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Tales From The Crapper
''Tales from the Crapper'' is a 2004 straight-to-video anthology film that was a spoof of the ''Tales from the Crypt'' comics. The film was released by Troma Entertainment. Plot Troma Entertainment co-founder and B-movie director and producer Lloyd Kaufman plays the Crap Keeper. He presents the viewers with two horror stories that contain gore, nudity, fat men, talking penises, lesbian scenes, vampires, UFOs, and appearances by porn star Ron Jeremy and the band New Found Glory. The film was purportedly shot over three years with six directors and close to fifteen writers. Cast Production The film started pre-production in early 2001, after a successful digitized web-comic starring Yaniv Sharon entitled ''Tales From the Crapper'' hit the Troma website. After the three-part comic was done, Troma President Lloyd Kaufman wanted a real series on their website to be made. A contract was done with India Allen, who had recently produced and directed the film ''The Rowdy Girls'' which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Ferrin
Chad Ferrin is an American horror film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Biography Ferrin first broke into the film industry as a production assistant on films such as '' Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' and '' Hellraiser: Bloodline''. He moved on to directing episodes of the Troma television series '' Troma's Edge TV''. '' Unspeakable'' marked Ferrin's writing and feature directing debut. The film, shot for $20,000, was released by Troma. Ferrin next wrote, produced and directed ''The Ghouls''. Called "a no-budget horror opus"The Chair {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrin, Chad American male film actors American film directors American male screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-movie
A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feature (akin to B-sides for recorded music). However, the U.S. production of films intended as second features largely ceased by the end of the 1950s. With the emergence of commercial television at that time, film studio B movie production departments changed into television film production divisions. They created much of the same type of content in low budget films and series. The term ''B movie'' continues to be used in its broader sense to this day. In its post-Golden Age usage, B movies can range from lurid exploitation films to independent arthouse films. In either usage, most B movies represent a particular genre—the Western was a Golden Age B movie staple, while low-budget science-fiction and horror films became more popular in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Blackehart
Stephen T. Blackehart (born December 1, 1967) is an American character actor, author, and producer. Education Blackehart began his artistic education at the University of South Florida under BAFTA-winning character actor Paul Massie, before moving overseas to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While at LAMDA, in addition to the normal study-and-performance curriculum, Blackehart studied swordsmanship under renowned fight masters Rodney Cottier and John Waller, and went on to attain an advanced certification from the Society of British Fight Directors (now called the BASSC). Upon returning to the U.S., he became an active member of Manhattan's Westside Repertory Theatre (at the time the oldest classical theater company in the city), and by day studied at HB Studio under Uta Hagen and with character actor William Hickey. Career Blackehart first became known for playing Benny Que in the cult classic film ''Tromeo and Juliet'', though he has since acted in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Craven
Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor. Craven has commonly been recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre due to the cultural impact and influence of his work. Amongst his Wes Craven filmography, prolific filmography, Craven was best known for his pioneering work in the Horror film, horror genre, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor and satire. Craven created the A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise), ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise (1984–2010), specifically writing and directing A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film), the first film, co-writing and producing the third, ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987), and writing and directing the seventh, ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' (1994). He additionally directed the first four films in the Scream (franchise), ''Scream'' franchise (1996–2011). He also directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent Haaga
Trent Haaga (born 1971) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for his work on independent horror films, such as ''Deadgirl'' (2008), '' Cheap Thrills'' (2013), and '' 68 Kill'' (2017). Career Haaga came to the attention of the horror community after co-starring in the Troma film '' Terror Firmer''.Interview with Haaga for horror-asylum.com He went on to fill the role of as well as on the fourth film in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Roth
Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, having directed the films '' Cabin Fever'' (2003) and ''Hostel'' (2005). Roth continued to work in the horror genre, directing the films '' Hostel: Part II'' (2007) and '' The Green Inferno'' (2013). He also expanded into other genres, directing the erotic thriller film '' Knock Knock'' (2015) and the action film ''Death Wish'' (2018), a remake of the 1974 original. Also in 2018, he directed the fantasy comedy film ''The House with a Clock in Its Walls'', his first PG-rated film and his highest domestic grosser to date. As an actor, Roth starred as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), for which he received a Critic's Choice Movie Award and a SAG Award as part of the ensemble. Many journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Fleishaker
