Wow. I both don't know how this was so bad, as well as exactly how this was so bad.

Watched this for the first time in something of a He-Man vacuum. I was born a few years late for the 80s He-Man craze, but just in time to be 4 or 5 when it was in syndication and my Mol purchased the complete toy line from a neighbor's garage sale. When I'd tune in and catch He-Man in the late…

Considered among the best of Troma's 2010s pick-ups (and probably Troma's best movie poster this side of the millennium) 'The Taint' has two absolute incredible things going for it: a stellar onslaught of practical gore (with some minimal CGI effect layered on top) and an absolutely amazing synth-score that greatly outkicks the movie's coverage.

The latter pairs well with the opening credit sequence that utilizes a green coloration on black-and-white public domain footage to really set the tone/mood/vibe for a…

We had a 50th anniversary screening of 'Carrie' as part of Midnight Mayhem at The Main in Minneapolis with the promotion that anyone who came in prom attire got free popcorn. As a result, several groups of 4-6 high schoolers came to our screening straight from their own proms, which was really special. (I also was given a 'MSP Film King' crown which I feel makes my Letterboxd reviews more powerful and impactful). We also got permission from the great…

An absolute Troma essential, I still have the Suncoast Video receipt from my purchase of the Troma Collector's Edition VHS 26 years ago. I was in 8th grade and figured this would be exactly what high school was like, or at least a closer proximity than 'American Pie' that'd my classmates had all assumed was a docu-drama.

I've seen it several times since on several different mediums, but this was my first time taking in Class of Nuke Em High…