Terror Firmer (1999)

Director:

Lloyd Kaufman

Writers:

Patrick Cassidy (writer) and
Douglas Buck (writer) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Let's Make Some Art!

Plot:

A homicidal maniac is on the loose in the city and the low budget film crew on a Troma movie have the power to stop them.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Exploding Car | Severed Leg | Disturbing | Mute Child

Cast

Will Keenan	...	Casey
Alyce LaTourelle	...	Jennifer
Lloyd Kaufman	...	Larry Benjamin
Trent Haaga	...	Jerry
Sheri Wenden	...	Mysterious Woman / Waitress
Debbie Rochon	...	Christine
Yaniv Sharon	...	Naked P.A.
Charlotte Kaufman	...	Audrey Benjamin
Gary Hrbek	...	Toddster
Joe Fleishaker	...	Jacob Gelman
Ron Jeremy	...	Casey's Dad
Greg 'G-Spot' Siebel	...	Ward
Mario Díaz	...	DJ
Mo Fischer	...	Andy
Lyle Derek	...	Asshole P.A.

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude sexuality, language, violence and gore.

Runtime:

USA:114 min (unrated version) | USA:98 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Santa Monica Holdings

Trivia:

Based on Lloyd Kaufman's book All I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From The Toxic Avenger. Also, many scenes and characters are references to real events and people on Troma sets.

Quotes:

[approaching a woman on the dance floor]
Toddster: Hey, baby, do fries go with that shake?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "The Morton Downey Jr. Show" (1987)

Perfect example of narcissistic and over-the-top exploitation cinema

Terror Firmer is an exercise in bad taste; self-indulgent bad taste mind you. Don't get me wrong, I love the trash and exploitation films like John Waters'; yet at least in his bizarre mind he makes his movies innocent and genuine and behind them all is actually pure brilliancy in character and script. With Terror Firmer, director/producer/egotistic actor Lloyd Kaufman goes to prove that he can push the boundaries of filth to infinity; so far in fact that it becomes seemingly irritating and noticeably self loving. With hyperactive actors (example: Toddster) and an over written script Terror Firmer packs itself up with as many obscene and vile scenes as possible; a foetus being ripped out of its mothers belly, a man eating faeces from another's anus; a hermaphrodites scarred bits. It's just too much and it doesn't want you to not realise it. Terror Firmer is a two hour, self indulgent, egotistic pile of crap with an in your face "look how much of a disgusting and vile independent film I can be" attitude. Make a vulgar and repugnant film by all means, but never go too far and too cocky as Terror Firmer does.