The Grove’s Barnes & Noble brings Lloyd Kaufman to LA for an exclusive book signing of Dynamite’s collectible “THE ART OF TROMA!” on Oct. 26 at 7 PM!
For years, people have been collecting posters, action figures and other various items of merchandise from Troma Entertainment. Thanks to a collaboration with Dynamite Entertainment, diehard fans and new fans can enjoy “THE ART OF TROMA,” a book that painstakingly documents original artworks made for Troma over the course of its 44 years of business!
Interviews, set photos, rare posters and more are included in this “tromazing” book, and now dedicated and loyal fans can have it signed by Lloyd Kaufman, the man who started a worldwide revolution in independent filmmaking! Those lucky and smart enough to obtain a copy of this collectible book will head to the Barnes and Noble in The Grove of Los Angeles at 7:00 PM on Friday, October 26th and redeem their chance to get an autograph and even a picture with the independent filmmaking legend himself! LET’S APPRECIATE SOME ART!
Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of The Toxic Avenger, will be attending this year’s New York Comic Con, October 4th – 7th at the Troma Booth #429 where he will be doing photo-ops and signings for free! Kaufman will be joined by Toxie, the Super Tromettes and the Troma Team!
Meet Lloyd Kaufman, Toxie and the Super Tromettes at Booth #429!
TROMERCH such as the highly popular Alex Pardee Toxie T-shirt, Skinner T-shirt, I Heart the Monster Hero shirt, Toxie patches, Troma’s newest Blu-ray releases Slimed, Spidarlingsand The Nobodies (DVD) and the Toxic Avenger Skate Deck will be TROMABUNDANT!
Troma Entertainment’s exclusive premium World Premiere content streaming service, carves your pumpkin this TROMAWEEN with the World Premiere of Tony Newton’s and Sam Mason Bell’s horrifying anthology,“CONSPIRACY X!” PLUS many more haunting Halloween Classics, such as Bela Lugosi’s “The Corpse Vanishes”, Boris Karloff’s “The Ape” and more! All available this October on Watch.Troma.Com! – it was announced today by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger.
A documentarian is asked to meet a whistleblower leaking the truth of some of the worlds most dangerous conspiracies, but is everything how it seems? From the Illuminati to satanic subliminal messaging, the whistleblowers open up there world, or does he?
From Trash Arts and Vestra Pictures. From producers Sam Mason Bell ( The Drug Tours, The Animals, IA, Toxic Schlock, Home Videos,Tales of Hell.) and Tony Newton (“Grindsploitation 2:The Lost Reels”, “Grindsploitation 3:Video Nasty”, “Grindsploitation 4: Meltsploitation”, “Grindsploitation 5: Schlocksploitation and “Grindsploitation 666″,Toxic Schlock”).
Featuring films from Jason Impey, Martin W Payne, Marina Akarepi, Noel Rainford, Michael J Epstein, Mike Reed, Dustin Ferguson, Kieran Johnson, Rob Ulitski and Sam Mason Bell.
-Dead Men Walk
-Chamber Of Horrors
-Bluebeard
-Bowery At Midnight
-The Ape
-The Gorilla
-Black Dragons
-The Black Raven
-The Devil Bat
-The Corpse Vanishes
Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger will be attending the Feratum Film Festival as a special guest of honor. Feratum, held in Tlalpujahua, Mexico, will be honoring Kaufman and Troma with a FANTOXIC Midnight TROMArathon, September 21 at Cinetransformer.
In the Yonkers ghetto – on the outskirts of New York City – aimless white-boy-millennial Victor finds himself without a job and short on the utility bill. To make matters more…uncomfortable, he hasn’t had a bowel movement in longer than he can remember. Victor seeks solace by making friends of dubious character, smoking crack of dubious quality, and pursuing women of dubious intent. As Victor readies himself for his desperately needed dead-end job interview, the consequences of his lifestyle catch up with him.
“Victor Goodview reads and watches like an anxiety dream on steroids. It is druggy, bitter, and full of pain, but also awkwardly hopeful…Recommended for the intellectual horror fan who is looking for something to break up their regular viewing timetable.” -Thomas Burns Scully, PopDust
“Victor Goodview takes a societally uncomfortable topic and explores it through the window of dark comedy and humor. Nothing is glamorized. Nothing is sugarcoated. It’s real and it’s in your face every minute that it’s on your screen. Looking for something that’s going to offer some laughs while challenging to scrutinize an American epidemic? You’ll definitely need to check this out.” –ZombiesInMyBlog.com
“Unflinching, disturbing, and refreshingly un-Hollywood. It makes The Florida Project look like a Disney movie.” –NYCMovieGuru.com
Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment will be attending 2018’s San Diego Comic Con as a “special guest”, July 19th – 21st, Booth 4017! Kaufman will be joined by the two time Hugo Award finalist, Dr. Chuck Tingle, July 20th – 21st and Troma’s own Toxie for the entire convention!