Joseph Isaac Fleishaker (1954 – May 23, 2016) was an American character actor best known for his appearances in low-budget cult and horror comedy movies. In particular, those produced by New York-based independent film company Troma Entertainment, who have billed Fleishaker as "Troma's biggest action star", humorously alluding to his morbid obesity, which surpassed five hundred pounds. Biography Fleishaker was first cast in Troma's 1988 action-comedy ''Troma's War'' as an extra, where he played a member of a violent terrorist sect. Lloyd Kaufman, the film's director, was amused by Fleishaker's screen presence as an obese guerrilla soldier and ended up giving him more screen time throughout the film. Following ''Troma's War'', Fleishaker struck up an ongoing partnership with Troma, having acted in every Kaufman-directed film from 1989 to 2006. These parts have ranged from background parts and short cameos to much larger supporting roles, such as The Toxic Avenger's sidekick La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Scarface'' (1983). Stone achieved prominence as writer and director of the war drama ''Platoon'' (1986), which won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. ''Platoon'' was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989)—for which Stone won his second Best Director Oscar—and '' Heaven & Earth'' (1993). Stone's other works include the Salvadoran Civil War-based drama '' Salvador'' (1986); the financial drama ''Wall Street'' (1987) and its sequel '' Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'' (2010); the Jim Morrison biographical film ''The Doors'' (1991); the satirical black comedy crime film ''Natural Born Killers'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Allen
India Allen (born India Juliana Orban on June 1, 1965, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American actress and model. Allen appeared as a centerfold in the December 1987 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1988. Career Allen was initially encouraged by her mother when she turned eighteen to pursue modeling and to try out for Playboy, but she was not interested. The suggestion came up again a few years later when her casting agent sent her to do a small role in a short film parody of Beverly Hills Cop II, in a role as a Playmate in the Playboy Mansion West scene. On the set of the film, Allen met Monique St. Pierre, Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1979. Allen was surprised when one of the film's producers mentioned that St. Pierre was a Playmate and the two became friends. After looking through Allen's portfolio of modeling assignments, St. Pierre took her to Playboy's West Coast photo studios on Sunset Boulevard for test shots. (subsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Raimi
Theodore "Ted" Raimi (born December 14, 1965) is an American character actor, director, comedian, and writer. He is known for his roles in the works of his brother Sam Raimi, including a fake Shemp in ''The Evil Dead'', possessed Henrietta in ''Evil Dead II'', and Ted Hoffman in the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy.Peter David's novelizations of the films reveal his first name to be Ted, after the actor who plays him. He later reprised his role as Henrietta in the television series ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', in which he also played the character Chet Kaminski. He is also known for his roles as Lieutenant JG Tim O'Neill in ''seaQuest DSV'' and Joxer the Mighty in '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. Raimi has appeared in minor roles in a number of other films and television series, including the films ''Crimewave'', '' Intruder'', '' Shocker'', '' Darkman'', '' Candyman'', '' Army of Darkness'', ''Clear and Present Danger'', ''The Grudge'', ''Drag Me to Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. Parker was interested in film and music as a child and at high school and attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met Stone. The two collaborated on various short films. They also co-wrote and co-starred in the feature-length musical ''Cannibal! The Musical'' (1993). Parker and Stone moved to Los Angeles and wrote their second film, ''Orgazmo'' (1997). Before the premiere of the film, ''South Park'' premiered on Comedy Central in August 1997. The duo possess full creative control of the show, and have produced music and video games based on it. A film based on the series, '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999), received good reviews from both critics and fans. Parker went on to write, produce, direct, and star in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Found Glory
New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American rock band from Coral Springs, Florida, formed in 1997. The band currently consists of Jordan Pundik (lead vocals), Ian Grushka (bass guitar), Chad Gilbert (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Cyrus Bolooki (drums). Longtime rhythm guitarist and lyricist Steve Klein left the band in late 2013. During their lengthy recording career, the band have released ten studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and four cover albums. After forming in 1997, New Found Glory released their debut studio album '' Nothing Gold Can Stay'' in 1999. The band then released their self-titled major label debut in 2000, with the album's song " Hit or Miss" peaking at number 15 the Alternative Songs chart. In 2002, the band became mainstream with their album '' Sticks and Stones'' and the album's hit " My Friends Over You". The group's popularity continued with their 2004 album ''Catalyst'', of which the video for "All Downhill From Here" was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
