of film fanaticism up to the present, where the 'digital age' has transformed the way we experience movies."
VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary
VHS Collecting, SOV filmmaking and all things VHS.
Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High Aka Vol. 2
Following the events of Volume 1, the mutated glee club continue their violent rampage in Tromaville. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent lesbian lovers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants, and monsters but also the evil Tromorganic Foodstuffs Conglomerate. Can they, and Kevin the Wonder Duck, save Tromaville High School and the world?
VHS Massacre
This lively documentary explores the rise and fall of physical media and its effect on Independent and cult films. Ranging from the origin of home movies through the video store era, it's sure to entertain.
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been no Sharknados in the intervening years, but now they’re appearing again in unexpected ways.
Cell
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
Ned Rifle
Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four
A history of the ill-fated 1994 production of “The Fantastic Four” that was executive produced by Roger Corman.
VHS Forever? Psychotronic People
A feature length documentary taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the U.K. Taken from the perspective of those who tried to unearth that elusive movie at all costs known as psychotronic cinema.
Guardians of the Galaxy
A futuristic team of superheroes protect the galaxy from danger. A jet pilot gets stranded in space, and must unite a diverse team of aliens to form a squad capable of defeating cosmic threats.
Digging Up the Marrow
A documentary exploring genre based monster art takes an odd turn when the filmmakers are contacted by a man who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real.
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Based on the hit web series of the same name, the science fiction/adventure/comedy, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, follows a disgruntled gamer who must overcome his fear of the worst video game of all time in order to save his fans. Hilarity ensues as a simple road trip becomes an extravagant pursuit of the unexpected.
Rewind This!
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1
Return to the Class of Nuke 'Em High follows a young couple that are up against the school glee club. Unfortunately, the glee club has mutated into a gang called The Cretins. When the other students begin to undergo mutations, our couple must solve the mystery and save Tromaville High School
Legend of the Red Reaper
For a thousand years, the Reapers guarded mankind from the demons that wait in the dark. Now, at the beginning of a new age, the Reapers are betrayed and slaughtered. Only one Reaper remains - Red, and she's out to exact revenge.
Big Ass Spider!
When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his security guard sidekick to kill the creature before the entire city is destroyed.
Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
A documentary capturing the modern day VHS culture and VHS collectors.
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story. (TIFF)
Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical
As Mr. Bricks, an ex-con left for dead in an empty New York City warehouse, deals with headaches caused by the bullet stuck in his brain, he pieces together memories and eventually faces the dirty cop who pulled the trigger!
Father's Day
Ahab, a man obsessed with exacting a brutal, violent revenge on the man who murdered his dad, joins John, an eager priest, and Twink, a hot-headed street hustler, on an epic quest to find and defeat this mythical monster known as Chris Fuchman AKA The Father's Day Killer.
Super
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.
Slime City Massacre
Slime creatures emerging from contaminated food attack NYC homeless seeking refuge while mercenaries hired by a greedy developer aim to eliminate them, resulting in a violent clash between mutants, slime heads, and mercenaries.
Klown Kamp Massacre
Fifteen years ago, Edwin went to clown camp to fulfill his lifelong dream of bringing laughter to the world... but nobody laughed. Humiliated on graduation night, Edwin viciously murdered the entire camp before vanishing into legend.
Hatchet II
Picking up right where the original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the swamp-dwelling killer Victor Crowley.
Gamer
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon (Lerman) controls Kable (Butler), the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind (Hall).
Crank: High Voltage
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned
Sammy holds a wild anything-goes bachelor party for his best friend Chuck at a bungalow in the Hamptons. Things go horribly awry when the three exotic dancers hired to provide entertainment for said bash turn out to be ferocious demonic succubus vampires with an insatiable taste for male flesh.
Slither
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Humans... the other white meat... Unless you're black, then it's dark meat... Or if you are Asian, then it's yellow meat... Or if you are Native American, it's red meat...
LovecraCked! The Movie
The ultimate H.P. Lovecraft horror comedy!
Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove
Mad scientists have resurrected Frankenstein's monster and also created a half-man, half-fish creature.
Nikos the Impaler
Due to a botched robbery attempt, a ruthless Romanian barbarian is somehow resurrected in modern day New York and begins wreaking havoc on a small Manhattan art-house. Chaos ensues as the patrons of the establishment band together to fight for their lives.
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville.
Terror Firmer
TROMA crew are the only folks capable of stopping a crazed hermaphrodite from continuing it's violent rampage!
Orgazmo
Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.
Tromeo and Juliet
Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.
Rocky V
Reluctantly retired from boxing and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him; As the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy.
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville.
The Final Countdown
A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Squeeze Play
The girlfriends of softball players decide to form their own team as a way of avenging their neglect.
Rocky
A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Sugar Cookies
A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.
The Battle of Love's Return
After a series of mishaps, a young man is fired from his job for failing to deliver a package. He goes on a journey to find himself, encountering various characters including a priest and the owner of a pornographic bookstore, who are seen in black and white interview segments.
Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space
Three werewolf women from Uranus are sent to Earth