Meet the creator of Toxie himself, Lloyd Kaufman at Booth 4017 and as always, Lloyd will be signing autographs and taking pictures with convention attendees for FREE!
Two time Hugo Award finalist Dr. Chuck Tingle is an erotic author and Tae Kwon Do grandmaster (almost black belt) from Billings, Montana. After receiving his PhD at DeVry University in holistic massage, Chuck found himself fascinated by all things sensual, leading to his creation of the “tingler”, a story so blissfully erotic that it cannot be experienced without eliciting a sharp tingle down the spine.
Meet Dr. Chuck Tingle at the Troma Booth 4017, July 20th – 21st!
Chuck’s hobbies include backpacking, checkers and sport. He is also a prominent flavor rights activist and the creator of the non-profit advocacy group, Allow All Flavors. Chuck is also the editor of the real news site Buttbart.
“Due to the filming of our next feature film, ‘Shakespeare’s Shitstorm’ the 19th Annual TromaDance Film Festival will be held this Fall. A little later than usual, but rest assured, TromaDance 19 is happening! Please continue to submit your feature films and shorts! The tentative submissions deadline is September 30th! Submit your films to [email protected]!” stated Lloyd Kaufman.
Troma Entertainment, the longest running truly independent film company, has announced that the 19th Annual All Free TromaDance Film Festival will held this Fall. The festival will continue to accept submissions through September 30th. – it was announced today by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger.
Film, Art, Music, Panels! TromaDance Submissions Deadline extended to September 30th! tromadance.com
Lloyd Kaufman with Super Tromette Mandy Kat and star of Naked Sister, Iona at the
17th Annual TromaDance
About TromaDance:
The Tromadance Film Festival is now in its 19th year and was first developed by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of The Toxic Avenger. South Park co-creator Trey Parker, whose debut film “Cannibal! The Musical” is distributed by Troma Entertainment, suggested the idea for Tromadance to Kaufman in 1999. Kaufman felt that the Sundance Film Festival, and similar exclusive big wig festivals, had become too “Hollywood” by charging high entry fees, showing multimillion-dollar “independent” movies, and practicing an elitist structure and film selection process. Parker urged Kaufman to create his own festival -the direct independent opposite of Sundance – that would be free to enter and attend, focusing on independently produced films made without the Hollywood system. From 1999 – 2010 Tromadance operated concurrently alongside the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and acted as a true independent alternative to Sundance’s mainstream offerings.
Lloyd Kaufman with Trey Parker and Matt Stone at TromaDance Film Festival
Unlike every other film festival, Tromadance does not charge filmmakers to submit their work and entrance to all screenings and panels are free to the public. There are no VIP reservations or preferential treatment regarding Tromadance’s films or filmmaking panels. The organizers of Tromadance believe films are meant to be seen, especially the work of emerging filmmakers. Art – in all its forms – is for everyone. Tromadance is the first film festival of the people, for the people, and by the people!
After 2010, Tromadance expanded to multiple locations across the country in order to spread the TROMAtic word of truly independent art. The festival has been held in Detroit, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Brooklyn, and New Jersey.
James Gunn’s Lollilove, Human Centipede, and Anna Biller’s Viva
Troma Now , Troma Entertainment’s exclusive premium World Premiere content streaming service, gets JUICY for JULY with the WORLD PREMIERES of the sexy comedy, “PORKING MANDY” and the stoner horror comedy, “POT ZOMBIES 2”plus so much more! All available this July on Watch.Troma.Com!
When the prom queen is dumped by her recently out of the closet boyfriend, Mandy Rogers forfeits her crown and opts to attend the anti-prom party, where all of the losers of her high school will be. Amongst all of the losers attending is her childhood sweetheart, Josh Cotton, a helpless nerd, Milton Bradley, a jock, Roy, a fat kid, Chubby, a clown, a magician, and a troll.
Marijuana smokers turn into zombies with the “munchies” for human flesh when a strain of radioactive pot infects the stoners of America. A hilarious warning sign of what may come from the legalization craze sweeping the nation.
Bacon Head, Sexy Workout (18+), Horror of the Humungus Hungan, Seduction of a Nerd, Slaughter Party, Video Vixens, The Secret of the Magic Mushroom, Unspeakable, Captain Kidd, and Witchcraft 9!
Troma Now subscribers are able to see these and many more films at
Troma Entertainment has premiered “The Inseminette” on their YouTube Channel, Troma Movies. This TROMATIC Bachelorette Parody sketch was written by Rebecca Blaine Carton and Liliana Tandon and directed by Lily-Hayes Kaufman. Watch here: https://youtu.be/sXQRAm6Ahmw
Ever wonder what it would look like to set a tv show inside a vagina? Well…look no further! Comedienne Rebecca Blaine Carton shines some light on your downstairs in “The Inseminette,” the latest sketch in her series Irritable Becca Syndrome! Watch it on the Troma Movies YouTube channel, today!
