April 28th, 2004:
Chad Ferrin's The Ghouls picked up by Heretic Films
After a long wait, the new film from Unspeakable director Chad Ferrin has finally found distribution through Heretic Films, which is an offshoot of the UK's Salvation and Redemption Films. The Ghouls will also be playing at the Halfway To Hollywood film festival in Kansas City and will be screened this summer at The Mini-Cinema Film Festival(which I also run... imagine that). To learn more, check out Crappy World Films' official website or the Post Tromatic Shlock review.
Trent Haaga Interviewed At Film Threat
April 14th, 2004: Messy Stench, December '03 Tromette, to appear in Hustler
April 9th, 2004: Troma Team Video release schedule updated
April 6th, 2004: Tromaville Radio looking for bands
Former Troma star Trent Haaga was interviewed recently at Filmthreat.com about his work with Troma, The Ghouls, and a whole lot more. You can check out the interview here.
The Tromette for December 2003, Messy Stench, will be appearing in next month's Hustler magazine. There's a full article over at MK Magazine's website. In case you missed it, there was an interview with Messy here a few months ago. It certainly adds to my bragging rights, since I recommended her for the Tromette spot, I can add "somewhat discovered a Hustler model" to my list of accomplishments. :P
April 27, 2004
Suicide (two different box covers)
State of Mind
Blondes Have More Guns
Go to Hell
Coming Distractions
May 25, 2004
Flash Gordon (Roan) (Buster Crabbe serial)
Lady of Burlesque (Roan)
Student Confidential
Eye of the Stranger
Dr. Hackenstein
Killer Nerd / Bride of Killer Nerd (Double Feature)
Vendetta
June 2004
Tarzan The Fearless / Tarzan's Revenge (Roan Double Feature)
Zorro's Fighting Legion (Roan)
They Made Me Do It/ Lady Gangster (Roan Double Feature)
Suddenly (Roan)
Mirror of Death
Vegas High Stakes
Shark
Sugar Cookies
July 2004
Zorro Rides Again (Roan)
Tuesday Never Comes
Out of Time
Death Dancers
Story of a Junkie
Trailer Town
Best of Tromadance Volume 3
Triple B-Header: Tainted
August 2004
Zorro's Black Whip (Roan)
New Adventures of Tarzan (Roan)
Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the CIA
Dragon Fury
Class of Nuke 'Em High 2
Triple B-Header: Garden of the Dead
4 More Roan titles TBD
September 2004
Witchcraft 7
Digital Prophet
Black Pearl
Kickfighter
Mad Dog Morgan
Triple B-Header: TBD
Class of Nuke 'Em High 3
Nightbeast
3 More Roan titles TBD
October 2004
Tales From the Crapper
Madigan's Millions
Fatty Drives the Bus
Wedding Party
Preacherman
Dog Years
Triple B-Header: TBD
3 More Roan titles TBD
November 2004
Kick of Death
Not Another Mistake
Prime Target
Skeleton Coast
Video Vixens
Troma's Edge TV, Volume 2
Make Your Own Damn Movie (Four disc DVD Box Set)
Triple B-Header: TBD
Luther the Geek will either be out in July or August.
No Dates Yet
Foreplay
Class of Nuke 'em High boxed set
Parts of the Family
Dragon Fury 2
Are you in a band? Would you be interested in having your music on the upcoming tromaville.com? Because the Tromaville web team is looking for bands to submit music for Tromaville Radio, an hour long monthly radio show that will be streamed online. If you're in a band and your interested, please send a CD, some information about your band, and contact info to:
Tromaville.com
2212 Vermont Drive
Suite A-204
Fort Collins, CO 80525
ATTN: Tromaville Radio
If you'd like to send MP3s instead, you can e-mail your materials to mp3submissions@tromaville.com.
Chad Ferrin's The Ghouls finds foreign distribution
The Ghouls, the second film from Unspeakable director Chad Ferrin, has secured overseas distribution with IFM. There's a cool little promo graphic and a badly translated english synopsis at their website. Also, Film Threat has given the film a very positive review. Check it out here!
