Arguably, the best part of any Troma release is never the movie itself, but the special features that accompany it. There are exceptions - Tromeo and Juliet, Poultrygeist: Night Of The Chicken Dead and of course, The Toxic Avenger. - but, in general, the act of filming a low-budget Troma film is much more absorbing than what eventually winds up in the finished product. For years now, the folks at Troma have been releasing feature length documentaries along with their films, where you actually see each and every step of the production as it happens. Perhaps the best idea for a Troma movie would be to make a movie about making a Troma movie, and thats exactly what Terror Firmer brings to the table. The plot? Larry Benjamin (played by Troma's head honcho Lloyd Kaufman) is the director of a fictional Troma movie. He's trying to pull his oddball cast and crew together to finish the film but it proves to be a difficult task, because 1) he's blind; 2) his cast and crew are sex-crazed idiots; and 3) there's a serial killer on the loose. Very loosely adapted from a book about filmmaking by Kaufman himself (with help from Mr. Guardians Of The Galaxy James Gunn), Terror Firmer is everything youd expect from a Troma movie and more. Goofy humor, gory violence, plenty of nudity and a complete disregard for political correctness.
Jesse Gumbarge is editor and chief blogger at JarvisCity.com - He loves old-school horror films and starting pointless debates. You can reach out at: JesseGumbarge@JarvisCity.com
