While we wait for Macon Blair’s upcoming remake of The Toxic Avenger, Troma has announced today that the original movie’s brand new restoration is now available to stream.
You’ll find it only on Troma’s dedicated streaming service, Troma Now.
“This Toxic Avenger in 4K is historic! It has already played to full houses throughout the Alamo Drafthouse circuit and others,” says Troma Prez, Lloyd Kaufman. “Toxie has a new life. And Michael Herz and I are very proud of his mopping up on Troma-Now!”
In the wake of The Toxic Avenger, Troma Now will premiere 4K restorations and new transfers from the original materials of a number of classics on the 15th of every month.
Rabid Grannies (1988) will be coming to Troma Now in 4K this year, in its original 96 minute uncut format, scanned and restored from its 35mm interpositive.
Mother’s Day (1980), Charles Kaufman’s cult classic horror film,...
You’ll find it only on Troma’s dedicated streaming service, Troma Now.
“This Toxic Avenger in 4K is historic! It has already played to full houses throughout the Alamo Drafthouse circuit and others,” says Troma Prez, Lloyd Kaufman. “Toxie has a new life. And Michael Herz and I are very proud of his mopping up on Troma-Now!”
In the wake of The Toxic Avenger, Troma Now will premiere 4K restorations and new transfers from the original materials of a number of classics on the 15th of every month.
Rabid Grannies (1988) will be coming to Troma Now in 4K this year, in its original 96 minute uncut format, scanned and restored from its 35mm interpositive.
Mother’s Day (1980), Charles Kaufman’s cult classic horror film,...
- 2/15/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Troma Entertainment, the independent film production and distribution company that has been bringing us toxic waste-soaked insanity since it was founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974, has its own streaming service called Troma Now, which can be found at watch.troma.com – and the company has just announced that 4K restorations of several of their beloved classics, including The Toxic Avenger and Mother’s Day, are going to be released on the Troma Now service throughout 2024!
Here’s the announcement: Starting in February, Troma Now will premiere 4K restorations and new transfers from the original materials of a number of Troma Classics on the 15th of every month. On February 15, the new 4K restoration of The Toxic Avenger will be available to stream exclusively on Troma Now.
The Toxic Avenger (1984) will premiere in 4K on Troma Now on February 15th. The rest of the series will follow throughout the year.
Here’s the announcement: Starting in February, Troma Now will premiere 4K restorations and new transfers from the original materials of a number of Troma Classics on the 15th of every month. On February 15, the new 4K restoration of The Toxic Avenger will be available to stream exclusively on Troma Now.
The Toxic Avenger (1984) will premiere in 4K on Troma Now on February 15th. The rest of the series will follow throughout the year.
- 1/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
While we wait for Macon Blair’s upcoming remake of The Toxic Avenger, Troma has announced today that the original movie’s brand new restoration is coming to streaming.
Starting in February, streaming service Troma Now will premiere 4K restorations and new transfers from the original materials of a number of classics on the 15th of every month.
On February 15, the new 4K restoration of The Toxic Avenger will be available to stream exclusively on Troma Now. The rest of the series will follow throughout the year.
Rabid Grannies (1988) will be coming to Troma Now in 4K this year, in its original 96 minute uncut format, scanned and restored from its 35mm interpositive.
Mother’s Day (1980), Charles Kaufman’s cult classic horror film, will premiere in April. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative.
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), Joel M. Reed’s equally celebrated and reviled film will premiere in 4K,...
Starting in February, streaming service Troma Now will premiere 4K restorations and new transfers from the original materials of a number of classics on the 15th of every month.
On February 15, the new 4K restoration of The Toxic Avenger will be available to stream exclusively on Troma Now. The rest of the series will follow throughout the year.
Rabid Grannies (1988) will be coming to Troma Now in 4K this year, in its original 96 minute uncut format, scanned and restored from its 35mm interpositive.
Mother’s Day (1980), Charles Kaufman’s cult classic horror film, will premiere in April. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative.
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), Joel M. Reed’s equally celebrated and reviled film will premiere in 4K,...