“The Inseminette,” a sticky parody of ABC’s The Bachelorette, features a cast of eligible sperm all vying for the affection of their one true love – a woman in an egg suit! This fluid packed drama plays out inside a uterus the moments following successful….insemination. Brought forth from the nethers of Rebecca Blaine Carton with Liliana Tandon and directed by Lily-Hayes Kaufman – watch, laugh, cringe and share this latest sketch with everyone you love, hate, or think could just use some more vag in their life! And after that, if you need more, please visit the Irritable Becca Syndrome YouTube channel to see other episodes and show your support by subscribing to the channel.
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by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment, Inc.
(contributions by Hayden McComas and Levi White)
If you ran a business that saw revenues decline by 88% over the course of the past two years, you’d likely make the logical assumption that the business was dying and that it was probably time to think about trying something else to attract new customers. But, what if that very same business actually had a 65% increase in customer traffic over the same time period. At that point you’d probably have to assume you were being robbed blind. Well, this is exactly what is happening to Troma Entertainment and myriad other small content providers who are trying to monetize their content via YouTube and other platforms.
“Choked Out by the Digital Content Gatekeepers”
Put another way, even as Troma’s online viewership increased substantially (from q4 2015 to q4 2017 views increased from 5.23 million to over 13 million), the revenue generated from this traffic dropped to almost nothing (see fig 1.1). In Q4 of 2015,”Electra Love”, a typical title distributed by Troma, was viewed 475,000 times and received $913.00. In Q4 2017, the same “Electra Love” was viewed 301,000 times and received exactly $1.20. Another Troma title, “Vegas High Stakes”, which has over 20.7 million views to date has only received $111.66 across its entire lifetime on Troma Movies (Jul 26, 2012 – current). Yet there is literally nothing that Troma or any of the thousands of other smaller content providers can do to stop this vicious strangulation happening while staring helplessly into the red and whites of the eyes of their common assailant.
YouTube, hiding behind the mysterious veil of a computer controlled process claims there is no set dollar amount that applies to the views of monetized programming. Rather, the revenue associated with each view fluctuates in direct proportion with the amount of advertising displayed alongside any clip. And this is where the dreaded YouTube “algorithm” comes into play. Every posted title is analyzed by “the algorithm”. And in the case of Troma and many other content creators, their postings are automatically flagged as “age restricted” or “not suitable for most advertisers”, essentially relegating the content in question to the purgatory where revenue goes to die. As recently as last week, Troma posted its own love letter to the Cannes film festival entitled “Festivals to Fascism” which garnered thousands of hits within hours of being released only to be summarily banned as inappropriate, essentially rendering it worthless from an ad revenue generating standpoint.
Troma is not alone though. There are multiple examples of inconsistency across the application of these standards of decency which seem to make egregious exceptions depending on the size of the creator. In 2017, hours after the horrific shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and injured 500 others, YouTube uber creator Casey Neistat (7.9m subscribers) posted a video to raise money for the victims through a GoFundMe page. YouTube promptly flagged the video “not suitable for most advertisers” and blocked Mr. Neistat from running ads on the video. The very same day, Jimmy Kimmel posted a video about the exact same mass shooting and there seemed to be no restriction to advertising being attached (see fig 1.2)
CNN and ABC were also allowed to run ads on videos that were posted about these shootings that day, all very similar in content to the video posted by Mr. Neistat with the notable exception that the revenues were not going to the victims but directly into the silk lined pockets of Madison Avenue.
Lest it seem as though YouTube is the only offender in this war against the independent content creator, it should be noted that other online content gatekeepers like Amazon are deploying their own strategies for limiting the ways in which independent content reaches the mainstream.
Recently Blumhouse Pictures reported that numerous independent horror directors received emails from the internet behemoth stating that “Amazon will no longer allow titles containing persistent or graphic sexual or violent acts, gratuitous nudity and/or erotic themes (‘adult content’) to be offered as ‘Included with Prime’ or ‘Free with Pre-Roll Ad”. However, a quick search of Amazon Prime movies currently available reveals such titles as “Irreversible” (Lionsgate), “Bound” (Paramount), “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2” (Paramount), and “American Honey” (A24) all of which contain large helpings of ‘adult content’ as defined by Amazon above. Yet small independent movies such as “Science Team”, “Invalid”, “My Bloody Banjo”, and “Harvest Lake” are all subject to removal unless the filmmakers excise the purportedly offensive content from their films. In many ways, this feels more sinister and physiologically damaging than simply removing or rejecting the films, having the filmmakers themselves neuter their own children. A chilling and horrific fate, indeed.