Collection Summary
Troma Entertainment, Inc.
Troma Entertainment, Inc. records
1963-2025
12705
20.06 cubic ft. (27 boxes) + 80.66 GB
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Troma Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent film production and distribution company, founded
in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Collection contains movies, correspondence, photographs, posters, fan mail, promotional
and production files, scripts, schedules, and drawings related to the operations of Troma Entertainment, Inc.
History of Troma Entertainment, Inc.
Troma Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent film production and distribution company, founded in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz.
In the 1970s, Kaufman and Herz produced raunchy sex comedies including “The First Turn-On!” and “Squeeze Play.” In 1985, the company produced the
film “The Toxic Avenger” which became Troma’s most popular film and the official mascot of Troma Entertainment. Troma was known for its horror B-movie
productions which contained elements of farce, parody, gore and splatter. Their films have been categorized as "shock exploitation films" because
they typically contain overt sexuality, nudity, and intentionally sadistic, gory, and blatant graphic violence. Troma film has become a term synonymous
with these characteristics. They have produced, acquired and distributed over 1,000 independent films since its creation.
Scope and Content
Collection contains Troma movies, correspondence, photographs, posters, fan mail, trade cards, publications, scripts, schedules, production files, publicity
and promotional materials, books, newspaper clippings, audio recordings, DVDs and CDs, and drawings related to Troma Entertainment, Inc. and Lloyd Kaufman.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
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There are no known other archival collections created by Troma Entertainment, Inc. at the date of processing.
This material was received from Troma Entertainment, Inc., Lloyd Kaufman, President from 2018-2025.
The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in January 2019 and updated in February 2021 and November 2023. This collection was updated by Brittany Heye in April 2026.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Kaufman, Lloyd, 1945-
Motion picture producers and directors -- New York (State)
Independent filmmakers -- United States
Motion picture studios -- United States
Motion picture industry -- United States
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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Performing Arts
Series I. A/V and Digital material
This series contains digital files and audio visual material from Troma Entertainment and it's founder Llyod Kaufman.
It inlcudes CD's, DVDs, cassette tapes, Vinyl records, and VHS tapes.
Sub-series 1. Digital files:
Digitalahcdm_12705_016Lloyddocz2019
Digitalahcdm_12705_017Troma Philia2019
Digitalahcdm_12705_006Unidentified hard driveundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_057CD: "Poultrygeist" Soundtrackundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_015Reverend Lust Vegas Hallelujah! (CD)undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_058CD: "The Toxic Avenger Musical"2009
Digitalahcdm_12705_053CD: "Toxic Tunes from romaville"1994
Digitalahcdm_12705_060DVD: "A+E Saturday Night Fever"undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_049DVD: "Deadbox" director - Richard KaPalaundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_043DVD: "Dis-Orientation" by Teresa Loeraundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_046DVD: "Dorothy" director - Eros Romeroundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_055-056DVD: "DVD My Egg-Hole" Animations by John E. Gorasundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_018-019DVD: Fanatics (2 DVDs)2006
Digitalahcdm_12705_045DVD: "FREAK" director - Eric Casaccioundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_048DVD: "HELVETICA" director - Kalen Artinianundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_061DVD: "In Security"undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_009DVD: Lilly H. Video - Rough Assemblage2014
Digitalahcdm_12705_012DVD: Lloyd Kaufman National TV appearances2008