- 1/8/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to filmmaker Liam Regan (Banjo aka My Bloody Banjo) about his new film Eating Miss Campbell, which has its World Premiere at Frightfest 2022 later this month. A life-long Troma fan, Regan also picks his Top 5 Troma Films, including:
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), directed by Joel M Reed “As a cultural artefact, and as an example of the worst uses of creative energy, however, Bloodsucking Freaks is a must-see. Just remember, if you are offended by it, the joke is on you.” From Classic-horror.com Rob Wrigley Combat Shock (1984) directed by Buddy Giovinazzo Anton Bitel writes on VODZilla – Combat Shock is a downbeat, depressing film, dripping with a persistent pessimism that runs counter to the prevailing Reaganite ideology of the day. For here, instead of conspicuous affluence and yuppieism, we get an alternative view of street-level life on the destitute, desperate margins of Eighties America,...
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), directed by Joel M Reed “As a cultural artefact, and as an example of the worst uses of creative energy, however, Bloodsucking Freaks is a must-see. Just remember, if you are offended by it, the joke is on you.” From Classic-horror.com Rob Wrigley Combat Shock (1984) directed by Buddy Giovinazzo Anton Bitel writes on VODZilla – Combat Shock is a downbeat, depressing film, dripping with a persistent pessimism that runs counter to the prevailing Reaganite ideology of the day. For here, instead of conspicuous affluence and yuppieism, we get an alternative view of street-level life on the destitute, desperate margins of Eighties America,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Well. This is a surprise. Wrestling superstar Chris Jericho will co-host the season premiere of The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs. On April 24th at 9pm Et Jericho will join Briggs for a screening of a 70s horror flick that features, in Jericho's words, "butt darts, brain sucking, backgammon for digits, a maniacal mini-Oates And a dick dog". Jericho is not saying much in his announcement but more astute horror eficianados knew right away what horror flick he is referring to, Joel M. Reed's 1976 film Bloodsucking Freaks. I think part of the fun is finding out what Briggs has chosen the night of its screening, but this one sounds nasty and dirty. A sadist (Seamus O'Brien) kidnaps young women and...
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- 4/14/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Mubi's retrospective, The Vulgar Disruptor: Troma Restored, runs March - May, 2020.Illustration by Ethem Onur Bilgiç“To understand Troma, you must first know a bit about Taoism…,” or so says Lloyd Kaufman, president and co-founder of one of the longest running independent film studios, in his 1998 book All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger. Which may or may not be so. He also says, “Troma films do exactly what low-budget films shouldn’t do. Our films defy genre… We are the Cuisinart of cinema.” Troma Studios was founded in 1974 by Kaufman and Michael Herz. Today, Troma is known for its mutating creatures and graphic violence commingling comedy, science fiction, horror, gore, and sex in films that defy categorization. It wasn’t mutating chickens (Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) or toxic janitors (The Toxic Avenger 1-4) that first brought Troma success, however, but...
- 3/12/2020
- MUBI
Stars: Seamus O’Brien, Luis De Jesus, Viju Krem, Niles McMaster, Alan Dellay, Dan Fauci, Helen Thompson, Ellen Faison, Ernie Pysher, Lynette Sheldon | Written and Directed by Joel M. Reed
Bloodsucking Freaks opens with a woman strapped to a wooden chair and having a torture device attached to her hand before a metal rod is driven through her thumb, causing her to scream out loudly as her left hand becomes crimson. The scene then continues and we see an audience watching as the woman is tortured further. The audience applaud, calling it a magic show, some of them even saying it is a poor one. This is how we are introduced to Sardu (Seamus O’Brien), the master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his dwarf sidekick and assistant Ralphus (Luis De Jesus).
Directed by New Yorker Joel M. Reed (Blood Bath, Night of the Zombies), who also wrote...
