Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger will be attending this weekend’s upcoming 10th Annual Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest to show two Classic Troma Movies he directed, The Toxic Avenger and Poultrygeist, it was announced today by Elizabeth D’Ambrosio, spokesperson for Troma Entertainment.
Puerto Rico Horror Fest runs from October 20-26, 2016 at the Caribbean Cinemas in San Patricia. This year Puerto Rico Horror Fest will mark their milestone tenth-year anniversary with a toxic twist on scare genres and the curator’s selections, (by way of their fantastic environments, unnatural selections and interest in the impossible, surreal and mutantoid) all share a common genre thread as Science-Fiction Movies.
In a gesture of honorific proportions PRHFF will truly resolve their effort to celebrate Science-Fiction/Horror crossover films organizers have elected to pay tribute to the director who invented a language of non-conformity in cinematic storytelling, Lloyd Kaufman, president of 42 year old Independent Movie making institution Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger. … that does not mean he will condone your upskirts!
Kaufman will be visiting Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest from Oct. 20-23 and in that time will be the recipient of a lifetime achievement award for his unholy ingenuity as a pioneer for new forms in independent art and movie making, with a Resume of over 60 feature films he directed himself and as the filmmaker who gave rise to the likes of big budget Science-Fiction Director Hero, James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Eli Roth.
Two main-event time slots for screenings this weekend are reserved for the Troma Movies, with a midnight (11:55) screening on Friday for Lloyd Kaufman’s melodic-rock critique on the “what kind of god” image driven gore and gristle caused by the mass produced foods industry and American fast-food chains,Poultrygeist: The Musical. Poultrygeist, which was shot on 35 mm film and features, among many other mesmerizing chickens, the most disaffected an hypnotically synchronized lesbian orgies to ever take place outside of the Summer Olympics, meanwhile maintaining a message of real horror by pointing to the undeniable atrocities of animal torture for the sake of low-cost mass production through nightmarish livestock humanoid.
Saturday, October 21st at 9:45 PM Caribbean Cinema will be projecting the original director’s cut version of Troma Movie’s breakthrough 1984 movie, The Toxic Avenger! When Health-Club janitor and super-nerd Melvin, played in the film by Mark Torgel got into a fight with hot-dude bullies and fell from the window into a vat of fallout after-goo and emerged The Toxic Avenger, his celebrity was instantly confirmed and the character and movie were catapulted into the oft-considered untouchable Pantheon of Superheros with a dark-side, warm-heart and BIG MOP. The crowd pleaser film will no doubt be a celebration in Puerto Rico and El Vengador Toxico himself will be there all weekend to bask in the sun and also glory, admire hot beach bodies and pose for photos with fans! Free!
Both screenings will be followed by a Q & A with Lloyd Kaufman, who will be in attendance with his wife Pat Kaufman, former New York City Film Commissioner.
Friday, October 20th and Saturday, October 21st visitors will find the Troma Team in the lobby of the Caribbean Cinema where they will have a selection of the best-selling Troma Classic titles like The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High, Poultrygeist and Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Cannibal, The Musical!
The new t-shirt from the NYC Movie Studio features a multicolor revival “Troma Universe” logo with the lovable Toxie who GLOWS IN THE DARK and in other collectible limited edition get it while you can merch news is a October Release Skateboard Deck that just dropped from Troma and were manufactured by West Coast SkatePunk distributor “Riot Style”, with a the original poster art from The Toxic Avenger 2 blasted on the decks belly and multi-colored top stain on white dipped 8′ skate-quality decks that will allow you to thrash while you MOP up the trash and would probably also look great on the wall in your kitchen! Enamel pins with Toxie, stickers, Movie Posters and Mini-Posters will also be available for titles like Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 (Vol 2 has a mini-poster already too!) Lloyd Kaufman will be appearing at the table all weekend to sign merchandise, stills and photos for fans and posing in photos for FREE!
