Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Troma has been, and perhaps always will be, the epitome of ...

Once upon a time, sex sold—and so did ultra-low-budget movies known for their double-entendre-laden scripts, extreme depictions of raunch and violence, and lots of radioactive slime. Not so anymore.

More than 40 years after Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz co-directed horror comedy classic The Toxic Avenger, Kaufman is excited to bring a new version of the Troma tale to the masses. Kaufman and Herz ...

For more than 50 years, the independent film company Troma Studios has produced low-budget, underground horror movies like “The Toxic Avenger” that served as a playground for some of today’s biggest ...

Regardless of what you’ve heard (and probably seen), Troma deserves more respect. Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz came out of the muck of New York City and have been throwing mud at the Hollywood ...

Released in 2000, the fourth 'Toxic Avenger' movie riffs on 'Citizen Kane,' 'The Wizard of Oz,' and 'Star Wars' in a gleeful puddle of bodily fluids and bad taste. Reading time 4 minutes Troma boss ...

Kevin Smith is a Troma believer. Long before he was an acclaimed filmmaker and podcast impresario, Smith was a movie and comic book fan growing up in Highlands — and that’s when he saw a report on the ...

Troma's Edge TV puts Troma's unique spin on such diverse and hilarious topics as American politics and mass murder. Using "cutting-edge" special "effects", each episode "mixes" classic blood, guts and ...