Bloodsucking Freaks opens with a woman strapped to a wooden chair and having a torture device attached to her hand before a metal rod is driven through her thumb, causing her to scream out loudly as her left hand becomes crimson. The scene then continues and we see an audience watching as the woman is tortured further. The audience applaud, calling it a magic show, some of them even saying it is a poor one. This is how we are introduced to Sardu (Seamus O’Brien), the master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his dwarf sidekick and assistant Ralphus (Luis De Jesus).
Directed by New Yorker Joel M. Reed (Blood Bath, Night of the Zombies), who also wrote...
- 6/2/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
So far, the good lads at SS have announced that Patricia Quinn (Rocky Horror, Lords Of Salem), Lynn Lowry (Shivers, The Crazies, Model Hunger), Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Christina Lindberg (They Call Her One Eye), director Joel M. Reed (Night Of The Zombies 2, Bloodsucking Freaks) and Gerrit Graham (Phantom Of The Paradise, Chud 2) will all attend.
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
- 10/29/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
So far, the good lads at SS have announced that Patricia Quinn (Rocky Horror, Lords Of Salem), Lynn Lowry (Shivers, The Crazies, Model Hunger), Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Christina Lindberg (They Call Her One Eye), director Joel M. Reed (Night Of The Zombies 2, Bloodsucking Freaks) and Gerrit Graham (Phantom Of The Paradise, Chud 2) will all attend.
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
- 10/29/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
So far, the good lads at SS have announced that Patricia Quinn (Rocky Horror, Lords Of Salem), Lynn Lowry (Shivers, The Crazies, Model Hunger), Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Christina Lindberg (They Call Her One Eye), director Joel M. Reed (Night Of The Zombies 2, Bloodsucking Freaks) and Gerrit Graham (Phantom Of The Paradise, Chud 2) will all attend.
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
- 10/29/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
So far, the good lads at SS have announced that Patricia Quinn (Rocky Horror, Lords Of Salem), Lynn Lowry (Shivers, The Crazies, Model Hunger), Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead), Christina Lindberg (They Call Her One Eye), director Joel M. Reed (Night Of The Zombies 2, Bloodsucking Freaks) and Gerrit Graham (Phantom Of The Paradise, Chud 2) will all attend.
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
Shock Stock is a small con in coming into its third year that has already garnered a reputation as a class trash act, a celebration of cult culture that has amassed a devoted cult of its own. Fangoria is proud to count itself as a sponsor.
The con runs April 12th – 14th 2013 in London, Ontario, Canada. More names to come. Stick around Fango for more details when we get them! And visit Shock Stock for more fun!
- 10/29/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Chris Alexander)
- Fangoria
By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
The new Summer issue (volume 6) of Girls and Corpses has been released along with a promotional music video by The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns.
You can check out the music video below, as well as details about the current issue of Girls and Corpses along with the cover image.
About The Summer Issue of Girls and Corpses
"Fly the friendly dies" with Our Volume 6 summer issue which takes-off with a return pairing of Captain Sid Haig (Lords of Salem) and Scout Taylor-compton (Flight 7500). Other high flying features include: Blood Sucking Freaks director Joel Reed, Mild mannered madman Lawrence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede II), monster-makeup artist Rick Baker, Piranha 3Dd director John Gulager (and five sexy bikini babes getting frisky with fish), artist Clint Carney, A Serbian Film director Srdjan Spasojevic, Miss Dead Atlanta winner Liz Smallwood, Lesbian Grave Lovers Tasha and Lilly, Zomboobies,...
The new Summer issue (volume 6) of Girls and Corpses has been released along with a promotional music video by The Reach Around Rodeo Clowns.
You can check out the music video below, as well as details about the current issue of Girls and Corpses along with the cover image.
About The Summer Issue of Girls and Corpses
"Fly the friendly dies" with Our Volume 6 summer issue which takes-off with a return pairing of Captain Sid Haig (Lords of Salem) and Scout Taylor-compton (Flight 7500). Other high flying features include: Blood Sucking Freaks director Joel Reed, Mild mannered madman Lawrence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede II), monster-makeup artist Rick Baker, Piranha 3Dd director John Gulager (and five sexy bikini babes getting frisky with fish), artist Clint Carney, A Serbian Film director Srdjan Spasojevic, Miss Dead Atlanta winner Liz Smallwood, Lesbian Grave Lovers Tasha and Lilly, Zomboobies,...
