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Foundation date 1 january 1974
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce. Many Troma films contain social commentary. In 2012, the company officially released many of its films on YouTube. Troma has produced, acquired and distributed over 1,000 independent films since its creation.
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The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
, 1h32Directed by Bill Rebane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Actors George Buck Flower, Otis Young
The creature known as Bigfoot has managed to elude capture for more than 25 years and a small town has made a cottage industry out of local Bigfoot sightings and merchandising. When a businessman decides to trap Bigfoot once and for all so that he can benefit, the town may ultimately lose the tourist profits that have filled the town's coffers.
The Glove (1979)
, 1h30Directed by Ross Hagen
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell, Jack Carter, Aldo Ray, Keenan Wynn
Sam Kellog (John Saxon) is an ex-cop who works as a modern day bounty hunter in Los Angeles. He works for bailbondsman Bill Schwartz (Keenan Wynn) and is assigned to bring in ex-convicts and criminals who have skipped bail. Kellog is frustrated over the low amount of money he receives from his jobs. Recently divorced, Kellog's ex-wife is threatening to end weekend visitation rights to their young daughter over missing several alimony payments. One day, Kellog is offered a large, off-the-book $20,000 bounty by his former police commander, Lt. Kruger (Howard Honig) to bring in an ex-covict named Victor Hale (Roosevelt Grier) who is suspected in the murders of various former prison guards in the L.A. area. Hale was brutalized in prison by the guards who used a five-pound, leather-covered, steel glove called the 'riot glove' and has been using a copy of it to murder the prison guards who used to beat him with it. Kellog takes the job, aware that the 20 grand reward will solve all of his financial problems.
Squeeze Play (1979)
, 1h28Directed by Lloyd Kaufman, Matthew Diamond
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Erotic films, Baseball films
Actors Jennifer Hetrick, Al Corley, Jim Harrison, Jim Metzler, Lloyd Kaufman, Melissa Michaelsen
A group of New Jersey women, upset over their boyfriends' tendency to pay more attention to softball than their love lives, decide to beat them at their own game...literally. The girls form their own softball team and challenge the men to a match out on the field. The men initially scoff at the idea, but soon grow nervous when they worry that they'll lose face if they refuse to play.
Nicole (1978)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Leslie Caron, Ramon Bieri, Catherine Bach
Caron is a wealthy, reclusive widow who enjoys controlling every aspect of her servants' lives. When she falls for a dashing gentleman suitor and makes friends with a young dancer, things begin to turn out for the better. However, when she begins to suspect that her gentleman caller is cheating on her, she snaps and slips into an "alternate reality of violence, sex and paranoia".
The Comeback (1978)
, 1h40Directed by Pete Walker
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Richard Johnson, Bill Owen, Holly Palance
The film opens with Gail Cooper (Holly Palance) traveling to her ex-husband Nick's (Jack Jones) apartment in Los Angeles in order to remove some of its more valuable items. It soon becomes apparent that while Nick (a successful singer) isn't at home, someone is clearly there. The anonymous person watches Gail take a phone call from a reporter asking about the couple's divorce and inquiring as to when Nick will release his next album, as he's been on a six year hiatus since marrying Gail. As the phone call ends and Gail walks around the house she is ambushed and murdered by the person, who is wearing an old lady mask and women's clothing.
God's Gun (1976)
, 1h34Directed by Gianfranco Parolini
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Western, Spaghetti Western
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Sybil Danning, Leif Garrett, Ann Turkel
One day Sam Clayton (Jack Palance) and his gang arrive in the small town of Juno City where Father John (Lee van Cleef) is the priest of the town church. After having a little bit of fun that involves raping a woman and knifing a man in the back, the gang leaves town, only to be caught by the fearless but unarmed Father John. That night the murderer is broken out of gaol. Vowing revenge, the gang guns him down on the steps of his church and then set about taking control of the town while waiting for the stagecoach. However, little Johnny O'Hara (Leif Garrett) manages to escape with a couple of their horses and rides off to Mexico in the hope of finding the priest's gunfighter brother (also played by Lee van Cleef). They soon meet and set off back across the border to clean up the town. Meanwhile Clayton discovers that he is Johnny's father. Also, some fifteen years prior during the Civil War, Jenny O'Hara (Sybil Danning) had been one of Clayton's victims, adding to the mystique of the situation — as well as to the question of little Johnny's paternity — and now, enhancing the plot, Clayton takes to the idea of being a father.
Death in the Sun (1976)
, 1h37Directed by Jürgen Goslar
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Christopher Lee, James Faulkner, Trevor Howard, Sybil Danning, Horst Frank, Erik Schumann
A British South Africa Police officer in Rhodesia whose fiancée was raped and murdered personally pursues the albino terrorist who committed this crime.
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
, 1h31Directed by Joel M. Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Rita Montone
Master Sardu (Seamus O'Brien) runs a Grand Guignol-style theatre with his assistant, the midget Ralphus. They present grotesque sadomasochism shows depicting torture and murder. Unbeknownst to audiences and critics, the events depicted are real, not staged; the tortured participants are kidnapped victims forced into sexual slavery.
East End Hustle (1976)
, 1h31Directed by Frank Vitale
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Allan Moyle, Andrée Pelletier, Anne-Marie Provencher, Jean-Pierre Légaré, Paule Baillargeon
Getting Together (1976)
, 1h22Directed by David Secter
Genres Drama, Comedy
The plot follows a conservative young man's venture into a world of sexual hijinks.
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
, 1h30Directed by Philippe Mora
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Bill Hunter
Dan Morgan witnesses the bloody massacre of Chinese on the goldfields and turns into a robber. He is arrested and sent to prison for six years where he is tormented and raped. He is let out on parole and becomes a bushranger, befriending an aboriginal, Billy. Morgan fights against the vicious Superintendent Cobham and is eventually killed.
Project: Kill (1976)
, 1h30Directed by William Girdler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Gary Lockwood, Nancy Kwan, Vic Díaz, Vic Silayan
Nielsen plays John Trevor, who for six years has been training and leading a team of highly trained special forces men (Code Name: Project: Kill) whose performance is enhanced by drugs. Over time Trevor realises that his men, who work independently, are being used as assassins rather than to protect government installations and individuals.
Rulers of the City (1976)
, 1h30Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Jack Palance, Harry Baer, Al Cliver, Vittorio Caprioli, Gisela Hahn, Edmund Purdom
Tony (Harry Baer) is a mob loan collector who is unsatisfied with his position in life, and constantly dreams of living it rich in Brazil with his brother. To make some quick cash, Tony joins the forces of organized crime, making his way up the ladder. Together with Napoli, another mob enforcer, Tony hatches a plan to con mob boss Manzari (Palance) out of a fortune, but Manzari isn't about to let that happen.