Troma is an American film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces very low-budget independent movies, many of which have developed cult followings.
Troma films are known for their surrealistic or automatistic nature, along with their use of shocking imagery; some would categorize them as "shock exploitation films". They typically contain overt sexuality, graphic violence, gore an...
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Troma is an American film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces very low-budget independent movies, many of which have developed cult followings.
Troma films are known for their surrealistic or automatistic nature, along with their use of shocking imagery; some would categorize them as "shock exploitation films". They typically contain overt sexuality, graphic violence, gore and nudity, so much that the term "Troma Film" has become synonymous with these characteristics. Troma's slogan is "Movies of the Future." Many Troma films are intentionally produced in the Brechtian form which is vastly different from mainstream horror movies. Troma is also known for reusing the same props, actors, and scenes over and over again, sometimes to save money. At a certain point, however, this became another hallmark of Troma. Examples include a severed leg, the Penis Monster, and the flipping/exploding car filmed for the movie Sgt....
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