Digitalahcdm_12705_059DVD: "Lloyd Kaufman on the Set of "Rocky"'undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_041DVD: "Mother's Day" Anchor Bay Entertainment undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_005DVD: Park City Television: Mountain Morning Troma DanceJanuary 23, 2009
Digitalahcdm_12705_047DVD: "Photograph" director - Elizabeth Walkerundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_054DVD: "Splendor and Wisdom: Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr. and the Yale Class of 1968"undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_062DVD: "Sticky Fingers" footageundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_042DVD: "Transitions and Transformations"undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_050-051DVD: "Transitions and Transformations: Yale's Class of 1968 40 Years Later"undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_052DVD: "Troma Edge Magazine" Volume 1, Issue 1undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_040DVD: "Young Blood Evil Intentions" screening copyundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_044DVD: 'Incubator" director - Jmmy Webberundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_007a-bFloppy: Moving Images: Troma Inc. , "Poultrygeist" (2 3.5" disks)August 2005
Sub-series 2. A/V material
5CD - TH1RT3EN 2013
4CD - The Wiffenpoofs - 1968, Songs of Yale and YALE Circa 1968 (mix CD with famous musicians) (2 CDs)undated
21Cassette Tape - "Free Troma Tunes" (James Grinn)undated
3LP record - Soundtrack for "Martin" music by Donald Rubinstein1977
21Phonograph record - "The Killer Barbies"1994
4VHS Tape - Alabama Jay B (2 VHS tapes)undated
2 VHS Tape - Lloyd Kaufman Presents: Troma's War/Waitress, Class of Nuke'Em High, Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, Def by Temptation1996
21Video Game - Xbox 360 "The Gunstringer"2006-2011
9Vinyl - Arrows: I love Rock and Roll single (45 vinyl record)1975
9Vinyl - Dwarves: Surfbort (45 vinyl record)2018
9Vinyl - Dwarves: Looking for a Warm teabag (33 vinyl record)1988-2019
725 TA Life / Tromatized Youth2009
7Tromatized Youth: Tromaville have eyes2017
7Tromatized Youth: Melvin Rise Again2013
Sub-series 3. DVDs
11DVD: After School Lunch Special2019
11DVD: An Hour to Kill2019
20DVD: "Cesar & Otto Meet Dracula's Lawyer"undated
2DVD: Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV2000
2DVD: Class of Nuke'Em High1986
2DVD: Class of Nuke'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown1991
2DVD: Class of Nuke'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Subhumanoid1994
20DVD: "Dr. Gore" (French)undated
20DVD: Festival de Cannes set (3 discs)undated
2DVD: The First Turn-Onundated
4DVD: Greetings From Tromaville, Directors Cutundated
20DVD: "Hanger" 2009
20DVD: "I Spill Your Guts" a James Balsamo Film2012
20DVD: "Mangrove Slasher 2" Lloyd's copy2011
20DVD: "Ninja Zombies" a Noah Cooper Filmundated
20DVD: "Planet of the Vampire Women"2011
2, 7, 11DVD: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead2006, undated
2DVD: Return to Nuke'Em High2014
20DVD: "Sacrifical Freshman"undated
20DVD: "Severe Injuries"2004
2DVD: Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.1990
20DVD: "Slime City Masacre" (2 disc set)undated
2DVD: Terror Firmer: Let's Make Some Art - special edition box set (2 DVDs)1998
5DVD: The 7 Nightmares Girl 2 (2 DVDs)undated
20DVD: "The Life of Death" A documentary by Kevin J. Lindenmuth2011
2DVD: The Toxic Avenger1984
2DVD: The Toxic Avenger, Part II1989
2DVD: The Toxic Avenger, Part III: The last Temptation of Toxie1989
20DVD: "Tony's Learn Now! DVD Training!!!" - FX#2 - Fake Food Props!2005
11DVD: Tromasterpiece Theatre presents Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, episode 2undated
5DVD: Troma: A Fistful of Tromaundated
11DVD: Troma: A Fistful of Troma, 35 Years of Reel Entertainment2009
11DVD: Troma: Movies of the Future2014
20DVD: "Troma Rising: Almost 40 Years of Reel Entertainment" (2 copies)2010
2DVD: Troma's War (Blu-ray)1988
2DVD: Tromeo and Juliet1996
7DVD: Who Killed British Cinema?2016
20DVD: "Young Blood Evil Intentions" 2012
Series II. Business Files
This series contains art, artifacts, correspondence, general files, photographs, proposals/pitches/ promotional material, scripts and manuscripts related to Troma Entertainment and Lloyd Kaufman.