A joke that a fan posted on the Troma Message Boards has created a rumor that Japanese director Takashi Miike is set to direct a big-budget sequel to Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. The post linked to a Japanese article on Miike that reportedly said he'd be directing Kabukiman 2. Even bloody-disgusting.com picked up the story. However, Tromatized! has recieved confirmation that this is a hoax. If you use a translator on that same news article, you can see there's no mention of Kabukiman, Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, or anything pertaining to Miike directing the film. Though Lloyd mentioned Takashi Miike having interest in directing a Kabukiman sequel in an interview with Slasherdome 2, I'm guessing this was just a joke as Troma webmaster Chris Lanphear confirmed that there are currently no plans for a Kabukiman 2 nor is Takashi Miike set to direct it.
Mojo Nixon, star of the Troma pickup Buttcrack, has confirmed on his official website that he has retired on March 20th, 2004. The legendary musician played his final show at The Continental Club in Austin, Texas during the annual SXSW party. Mojo will be hosted a full day of music starting at 10am, then appeared on stage with his band The Toadliquors for one last time. Tromatized! wishes Mojo Nixon the best of luck with his retirement. For those of you who haven't heard it yet, I did an interview with Mojo back in December over on the interviews page.
Those of you looking forward to seeing Will Keenan tonight on Law & Order will have to wait. The episode has been pushed back to March 30th.
Will Keenan fans should be sure to tune into Law & Order: SVU on NBC this Tuesday, March 23rd because he will be doing a guest appearance. In other WK news, his scene in the upcoming film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has unfortunately been cut (but hopefully will resurface on the DVD release). Also, Will Keenan and Gadi Harel(the "continuity guy" in Terror Firmer) have had an idea for a TV show optioned by a former Baywatch producer. The details on the show are unknown and Will and Gadi are keeping the details secret to avoid any rip-offs. Last but not least in this news post about Tromeo himself is that his production company Hoverground Studios has signed a deal with Go-Kart Films and Koch Distribution to release some Hoverground films, such as Waiting and Operation Midnight Climax, on DVD. Hoverground has a large back-log of critically acclaimed titles that are unfortunately unreleased, so it's great to see that they've finally gained distribution. Also, many of the Hoverground films feature appearances from Troma stars like Lloyd Kaufman, Debbie Rochon, Trent Haaga, and Ron Jeremy and cast members of MTV's The State, such as Michael Showalter and Kerri Kenney(who also had a brief cameo in Terror Firmer).
The latest Troma Team Video release schedule was announced today, including dates for Troma classics like the Class of Nuke Em High sequels(to later be released in a 4 disc box set), Fatty Drives The Bus, as well as the much anticipated second Best Of Troma's Edge TV DVD. It also appears that Suicide will be released with two different DVD covers, with a less offensive cover for retail stores. Here's the full schedule:
April 27, 2004
Suicide
State of Mind
Blondes Have More Guns
Go to Hell
Coming Distractions
May 25, 2004
Flash Gordon (Roan) (Buster Crabbe serial)
Lady of Burlesque (Roan)
Student Confidential
Eye of the Stranger
Dr. Hackenstein
Killer Nerd / Bride of Killer Nerd
Vendetta
June 29, 2004
Tarzan The Fearless / Tarzan's Revenge (Roan)
Zorro's Fighting Legion (Roan)
They Made Me Do It/ Lady Gangster (Roan)
Suddenly (Roan)
Mirror of Death
Vegas High Stakes
Shark
Sugar Cookies
July 27, 2004
Zorro Rides Again (Roan)
Tuesday Never Comes
Out of Time
Death Dancers
Story of a Junkie
Class of Nuke 'Em High 2
August 31, 2004
Zorro's Black Whip (Roan)
New Adventures of Tarzan (Roan)
Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the CIA
Dragon Fury
Trailer Town
September 28, 2004
Witchcraft 7
Digital Prophet
Black Pearl
Kickfighter
Mad Dog Morgan
October 26, 2004
Class of Nuke 'Em High 3
Tales From the Crapper
Madigan's Millions
Fatty Drives the Bus
Wedding Party
November 16, 2004
Kick of Death
Not Another Mistake
Prime Target
Skeleton Coast
Video Vixens
Troma's Edge TV, Volume 2
December 2004
Preacherman
Best of Tromadance, Volume 3
Dragon Fury 2
Make Your Own Damn Movie (Four disc DVD Box Set)
No Release Date Yet
Dog Years
Foreplay
Class of Nuke 'em High boxed set
Parts of the Family