Troma Entertainment President and Creator of the Toxic Avenger Lloyd Kaufman will be at Forbidden Planet (840 Broadway, New York, NY), Friday, May 13th, signing Troma merchandise, as well as DVDs of the new film “Slime City Massacre,” in which he appears and gets blown up. Troma Scream Queen Debbie Rochon, star of “Tromeo and Juliet,” “Terror Firmer” and Troma TV, also appears in the film and will be at the signing. Troma and Lloyd Kaufman are always ready to help and support independent filmmakers like “Slime City Massacre” director Greg Lamberson, who will also be present at the signing. The signing will last from 7:30p.m. to 9:30p.m. so make sure to get there early!
Established in 1974 by Yale friends Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment is one of the longest running independent movie studios in United States’ history and one of the best-known names in the industry. World famous for movie classics like Kaufman’s The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Class of Nuke’em High, Mother’s Day, and Tromeo and Juliet, Troma’s seminal films are now being remade as big budget mainstream productions by the likes of Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Akiva Goldsman, and Steven Pink. Among today’s stars whose early work can be found in Troma’s 800+ film library are Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jenna Fischer, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Fergie, Vincent D’Onofrio and Samuel L. Jackson.
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