Troma Entertainment is proud to announce the acquisition of Mark Jones and CB Shamah’s gut-busting, hilarious, one of a kind comedy Worst Laid Plans which is set to have its World Premiere on Troma NowApril 1st. Worst Laid Plans is a sharply hilarious story about four friends who find themselves in dire straits when they get behind in rent. They hatch a plan to come up with some quick cash…but their biggest obstacle is not killing each other first.
Ernie, Max and Nick are tattoo artists who, along with piercer Vit, own A-1 Tattoo. Ernie has the unfortunate task of letting the guys know that they are behind on their rent with no solution in sight. After being humiliated by their landlord, Max comes up with a plan and the guys are convinced it’s the only way they’re going to save their shop. The plan: scan the sex-for-pay ads, set up a meeting with the most perverted and rob them. As things start to spiral out of control, it’s not just the plan but the guys’ friendship that begins to unravel.
With their shop on the verge of closing, a landlord breathing down their necks and a corpse on their hands, Max, Ernie, Vit and Nick can’t help but wonder: maybe they should never have become friends. And maybe, just maybe, they shouldn’t be friends anymore.
After a lengthy sojourn traveling around the United States, working on sets and collecting experiences, CB Shamah settled in the Pacific NW attending the Seattle Film Institute with a focus on cinematography. Since then CB has shot a ton of live music, produced the web series “This Week at the Columbia City Theater”, has camera credits for A Visitor In The Night, Measure Of Comfort and was Cinematographer/Producer for the feature Spree. CB also co-directed and co-produced the Emmy-nominated Welcome To Doe Bay and the live music documentary, Lemolo: A Beautiful Night.
Mark Jones began writing short stories, completing his first screenplay in his teens. After graduating from high school, he would go on to receive a BA in Creative Writing from Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, then attended the Seattle Film Institute in Seattle, Washington. Upon graduation, Mark returned to his native New Jersey to direct and produce his horror-comedy screenplay, Spree. Spree screened at several festivals throughout 2007 and was picked up and distributed via Brain Damage Productions. Since that first feature, Mark has created, wrote and starred in the web series, This Week at Columbia City Theater. He was a cinematographer on the documentary Welcome to Doe Bay, and filmed and produced a reality television pilot titled The Shop, which is the influence for his latest screenplay, Worst Laid Plans.
My Bloody Banjo & Dentes e Garras! Plus many Troma treasures including Fowl Play, Cry Uncle, and Foreplay!
March 1st, 2017
Troma Now, Troma Entertainment’s exclusive premium World Premiere content streaming service, proudly celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with the Premieres of Liam Regan’s My Bloody Banjo and Francisco Lacerda’s Dentes E Garras, along with curated treasured Tromasterpieces that will make the leprechaun in your pants stand at attention on March 1, 2017, it was announced today by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger.
Following his acclaimed short Confessions of Peltzer from the anthology film Self Induced Nightmares (2013), Liam Regan directs his first feature film My Bloody Banjo. Follow the story of Peltzer Arbuckle (James Hamer-Morton), a meek and bullied office employee, humiliated by his megalomaniac boss, teasing colleagues and his cheating partner. Once news about his embarrassing sexual accident makes its way around the workplace, Peltzer decides to put up with his humiliation no more, and conjures up his childhood imaginary friend Ronnie (Damian Morter). Peltzer’s world is soon turned upside down, when Ronnie attempts to manipulate him to exact revenge on his tormenting co-workers in the most gruesome fashion. As the body count stacks up, Peltzer must ultimately decide whether to run away from his past or take control of his future, as he battles between sanity and madness, in this twisted tale of infidelity, revenge and snapped banjo strings. Trailer here: My Bloody Banjo
In the vein of Troma cult pieces and Italian rip-offs, comes an all new “disasterpiece”. Dentes e Garras!(Fangs & Claws!) A drunk military recruit accidentally sets free a terrifying prehistoric monster, which will devour and destroy everyone who dares to cross his path. Throughout the carnage a hero rises to end the creature’s reign of terror. Francisco Lacerda writes and directs this TROMATIC short described as “The trashiest motion picture of the year.” Trailer here: Dentes e Garras!
With March signaling the start of Spring, Troma Now is proud to put a spring in Subscribers’ steps with Tromasterpieces such as Fowl Play, Rocky Director John G. Avildsen’sCry Uncle!, Foreplay, Hollywood Zap!, andEndgame! Subscribers will be able to take a trip down Troma-lane with these films that have lasted the test of time.