Sub-series 1. Art and Artifacts
5, 7Art: Fan art2018-2019
3Art: Toxic Avenger drawingundated
21Artwork - printsundated
21Artwork - Studio Ghibli signed printundated
21Artwork - Wood pieces with imagesundated
21Artifacts - "Aroma du Troma" perfume samplesundated
21Artifacts - Bookmarks - Focal Press Booksundated
21Artifacts - Car Air Fresheners - "Tromeo & Juliet"1996
10Artifacts - Cattle Ear Tagsundated
5, 7Artifacts - Ephemera (Troma buttons, I.D. badges, stickers, paper bags, bowtie, and pins)1986-2019
27Artifacts - Hat - NY Loves Film, Nigrara Falls film crewundated
4Artifacts - Hellbent for Horror - women's tank top and men's t-shirtundated
1, 9-10Artifacts - I.D. tags2014-2020
21Artifacts - Lanyards/ name tagsundated
21Artifacts - Match booksundated
7Artifacts - Modo Zero, TV Party boxundated
21Artifacts - One Yuanundated
27Artifacts - Pants - Tokyo Besthitundated
27Artifacts - Pawpaw Action figure (signed packaging)undated
20Artifacts - Puzzle - "Tromatic Christmas"2013
27Artifacts - Search Engines Strategies Conference tote bagundated
21Artifacts - Stickersundated
21Artifacts - Stickers - Comic Con2011
21Artifacts - Stickers - Troma Danceundated
20Artifacts - Stress ballundated
21Artifacts - "Toxic Avenger: The Musikill" keychainsundated
21Artifacts - Troma Buttons2003, undated
21Artifacts - Troma Crusaders trading card packets1991
21Artifacts- Troma Dance Film Festival braceletsundated
21Artifacts - Troma Event cards/ flyersundated
21Artifacts - Troma Mailorder postersSummer 2000
27Artifacts - T-Shirtsundated
27Artifacts - Wooden toy gunundated
Sub-series 2. Correspondence
13, 21Correspondence2001-2021, undated
21Cards, Postcardsundated
4-6, 10Fan mail and art2008-2019
7 and Digitalahcdm_12705_008Fan mail and holiday cards (USB drive)2018-2019
21Leftfield Picturesundated
Digitalahcdm_12705_039DVD: "Oddities" Episode 309 - The Arsenic Avengerundated
4Letters/articles/invoices2008-2009
1LK fan letters2014-2017
8Troma fan mail2011-2019
Sub-series 3. General files:
21AFMA Board1992
21Articles and Advertismentsundated
21Articles - Troma Filmsundated
5Awards and Certificates: Tromeo and Juliet as an official selection of the 2009 Newport Beach Film FestivalApril 2009
5Biographical file: Lloyd Kaufman (Yale reunion, class of '68)2018
21Biographical - Lloyd Kaufman1956, 1972
1Brochures that might mention Troma2008-2017
21Callsheets2013
21"Can You Digit?" bookletundated
3Catalog of films - TTV Slicks2000-2002
4CAV Distributing Corp - old invoices and statements1999-2000
21, 25Certificates and Diplomas1971, 2010, 2013, undated
21Confirmation of IFTA Election Results for Chairman2009
21Daily Date Keeper1979
21Flyers - 'The Toxic Avanger"2012
21Germanyundated
5 and Digitalahcdm_12705_011Independent Film and Television Alliance: IFTA Producer Conference - Lloyd Kaufman (DVD)2008-2018
1Interviews, speeches, and other writings2017
13Itineraries2016-2021
21Matt's Notesundated
21Miscellaneousundated
1, 7-8Miscellaneous (notes, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, script notes, actor business cards)1963-2019
8Miscellaneous - Marketing Plan and Proposal to Handle the Disposition of: 368 E. 149th Street, Bronx, NY, 104552009
25Newspapers and clippingsundated
4-5,7-8, 10Newspaper clippings1990-2020
5Newspaper clippings: French newspaper with LK2009
21Notesundated
21NYPD Complaint2009
4Pamphlets/handouts1999
26Postersundated
6Posters from festivals and conventions2018
3,5,7,9, 12Posters: Troma movies2014-2019
8Premier screening - King Kaufman: The Passion of Lloyd2008
5Press/fests (newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements)2006-2007
1ProductionOctober 1, 2017
1,6-7,11, 13 and Digitalahcdm_12705_001-003Promotional materials (programs, newspaper clippings, flyers)1999-2021
5Publicity: World Premiere invitations for Return to Nuke'Em High, Volume 2undated
21Schedules2013, undated
1, 11Schedules and itineraries2010-2020
4,7, 9Schedules: Lloyd Kaufman2007-2019
1Series pitches2015
4Student Confidential (newspaper movie announcements)1987
