Troma Finishes Fall Femme Fatales with Feasts, Fisticuffs and Female Empowerment! Troma Entertainment proudly presents 1982’s fierce and funny fan favorite, Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters, written by Charles Kaufman (When Nature Calls, Mother’s Day) at Film Noir Cinema in Brooklyn, NYC and The Grand Gerrard Theatre in Toronto, CAN, November 26th at 9:00 PM!
“What you end up with is a pretty funny movie in the vain of Mystery Science Theater 3000…If you like ridiculous humor, this may be the movie of the week for you!”– Film Apocalypse
Mix judo, karate, mob warfare, gun battle and organized wrestling with the most beautiful fighting women in the world and you’ve got Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters! Reni and Mia live in the violent world of illegal gambling and female wrestling, a world which is ruled by an evil “syndicate”. Beaten, abused and ravaged by their captors, now they’re FEROCIOUS FEMALE FREEDOM FIGHTERS!
Troma Tuesdays has branched its weekly program that we continue to curate in New York into other countries to create a unique universal experience to be had with independent cinema around the world every Tuesday. We will be screening weekly in Toronto, Canada in partnership with The Grand Gerrard Theatre while screening at various locations around New York.
Sultry Star Sheila Kennedy (The First Turn On!, Penthouse Pet of the Year) Will be Appearing in Person for Q&A!
Troma Tuesdays is proud to present a special screening of 1984’s Ellie, Troma’s #Toxic tale of country fried justice, at 9:00 PM on November 19th Film Noir Cinema in Brooklyn, NYC and The Grand Gerrard Theatre in Toronto, CAN!
“A steamy Southern gothic which incorporates the best elements of Hamlet, Tennessee Williams, I Spit on Your Grave, and Hee-Haw, 1984’s daring, country-music-infested Ellie is a nail-biting exposé of the travails of a vivacious, innocent country girl forced to rely upon her wits and cunning…” – Jeff Kuykendall, Midnight Only
The Troma Team is proud to present Ellie, a sexy, dark, backwoods romp that hits you like a shot of moonshine After witnessing her father’s death at the hands of her stepmother (Shelley Winters, The Poseidon Adventure, Delta Force), step-uncle (Edward Albert, The Man in the Iron Mask, Mind Games) and her three brothers-in-law, young Ellie (Penthouse Pet of the Year, Sheila Kennedy, who also stars in Troma’s The First Turn-On!) decides to take their lives in exchange for her innocence. In order to lure her perverted brothers into her deadly traps, she must first offer her young, sexy body as bait. Can the sex-starved brothers resist the nubile Ellie, or will they fall prey to her murderous charms? Tipping a hat to such cinema classics as I Spit on Your Grave, Deliverance and Troma’s Lust for Freedom, Ellie tells a distilled tale of rustic revenge and country fried justice!
Actress and Model Sheila Kennedy was the December 1981 Penthouse Pet of the Month and the 1983 Pet of the Year.
Kennedy moved into the Penthouse Mansion in New York at the age of 18. She lived there for 10 years and after her appearances in Penthouse magazine as the December 1981 Pet of the Month and later as the 1983 Pet of the Year, Kennedy began an acting career. She appeared mostly in low-budget sex comedies, such as The First Turn-On!, Spring Break, and Ellie, starring alongside Academy Award winner Shelley Winters. Kennedy also appeared briefly in the opening scene of National Lampoon’s European Vacation as a game show prize model.
In the spring of 2008, Kennedy was a houseguest on the U.S. reality show Big Brother 9. She came in 3rd Place and left the house on Day 77, after Ryan Quicksall won the final Head of Household competition and chose to evict her. Kennedy later cohosted House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show for Big Brother 10 on Wednesdays.
Kennedy completed a memoir titled “No One’s Pet” about her time living at the Penthouse Mansion and her relationship with publisher and magazine founder Bob Guccione. The book is published by Jerrick Media and was released in February 2016.
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Troma Tuesdays has branched its weekly program that we continue to curate in New York into other countries to create a unique universal experience to be had with independent cinema around the world every Tuesday. We will be screening weekly in Toronto, Canada in partnership with The Grand Gerrard Theatre while screening at various locations around New York.
