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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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, 1h33Directed by Charles Kaufman
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films
Actors Eva Yanthi Arnaz, Barry Prima, Aminah Cendrakasih
Nightbeast (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Don Dohler
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Don Dohler
A small alien spaceship is cruising around the solar system. When it reaches the vicinity of Earth, it is struck by an asteroid and crashes at night in the small town of Perry Hall. Some hunters hear the impact and alert County Sheriff Cinder. When they go investigating on their own, however, the pilot emerges and kills them with a disintegrator ray. The beast also attacks a couple in their home, and a family out for a drive.
Stuck on You! (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Irwin Corey, Patricia Tallman
The film, supposedly inspired by the writings of Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg, follows
Malibu Hot Summer (1981)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Kevin Costner
Three young women team up to rent a beach house in Malibu, California: One of them lands a job in a high school thanks to an investment broker she meets jogging along the beach, another is taking acting lessons and enjoys horseback riding, though the young owner of the stable, John Logan (Kevin Costner), turns out to be more interesting than the riding itself and the third woman practices her guitar, shuns the owner of the studio where she records, and hangs out with her hunk cousin Steve, the fourth roommate in the house.
Great White Death (1981)
, 1h28Directed by Jean-Patrick Lebel
Genres Documentary, Horror
Themes Documentary films about nature
Actors Glenn Ford
Graduation Day (1981)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror, Slasher
Actors Christopher George, Edra Jean Peaker, Patch Mackenzie, Michael Pataki, Carmen Argenziano, Virgil Frye
During a high school track meet, Laura (Ruth Ann Llorens), a female runner, is pushed by the crowd and her demanding coach. Apparently the pressure is too much for Laura who collapses right after crossing the finish line and breaking a 30 second 100 meter race. Upon examination by the coach and her teammates, Laura is dead.
Frightmare (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Ferdy Mayne, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jeffrey Combs, Scott Thomson, Chuck Mitchell
A group of drama students idolize their favourite horror film star, Conrad Razkoff (Ferdy Mayne). In the beginning, Conrad is acting in a commercial for dentures, and the Director (Peter Kastner) stops the filming because he does not like Conrad's performance. While the director sits on the edge of the balcony, an angry Conrad pushes him off with his cane. Later, Conrad visits a school and talks about his performances, only to faint under excitement. One of the Drama students, Meg (Jennifer Starrett), revives him. Later, as Conrad sits in his bed, his obese director Wolfgang (Leon Askin) visits him. After a long talk about his death arrangements, Conrad closes his eyes and tricks the director into believing he is dead. Then, the director denounces him until Conrad springs up and smothers him with a pillow. After Conrad dies, the seven drama students, Meg, Saint (Luca Bercovici), Bobo (Scott Thomson), Eve (Carlene Olson), Donna (Donna McDaniel), Oscar (Alan Stock), and Stu (Jeffrey Combs), go to the cemetery after dark, they sneak into the tomb where Conrad's coffin resides. The lights turn on and they see a film of Conrad stating that he welcomes them into his tomb, unless,he says, they have broken in. Creeped out, Meg asks them not to take Conrad, but they do, and take him to an old mansion where they stay for the night.
The Border (1980)
, 1h30Directed by Christopher Leitch
Genres Action
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Telly Savalas, Michael Vincenzo Gazzo, Eddie Albert, Noé Murayama, Gary Davis, Josefina Echánove
Frank Cooper, la police d'immigration supérieur, reste un combat quotidien contre les mafias opérant entre le Mexique et les États-Unis. Bien qu'il ait une bonne règle avec les plus pauvres des villes mexicaines près de la frontière. Deux sont Leina et Benny, deux jeunes garçons qui ont décidé de se marier et ont choisi Frank comme meilleur homme. Les problèmes ne tardent pas à apparaître lorsque Suarez, une des forces locales de gangster Benny à travailler pour lui dans leur sale besogne. Maintenant, pour Frank, le travail devient personnel.
Beyond Evil (1980)
, 1h34Genres Horror
Actors John Saxon, Lynda Day George, Michael Dante, Janice Lynde, David Opatoshu, Alan Caillou
When an architect and his bride move into their dream home—a colonial mansion—they find that their new digs have a rich history of bloody violence. What's more, the manor is already occupied by a 100-year-old ghost with a thirst for vengeance and a yearning to oust the newlyweds from his haunt.
The Children (1980)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about children
Actors Gale Garnett, Martin Shakar, Shannon Bolin, Rita Montone, Peter Maloney
Jim and Slim, a couple of workers at a chemical plant in the fictional New England town of Ravensback, decide to call it a day and head for the bar. Unfortunately, a large buildup of pressure leaks from one of the pipes, forming a yellow toxic cloud that drifts across the ground. Meanwhile, a school bus is taking children home. After dropping one child off, Kathy, there are only five children left on the bus: Paul MacKenize, Jenny Freemont, Ellen Chandler, Tommy Button, and Janet Shore. Kathy's mom arrives to pick her up and drives past the school bus. She waves to the children, as they are singing road songs. Suddenly the bus passes through the toxic cloud. Kathy arrives home, but the school bus is detained somewhere.
Cuba Crossing (1980)
, 1h32Genres Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn, Woody Strode, Albert Salmi, Michael Vincenzo Gazzo, Caren Kaye
Un aventurier est pris dans un complot pour tuer Fidel Castro..
Escape from Hell (1980)
, 1h33Directed by Edoardo Mulargia
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Anthony Steffen, Luciano Pigozzi
A group of abused, scantily-clad female prisoners devise a plan to rebel against their oppressors and escape from their penitentiary.
Mother's Day (1980)
, 1h30Directed by Charles Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Serial killer films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Nancy Hendrickson, Beatrice Pons, Frederick Coffin, Michael McCleery
The plot begins with the long-time friendship of three women, Abbey (Nancy Hendrickson), Jackie (Deborah Luce), and Trina (Tiana Pierce), who reunite every year to take a camping trip. Once while setting up their vacation in the woods, they find their trip turns into their worst nightmare when they are captured by a group of two partially insane punk/"hillbilly" hybrids: Ike (Holden McGuire) and Addley (Billy Ray McQuade). The punks lead a comfortable life, living along with their mentally abnormal mother (Rose Ross) in an occult hovel situated amidst the wood. All through the movie, their mother goads her sons into acts of rape, violence, and murder. Eventually one of the women is severely brutalized by Ike and Addley, and the remaining two escape before the first dies from her sustained injuries. They soon regroup, arm themselves, and set out for bloody revenge against Ike, Addley, and Mother. After the girls take their revenge at the end of the film, as they are about to leave the woods they are attacked by the mother's deformed sister, Queenie.
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)
, 1h30Genres Comedy, Documentary, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Bruce Lee, Fred Williamson, Adolph Caesar
TV reporter Adolph Caesar is outside Madison Square Garden before the start of a martial arts tournament that will apparently determine the "successor" to the legacy of Bruce Lee. He interviews martial arts promoter Aaron Banks, who says that Lee was actually killed by a kung fu move called "The Touch of Death." Banks describes the move as being effective in "three to four weeks." The segment contains a sequence of flashbacks to Bruce Lee ostensibly supporting Banks' assertion. In one, a poorly dubbed Lee states "the secret to karate is power, internal power from the ear!"