21"The Toxic Avanger" Advertising folderundated
4Troma hosted events materials (posters, pamphlets, flyers)1982-2009
6Troma office documents2018
4Tromeo and Juliet informationApril 2018
Film Festivals:
82009 San Diego Comic Con exhibitor information and services manual2009
8Comic Con 20092009
8Chinese American Film Festival2015-2016
6Film festival and comic book convention guides2018
8, 10Hollywood in Mongolia2019
5, 10Miscellaneous film festivals (flyers, pamphlets, and brochures)2009-2018
8Troma Dance2008
8Tokyo International Film Festival bagundated
Spooky Movie Film Festival:
4Photographs - Midsummers Night Scream event2008
4 and Digitalahcdm_12705_004Video: Festival of Horrors, volume 1 (DVD)2008
Sub-series 4. Photographs
21Air Craft Carrier tour (color)1978
21Black and white photographsundated
11Celeb Photos2000-2010
21Color photographsundated
21Color slides - Bryna (453 and 454)August 1978
21Color slides - KaplanJuly 1978
5Lloyd Kaufman1980-1989
22Lloyd Kaufman (color and b/w)undated
22Lloyd Kaufman and Artwork (xerox copies)undated
25Lloyd Kaufman phot w/ Photographer application from Oliver Sanitasundated
5Lloyd Kaufman photo-shopped into public imagesundated
22Magnetsundated
5Michael C. Urchin photos sent to TromaJuly 14, 2018
7-9Miscellaneous1968-2019
22Movie Promotions - Tromaundated
22Movie Stills (color)undated
22Negatives - Kodakundated
5New York Stock Exchangeundated
1Photos and art2014-2017
11Photos in Nashville1980-2000
5Poultrygeist screening photos2008
22Rev. Jen. Cardsundated
22Richard Lewin (contact sheet)undated
Sub-series 5. Proposal/ Pitch/ Promotional packets:
9 and Digitalahcdm_12705_013Class of Nuke 'em High, the series (DVD)undated
22Film - "Avrum Shul: Nazi Hunter" by Colin Heintze undated
22Film - "Death Metal" by Stevie Abraham undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_036DVD: Scary Boy Film by Stevie Abrahamundated
22Film - "Falyucka" by Eric CrooksSeptember 1, 2012
22Film - "You F@#$ed The Wrong Corpse!" by Jordan Rawlinsundated
9Kabukiman on Campus2018
9Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High2016-2018
9 and Digitalahcdm_12705_014Save My Movie (series proposal) (DVD)undated
9Starship Tromatica, the seriesundated
9The Tempestundated
9The Toxic Avenger Part V: Grime and Punishment There's Nothing Noble in Chernobylundated
9Troma's Mash-Up Theatreundated
9Tromaville Creative presentation2014
22Untitled Manuscriptundated
Sub-series 6. Scripts and Manuscripts:
22Script - partial with notesundated
22Script - "Poultrygeist" outlineNovember 29, 2003
22Script - "Queer Camp Killer" by Anders S. Gunderson2012
22Script - "Young Blood Evil Intentions" Summary, cast, etc.undated
4Scripts and notes - Cult, a story by Keith Kurtlander and Eric ShermanOctober 6, 1995
5Scripts and notes - "Shitstorm" critiqueundated
Manuscripts:
1"The Lloyd Kaufman Companion" by E. Yarberundated
4"The Anthony Chobot Saga, Part One Boy" story by Anthony Chabot and Lloyd Kaufman (includes casting and location recommendations)undated
5"My Experience, or Lack Thereof, with the Vietnam War"undated
6"Choked Out by the Digital Content Gatekeepers" by Lloyd Kaufmanundated
8 and Digitalahcdm_12705_010All I Really Need to Know about Film making I Learned from The Toxic Avenger, Summer 98 BLVD. Trade (3.5" floppy disk)1997
8Lloyd Kaufman's writings2016-2018
13Miscellaneous2017-2021
Movie scripts and notes:
1Miscellaneous2015
1Shakespeare's the Tempest AKA Troma's Shitstorm2015
6"William Shakespeare's Shitstorm" by Brandon Bassham2018
7Fathers Day (including Lloyd's notes)undated
7RTNH Vol. 2 Hkauf Scenes, reshoots2014
7The Toxic Avenger V: From Russia with Sludgeundated
7The Toxic Avenger V: Grime and Punishment2013
7William Shakespeare's Shitstorm (draft and shooting schedule)2017
10"Beast Mode" by Joel D. Wynkoop2019
10Pitch and intro scripts2018-2020
10"Shitstorm" call sheets and scripts2018
13Troma's Shitstorm2017
Series III. Publications
This series contains publications such as books, programs, booklets, and guides realated to Troma Entertainment and Lloyd Kaufman.
