When directors Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman set out to make a sequel for The Toxic Avenger, they wound up with over four hours of footage. Knowing that even the most die-hard Toxie fan might not survive the barrage of B-movie insanity, they decided to split the film...
Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman return with the follow-up to their dauntingly successful cult classic, The Toxic Avenger. Unfortunately, the satire isn’t as potent, the plot nearly as engaging, or the film nearly as satisfying as its forerunner. Aside from a handful of...
Troma Studios, a.k.a. the House that Toxie Built, is the renegade brainchild of Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, the latter being the face of the company and, in appearance (as well as spirit), the lost brother of Mel Brooks (whilst housing serious strands of Cormian...
Here’s a pleasant surprise continuing the run of stand-out British horror films of the past few years (it’s OK, SPIRIT TRAP, we haven’t forgotten how shit you were). It’s a brisk, funny, riotously mean-spirited British taken on 80’s American supernatural slasher...
I saw the original Toolbox Murders a few years ago when it was first released on DVD and I enjoyed it. I figured if this so called “remake” (Which I can reassure you it’s not a remake.) would probably be good. Well the movie is good for the most...
There are obvious influences apparent throughout TOKYO ZOMBIE, from 80’s American horror comedies (the bickering male leads sometimes recall the comedy morgue workers in RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) to SHAUN OF THE DEAD. It’s a peculiar mix of throwaway character...
