Our resident Kanopy fan Henry shares some of his favourite horror comedy films from the world of Troma Entertainment, available to watch for free on our film streaming service Kanopy.
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Henry’s review:
Bearing an unmistakeable style to any who’ve seen a piece of Troma Entertainment, Kanopy hosts a (un)healthy collection of Troma’s love-em-or-despise-em horror comedies, all completely free with your library card.
A personal favourite is 1996’s Tromeo & Juliet; with a screenplay by James Gunn and a choice cameo by Motorhead’s Lemmy as the narrator, it brilliantly smashes Troma’s trademark shock-schlock style into Shakespeare’s ubiquitous romance to produce something altogether committedly bizarre and provocatively boundary-pushing.
Often taking the question of taste into unchartered (and lowbrow) territory, whether laughing or wincing, you’re at least certain to not be bored.
18+, viewer discretion advised.
Tromeo and Juliet
All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had!
Join Tromeo (Will Keenan), Juliet (Jane Jensen), and Lemmy of Motorhead as they travel through Manhattan’s underground in search of climactic love, violence, and the American Way.
Tromeo and Juliet is thrust forward with hyper-kinetic performances and a cutting-edge soundtrack.
The Toxic Avenger
Welcome to Tromaville, New Jersey – a small American town, terrorized by criminals. The town’s corrupt mayor sits idly by, while muggers, robbers and teenage punks victimize helpless citizens.
Among the residents of Tromaville is Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club. That is, until he becomes The Toxic Avenger! A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
However, an unexpected metamorphosis takes place. As the chemicals take hold of his body, Melvin turns into the Toxic Avenger, doer of good, and brutal mauler of evil! The rest, as they say, is history!
The excitement is non-stop as the hero sets out to single handedly wipe out the forces of evil that torment the people of Tromaville.
Class of Nuke ‘Em High
Readin’… Writin’… and Radiation!
At Tromaville High School, located a stone’s throw from the local Nuclear Power Plant, the students are getting brighter. In fact, they’re beginning to develop a Troma-green glow.
Innocent students mutate into sex-crazed psychos, the Honor Society’s turned into carnivorous, kinky cretins, and the slimy monster stalking the hallways isn’t the principal!
Cannibal! The Musical
A Comedy-horror musical loosely based on the true story of the only person convicted of cannibalism in America – Alfred Packer.
The sole survivor of an ill-fated trip to the Colorado Territory, he tells his side of the harrowing tale to news reporter Polly Prye as he awaits his execution. Cannibal! The Musical is Oklahoma meets Bloodsucking Freaks.
Brought to you by the Troma Team and one of the creators of Southpark, Trey Parker – the Rogers and Hammerstein of Horror!
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
When the American Chicken Bunker, a military themed fast food restaurant, builds its latest chain restaurant on the site of an ancient Native American burial ground, the displaced spirits take revenge on unsuspecting diners and transform them into chicken zombies!
Now, it’s up to a dimwitted counter boy, his collegiate lesbian ex-girlfriend and a burqa-wearing fry cook to put an end to the foul feathered menace once and for all.