Fans can seeEllie for ONLY $5 on Tuesday, November 19th atFilm Noir Cinemain Brooklyn, NY and The Grand Gerrard Theatre in Toronto, Canada (Donations Appreciated!), with both screenings commencing at 9:00 PM!
Her career also includes starring roles in Hallmark Channel’s ‘Last Vermont Christmas‘ and feature, ‘Long Lost,’ by Emmy Award-winning director, Erik Bloomquist, for which she has been nominated for multiple ‘Best Actress’ awards; along with a supporting role in ‘Chuck‘ alongside Elizabeth Moss and Naomi Watts.
Catherine has co-starred on television series ‘Gossip Girl’, ‘The Good Wife’, ‘MTV Pranks’, and worked under the mentorship of Academy Award recognized directors Peter Jackson (‘The Lovely Bones‘) and Josh Fox (‘Gasland‘).
She has been featured in various publications including The New York Times, Interview Magazine, TIME Magazine, PAPER Magazine, MAXIM Magazine, and Le Figaro.
Much in the vein of her Tromatic mentors, Catherine is also known for her advocacy of independent art, and has spoken at The Museum of Modern Art, The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of the Moving Image.
Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger, will also be making an in-store appearance as this is a celebration of every Troma fans’ patience and contribution in the name of Reel Independence!
Joining Mrs. Corcoran and Mr. Kaufman (Director, Lee Harvey Herzkoff) will be co-stars Asta Paredes (Chrissy), Clay von Carlowitz (Eugene “The Machine” McCormack), Zac Amico (Zack) and Dylan Mars Greenberg (#ShakespeareShitstorm). All special guests will be on hand to sign autographs and celebrate what is sure to be a #TROMAzing night to remember!
“Its outrageous imagery brings to light the absurdity we’re currently up against as a society dealing with all sorts of turmoil.”– LA Weekly
“The fluorescent fluids fly fast and furiously… it gets only wilder from there.”– LA Times
“This might be Kaufman’s angriest polemic yet… bless him and Troma for making a movie that’s so aggressively unclean.”– Simon Abrams, Rogerebert.com
“Return to Return to Nuke Em High AKA Vol. 2, is Troma’s most manic magnum opus yet… It’s right and righteous.”– Film Threat
Return to Return to Nuke ‘Em High AKA Volume 2 Blu-rays will officially be hitting retail shelves on November 12th, just in time for the release party at Forbidden Planet NYC on November 14th from 6:00-8:00 PM! With Lloyd Kaufman and Stars in Attendance on November 14th at 6PM!
Troma Entertainment is proud to (FINALLY!) announce the release date for the Return to Return to Nuke ‘Em High AKA Volume 2 Blu-ray as November 12th, 2019! In celebration of this momentous occasion, Troma will be holding a release party hosted at Forbidden Planet NYC, located at 832 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, on Thursday, November 14th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger, will be making an in-store appearance as this is a celebration of every Troma fans’ patience and contribution in the name of Reel Independence!
Already confirmed among those joining Mr. Kaufman (Director, Lee Harvey Herzkoff) will be Asta Paredes (Chrissy Goldberg), Clay von Carlowitz (Eugene “The Machine” McCormack) and Zac Amico (Zack) as just a few of the #FanTOXIC guests that will be on hand to sign autographs and celebrate what is sure to be a #TROMAzing night to remember!
A young woman with no name (Mercedes The Muse) is victim to a savage sexual assault. She is further betrayed when her own family decides the only honorable thing to do is…kill her! But you can’t keep a good woman down. Surviving the botched execution she becomes driven by one thing, revenge. Trained by a shady bounty hunter named Viktor (played by Jim Schumacher), the woman takes her new skills on the road in search of the man who pulled the trigger, her Father. Taking a knife, bullet and fist to every male obstacle along the way. Written, starring and directed by Mercedes The Muse. This is the first grindhouse movie for Feminist!
HONOR KILLING – Trailer
Mercedes The Muse
Raised on the rough streets of Salinas, California, Mercedes The Muse has become a notorious B-Movie Actress and filmmaker. She also moonlights as a fetish model and Dominatrix out of San Francisco. Recently she completed shooting on her feature directorial debut Honor Killing, in which this triple threat wrote, starred and directed.
