The staff at “Reel Creepy” did an amazing job summing up TromaDance with pictures and commentary. Be sure to check it out at reelcreepy.blogspot.com

Troma Entertainment is proud to announce a selection of full movies are now available for free on YouTube. Troma is sharing many highly rated and critically acclaimed movies with their fans for free, to show gratitude for their support over the last 40 years.

More films are added every day, but the features currently available are:

• Plutonium Baby
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWilLkE82b8
• Nightmare Weekend
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEE1MJrZJdY
• A Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fw9a96Ei0k
• Stuck On You!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq6ntwLmWQ0
• Monster In The Closet!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eXmqmcwHGg
• Story Of A Junkie
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uJglN6siA
• Surf Nazis Must Die!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRk9yRdzgyc
• Tromas War!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfDzF2oN7Tc
• Waitress!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOxX7ipj1w
• Class Of Nuke ‘em High
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYWOevwr-zw
• Class of Nuke’Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ical5lbkOiE
• Class Of Nuke ‘Em High Part 3: The Good, The Bad, And The Sub-humanoid
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXO_-Km-HA
• Redneck Zombies
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l1JAAS8LPs
• Viewer Discretion Advised
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNMsPHmcLI0
• When Nature Calls
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5ydGTauN4
• The Wedding Party
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEfHuo2MdKU
• Sgt Kabukiman NYPD
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ua2Rr85Gi4
• The Toxic Avenger
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzbho9RJsAM
• The Toxic Avenger Part 2
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgHqT9k_aRQ
• Toxic Avenger Part 3: The Last Temptation Of Toxie
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh6w1olXIoo
• Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu7_4nR6obU
• Terror Firmer
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WV93oFZk38

For more information on TromaDance, CLICK HERE!

James Gunn wrote the cult hit Tromeo & Juliet (1997), the re-imagined Dawn of the Dead (2004), and box office hits Scooby-Doo (2002), and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). He wrote and directed the acclaimed horror comedy SLiTHER (2006) as well as SUPER (2010) which stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page & Liv Tyler. His video game, Lollipop Chainsaw, will be released June 12 on PS3 and Xbox by Warner Interactive.

Gunn joins the panel along with former editor of Fangoria Magazine and Fangoria.com, Tony Timpone, and co-director of the Queens World Film Festival, Katha Kato. Discussion will be moderated by President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger, Lloyd Kaufman. The panel will discuss independent filmmaking at 5pm on Saturday, May 5 at Asbury Lanes.

TromaDance will be held at Asbury Lanes in historic Asbury Park, New Jersey on May 4th and 5th. All TromaDance screenings are free and with the festival’s “No VIP Policy”, celebrities and fans are treated equally. Unlike mainstream, elitist festivals like Cannes and Sundance, TromaDance does not charge film makers anything to submit their films. As is the tradition, part of the TromaDance 2012 budget is funded by fans. This year the festival is being partially crowd-funded through Kickstarter, and the campaign has raised over $5000.

For more information on TromaDance, CLICK HERE!

Part of the article even criticized Troma for not releasing all of our titles on Blu-ray. It was understood that the cost of releasing Blu-rays is expensive but for some reason the misapprehension was that we were unwilling to reach a deal with a company who could release more of our titles! We made sure to reply back that we would love to release more but are just unable to and asked if they had some suggestions for us. If the cost of releasing more Blu-ray discs interferes with being able to produce new movies, we’re sure our fans would agree that they’d rather us spend the money on making new films!

The following is an excerpt from High Def Digest:

“Troma, and how it’s apparently worth less than even Miramax – I absolutely love Lloyd Kaufman. The man is a hilarious writer and shrewd businessman responsible for some of the most tasteless cinema out there. However, when it comes to Blu-ray, I hate Kaufman and Troma. Due to the costs of Blu-ray production versus the low sales for the product that was released, when I asked the owner of the company on Twitter if we’d ever see more titles from them, like the much anticipated ‘Toxic Avenger’ films, I was told it was not likely to happen. Lots of other companies have seen their unviable product released on Blu-ray. Sony has Image release their lesser titles. 20th Century Fox has tapped Anchor Bay for their less-than-gems. Why can’t/won’t Kaufman reach some kind of deal with another company willing to release this product if they are unwilling? The trash/cult film market isn’t being ignored on Blu-ray, even if one of the greatest distributors of the genre is holding out.”

