Greetings from Tromaville! While many panic with the forthcoming 12/21/12 end of the TroMayan calendar, Troma Entertainment is celebrating with the three DVD releases you should see before the end of the world: Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical, directed by Travis Campbell and produced by Justin Martell, premiered at Spain’s prestigious Sitges Film Festival and during its limited theatrical release has played at renowned venues such as the Alamo Drafthouse and the San Diego Comic-Con. Bob Freville’s Hemo, Troma’s answer to the Twilight series has been hailed by Kotori magazine as a “masterpiece of drug cinema.” Finally available in the US for the first time, this release of The Toxic Avenger contains the long sought-after 98 minute version originally cut for the Japanese market.
Praise for Mr. Bricks:
“Mr. Bricks is a maniacal metal ride from start to finish, a truly innovative musical that fires on all headbanging cylinders. You MUST see this film!”
РLemmy Kilmister, Moțrhead
“A solid-steel bullet straight to the heart of underground cinema fans, and aimed straight at the balls of any movie fans out there who like film emotion raw as hell.” -almasoscuras.com, Spain
“To his immense credit, director/composer Travis Campbell manages to deftly marry the gritty aesthetic of a micro-budgeted old school hardcore records, sinister jazz hands, and the usual campy Troma joie de vivre with a twisting, turning, blood and guts narrative.” – Shawn Macomber, Decibel Magazine
“Definitely an idea whose time has come…”
-Ken Russell, Director (The Who’s Tommy)
“These newcomers to the industry…have produced something that may put them up on the same steps as Troma graduates James Gunn, Trent Haaga, and Eli Roth”
– Flixist.com
Praise for Hemo:
“Dirty and unpolished…grim realism…surprisingly graphic.” – Arrow in the Head
“A masterpiece of drug cinema…Freville stands tall as one of today’s finest filmmakers.” -Kotori Magazine
“Similar to such ‘vampire’ fare as Martin, The Addiction, and Habit.” – Joblo.com
Praise for The Toxic Avenger:
“…Manically farcical sense of humor…” – Steve Holden, The New York Times
“Hilariously tasteless…jawdropping violence…we would watch it again in a minute.”
-Jay Maeder, The New York Daily News
“In a strange way, the Toxic Avenger has more respect for it’s audience than any Oscar winner in years.” – The Village Voice
To order these brand-new Troma DVD’s please visit the Troma Shop or Amazon.com! As Troma Entertainment approaches its 40th year as an independent film studio, it will continue its time honored tradition of producing “movies of the future” and follow with such releases as and Bobby Hacker’s Cars 3 and Dan Nelson and Drew Bolduc’s The Taint.
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 luminaries 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, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gunn and Eli Roth. Visit Troma at www.troma.com, www.lloydkaufman.com, www.twitter.com/lloydkaufman, and www.tromapast.tumblr.com.
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