Terror Firmer

Now, I've been a Troma fan for years, since The Toxic Avenger came to VHS at my local store, but I have to confess that I fell off the band wagon for a while. Oh, I still considered myself a Troma fan, but just didn't hunt down the movies like a rabid animal, like most Troma fans do. Well, after listening to Fangoria Radio and hearing the hilarious Lloyd Kaufman promoting the 'special edition' DVD of Terror Firmer, I had to see this movie and, once again, I'm back on the Troma band wagon full time!



Terror Firmer is based on the Lloyd Kaufman book, Everything I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From The Toxic Avenger.



Here's the basic story, Lloyd Benjamin (played by Kaufman) is a blind director who's trying to make some art on a low budget, and he's directing a Toxic Avenger movie. Well, the set is just classic Troma, wild rock and roll, naked people running around (male and female) and gross out effects to the max. But, there's a psycho killer on the loose and he's killing off the Troma crew one at a time in strange, strange ways. This is classic Troma! There's a couple of cameos by Lemmy of Motorhead, there's a small part by Ron Jeremy and, if you sit through the credits, there's an hysterical bit hosted by Lemmy, starring Matt Stone and Trey Parker as hermaphrodites...it's not to be missed! I'd give you a better rundown of the movie, but if you're familiar with Troma, and if you're not, you should be, then you'll know that Troma movies are all over the place, from jokes to horror set pieces to sitcom sendups all within the span of just a couple of minutes.

I'm giving Terror Firmer three out of four cigars,
because I don't think this is for everyone, but if you're a low budget or independent film fan and you're not supporting Troma, then you're really not supporting independent film! Troma is the oldest independent studio in the business and Lloyd Kaufman is probably the biggest supporter of up and coming talent in the business!!! So, until next time, when I'll be planning my own independent film, which is really only a ruse to get young chicks topless...remember that the best movies are bad movies!