- 8/15/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Two more crazy movies from Troma Studios will screen Friday night April 13th at The Way Out Club as part of our fourth monthly Troma Night At The Way Out Club. We’ve got a great Free double feature of gore, laughs and insanity from the lunatics at Troma Studios – and this time they’ve given us some Troma posters to give away!
The show begins at 8:30 and admission is Free !!!! Our line-up this month: Bloodsucking Freaks and Tales From The Crapper !
“This isn’t S&M, this is Art!”
Joel M. Reed directed the notorious cult-horror comedy Bllodsucking Freaks, which was the center of impassioned protests by Women Against Pornography. Seamus O’Brien stars as the epicene Sardu, who stages Grand Guignol torture performances at a downtown New York club. What the amazed audiences don’t know is that the performances are real, using kidnapped victims who are kept in cages,...
The show begins at 8:30 and admission is Free !!!! Our line-up this month: Bloodsucking Freaks and Tales From The Crapper !
“This isn’t S&M, this is Art!”
Joel M. Reed directed the notorious cult-horror comedy Bllodsucking Freaks, which was the center of impassioned protests by Women Against Pornography. Seamus O’Brien stars as the epicene Sardu, who stages Grand Guignol torture performances at a downtown New York club. What the amazed audiences don’t know is that the performances are real, using kidnapped victims who are kept in cages,...
- 4/10/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Zombies check in, you don't.
New Jersey-based Graffiti Playhouse Productions is preparing to shoot the zombie movie Blood Lodge starring ex-porn star Jasmin St. Clair and The Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, who played Big Pussy on the show, and are throwing a benefit this weekend for the shoot, which starts in March in Vermont.
Considering the two odd names that topline this project, you may be wondering what is this movie about? Enter director-actor-writer-producer Kevin Orosz.
"Blood Lodge is like Zombieland meets Dazed and Confused mixed with the 1970s grindhouse movies," Orosz told ShoreNewsToday (via Avn). "A zombie attack happens in the fictional town of Ten Acres while a group of friends travel for a ski weekend. The group unites with other guests staying at the Ten Acres Lodge and tries to stay alive by fighting the zombies."
The fundraiser is being held at the Six Packs Pub in Mullica...
New Jersey-based Graffiti Playhouse Productions is preparing to shoot the zombie movie Blood Lodge starring ex-porn star Jasmin St. Clair and The Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, who played Big Pussy on the show, and are throwing a benefit this weekend for the shoot, which starts in March in Vermont.
Considering the two odd names that topline this project, you may be wondering what is this movie about? Enter director-actor-writer-producer Kevin Orosz.
"Blood Lodge is like Zombieland meets Dazed and Confused mixed with the 1970s grindhouse movies," Orosz told ShoreNewsToday (via Avn). "A zombie attack happens in the fictional town of Ten Acres while a group of friends travel for a ski weekend. The group unites with other guests staying at the Ten Acres Lodge and tries to stay alive by fighting the zombies."
The fundraiser is being held at the Six Packs Pub in Mullica...
- 1/6/2011
- HugAZombie
Zombies check in, you don't.
New Jersey-based Graffiti Playhouse Productions is preparing to shoot the zombie movie Blood Lodge starring ex-porn star Jasmin St. Clair and The Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, who played Big Pussy on the show, and are throwing a benefit this weekend for the shoot, which starts in March in Vermont.
Considering the two odd names that topline this project, you may be wondering what is this movie about? Enter director-actor-writer-producer Kevin Orosz.
"Blood Lodge is like Zombieland meets Dazed and Confused mixed with the 1970s grindhouse movies," Orosz told ShoreNewsToday (via Avn). "A zombie attack happens in the fictional town of Ten Acres while a group of friends travel for a ski weekend. The group unites with other guests staying at the Ten Acres Lodge and tries to stay alive by fighting the zombies."
The fundraiser is being held at the Six Packs Pub in Mullica...