This was our response:

Dear Mr. Boss,

We are licensing some of our titles to external companies, like the upcoming Mother’s Day, but if you have any suggestions or connections at other companies that do this, we’d be very grateful to hear them.

If you’d like to read the entire blog: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Industry_Trends/High-Def_Retailing/Nate_Boss/Youre_Still_Doing_It_Wrong_More_Blu-ray_Blunders/9155

The conference focuses on issues facing physical media and the ever-changing media landscape as digital media becomes part of daily life. As consumer media usage evolves, traditional media manufacturers like Troma are transforming their business models to find new revenue streams in the new media marketplace.

“When home video first came in, we saw the potential for the magic – being movie nuts ourselves. We immediately loved it and embraced it.” Remembers Kaufman of the home video revolution in the early 1980s. By that point, Troma had been in business for nearly 10 years and had accumulated a robust catalog for a renting public. “The Toxic Avenger was the first horror-type film, although it’s not really a horror film, to get VHS treatment. Vestron released it, and it was a huge success.” says Kaufman. “We understood that home video was a way to embrace our fans and for the fans to embrace us, and we got in ahead of the majors.”

Not surprisingly, Troma also jumped on DVD early. “Being movie nuts, we liked that we could do commentary tracks and put a humorous, interactive tour of the Troma film studios as a bonus extra to go along with the movie. We also went back and interviewed actors for featurettes. Unfortunately, we spent a fair amount on DVD before people actually had machines in their homes. It was pretty stupid, but at least we were there.”

Kaufman points out that Troma DVDs are all-region with no territory restrictions. “We want as many people to see our movies as possible, which will eventually pay off financially for us.”

Troma titles never were available in Blockbuster-owned stores, Kaufman notes, but they were in many of the chain’s franchisee outlets, which were able to determine their own stock. Troma titles are now available via Netflix, iTunes, Sony PSP, and Xbox, and there’s a dedicated Troma YouTube channel, which features daily updates.

Adapting to the digital age, Troma now streams its movies. In the same way that the MPAA opposed home video, the Hollywood movie studios’ association came out against Net Neutrality, a principle that advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers or governments on consumers’ access to the Internet. Kaufman is 100% on the other side of the issue. “We believe the business models are going to have to change. The big studios trying to squeeze every nickel out of the fans are making a mistake. We’re on the side of sharing our art.”

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Troma Entertainment is one of the longest running independent film studios in the U.S., cementing themselves as genre-defining game-changers of shock-and-awe cinema. From cult superhero classic The Toxic Avenger to the PETA-approved Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, which satirizes something truly horrific—a fast-food fried chicken establishment—founder Lloyd Kaufman has no aversion to the bizarre and frightening. Stay tuned for a look at his latest blood-curdling vision, and enter the contest below for your chance to win a prize pack of autographed Troma Entertainment collectibles.

As the scene opens onto idyllic Sunny Acres Farms, the viewer can’t help but think how lovely this “Old McDonald”-style farm must be for all the happy little animals inside fattening up for slaughter. Pan to the crowded cages of screaming, drooling, terrified bodies, and suddenly it’s not such a wonderful world. Mothers scream as their young are ripped away from them. Animals are injected with antibiotics before having their throats slit. Of course, this is all done in accordance with “acceptable farming practices.” Horrified yet?

Troma Entertainment invites you to take a tour of Sunny Acres Farms, written and produced by Nina Gielen, and see for yourself who’s on your dinner plate…
>> CLICK HERE to continue reading!

Entries need to be tweeted to Toxie’s creator himself, Lloyd Kaufman (@lloydkaufman) by March 15th!