Trash Video is a

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. The company was established in 1995. Known for their sense of humour, Trash Video produces films in a wide range of genres, including

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s. ''Videospace'' website describes the company as "one of the most renowned Finnish independent movie production teams". Using a lean team and minimal budgets, their films embrace blood, bad language, and violence, with frequent references to Hervanta.

Individual films

*Blood Money (1995) *Troubled Man (1995) *Horrors of the cabin (1996) *Space butchers (1996) *Tough guys (1996) *Tough guys 2: Revenge (1997) *Hervanta Homicide (1998) *Virpoja (1998) *The last drunken (1998) *Hervanta Homicide 2000 (1999) *Santa Murder (2000) *Trap (2001) *Jack and the red cosmos (2001) *Hervanta fury (2001) *Skewed Curve (2002) *Hervanta Man (2003) *Jack Steel vs. Army (2004) *Nato Commando (2005) *Slag Hammer (2009) *The last battle of Venus (2010)

Party Jacks series

*Celebration Jacks: Tuparit (2000) *Celebration Jacks: Cousin Boy (2001) *Celebration Jacks: Snow housewarming (2002) *Celebration Jacks: Tiger's Eye (2003) *Celebration Jacks: Juhlakalu (2004) *Celebration Jacks - Season 1 (2008) (13 episodes)

Action series

*Action Hervanta (1999) *Warriors of Action for Hervanta (1999) *Summer of Action (2000) *Action Armageddon (2001) *Unknown Action (2002) *Insane Action (2003) *Action Interactive (2005)

References

External links

Trash Video Official WebsiteIMDBParty Jacks Official website
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