New Jersey-based Graffiti Playhouse Productions is preparing to shoot the zombie movie Blood Lodge starring ex-porn star Jasmin St. Clair and The Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, who played Big Pussy on the show, and are throwing a benefit this weekend for the shoot, which starts in March in Vermont.
Considering the two odd names that topline this project, you may be wondering what is this movie about? Enter director-actor-writer-producer Kevin Orosz.
"Blood Lodge is like Zombieland meets Dazed and Confused mixed with the 1970s grindhouse movies," Orosz told ShoreNewsToday (via Avn). "A zombie attack happens in the fictional town of Ten Acres while a group of friends travel for a ski weekend. The group unites with other guests staying at the Ten Acres Lodge and tries to stay alive by fighting the zombies."
The fundraiser is being held at the Six Packs Pub in Mullica...
- 1/6/2011
- HugAZombie
This month sees the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street, a remake that’s been a long time coming. With so many slasher revivals going on, be they remakes or original properties, it’s important now to look back on the genre and learn a few of its intricacies. The wealth of material to cover is staggering. The films that follow do not necessarily represent the finest work the genre has to offer, but were selected for their uniqueness and appeal.
If any of these tickle your fancy, I've included some Amazon links to buy the ones that are still in print. Unless otherwise noted, all of these releases present the films in their original aspect ratio and in their most complete versions available to date.
[Note: While extensive measures have been taken to eliminate graphic details in deconstructing the films, trailers and clips have been provided wherever applicable. They can at times be exceedingly violent, and quite spoiler-heavy. We urge you to use judgment before viewing them. Thank you.]
Inferno (IMDb)
1980, Dario Argento
The core difference between director Dario Argento’s celebrated Suspiria and its overlooked follow-up, Inferno, is simple: Inferno hates you.
If any of these tickle your fancy, I've included some Amazon links to buy the ones that are still in print. Unless otherwise noted, all of these releases present the films in their original aspect ratio and in their most complete versions available to date.
[Note: While extensive measures have been taken to eliminate graphic details in deconstructing the films, trailers and clips have been provided wherever applicable. They can at times be exceedingly violent, and quite spoiler-heavy. We urge you to use judgment before viewing them. Thank you.]
Inferno (IMDb)
1980, Dario Argento
The core difference between director Dario Argento’s celebrated Suspiria and its overlooked follow-up, Inferno, is simple: Inferno hates you.
- 4/1/2010
- by SaulB
- JustPressPlay.net
The fact that film history barely acknowledges co-writer/director Alfred Sole's sophisticated, unbelievably disturbing 1976 dark thriller/murder mystery Alice, Sweet Alice as the major work of psychological horror it is, is patently ridiculous and borderline offensive.
The grim, grisly and offbeat movie (originally released under the title Communion then re-issued as Holy Terror before getting stuck with the moniker it now bears) is an eerie, emotionally draining and thoroughly fascinating picture that needs far more love ladled on it than the lowly level it now seems to command.
Sole's prickly, melodramatic fractured masterpiece tells the tale of New Jersey divorcee Catherine Spages (Linda Miller) and her two daughters, sweet little Karen (played by a pre-Pretty Baby Brooke Shields in her movie debut) and the slightly older (and more than slightly disturbed) Alice (Paula Sheppard, who would grow up to star in the counterculture punk rock / Sci-Fi classic Liquid Sky...
The grim, grisly and offbeat movie (originally released under the title Communion then re-issued as Holy Terror before getting stuck with the moniker it now bears) is an eerie, emotionally draining and thoroughly fascinating picture that needs far more love ladled on it than the lowly level it now seems to command.
Sole's prickly, melodramatic fractured masterpiece tells the tale of New Jersey divorcee Catherine Spages (Linda Miller) and her two daughters, sweet little Karen (played by a pre-Pretty Baby Brooke Shields in her movie debut) and the slightly older (and more than slightly disturbed) Alice (Paula Sheppard, who would grow up to star in the counterculture punk rock / Sci-Fi classic Liquid Sky...
- 11/16/2008
- Fangoria
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