22"Citizen Toxie" booklet - foreign langaugeundated
5, 10, 22Comic Books1999-2019
22Comic Books - "Astral Rain"2010
1Comic book - Condaror y Nocturnoundated
22Comic Books - "MAD" (foreign language editions)2010-2011
4, 8Comic book - The Passenger2007-2009
22Comic Books - "Toxic Crusaders"1992, 2000
22Comic Con Event Guide2011
22Film Festival Guides2011
22Film Festival Guides - Foreign language2000, 2011, 2013, undated
22Film Festival programs1996-2013
22"Five Star Production" booklet2013
Digitalahcdm_12705_037DVD: All Movie Trailersundated
7L'Ecran Fantastique (French magazine)November 2018
22"Macabre" comicsundated
4,10, 22Magazines1993, 2019, 2012-2013
8Magazines about Troma1970-2001
5Magazine articles with LK2009
22Magazines - "Fantastique" (French)undated
Digitalahcdm_12705_038DVD: Fatastique Zoneundated
22Magazines - Foreign language2001, 2011-2013, undated
25Magazines - The Hollywood Reporter2011, 2013
5, 10Newsletters: The Troma Times1989-1998
23Playbill - "The Toxic Avenger"March 2009, 2012
7Playbills (French)2014-2019
23Program - Ace! ConventionJune 8-10, 2012
23Program - BIFF (Brussels International Film Festival)2011-2012
23Program - Fan Expo CanadaAugust 2011
23Program - Florida SuperCon2012-2013
23Program - GenConAugust 4-7, 2011
23Program - "The Toxic Avenger"May 2025
11Programs - "The Toxic Avenger: The Musical" souvenir programme2017
23Troma2012, undated
23Troma class bookletsundated
23Troma Dance Film Festival programs2010-2012
Sub-series 1. Books
4"CarnEvil" by Douglas Wentworth2014
5"Shatner Quake" by Jeff Burk2009
5"The Seduction of Mike: One Man's Life in 60 Years of Comic Books" by R. Sikoryak and Michael Smith1997
5"Cult People" by Nicanor Loretiundated
5"The Monster That Ate the Movies: How Big Business is Destroying an American Institution" by Bill Dever2018
7"Cinematheque" program2018-2019
7"Le Cinema Francais C'es De La Merde!" ND
7"Pests" by Lloyd Kaufman with Jordan Young and Regina Katz2017
7"Speedball #11: Run Bastard Run!"2017
8"Acreable" by Antoine Marchalot2014
8"DogMendonca and PizzaBoy III" by Filipe Melo2016
8"Greenpoint of View" by Tony Wolf2014
8"In God We Trust" by Winshluss2013
8"You're Really Reading This Book? My Ramblings on Social Media" by Jason Pollock2015
8"Zombie Democracy" by Neil A. Cohen2018
10"Almost Time" a play by David Rowell Workman2012
10"As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen" by Reverend Sun Myung Moon2010
10"Being Mr. Skin" by Jim ''Mr. Skin" McBride (advance uncorrected proof)2019
10"Collins Cleaning Day" by Keith White Jr. 2013
10"Fake News Confidential" by Rick Carlile2018
10"Gimp: Surviving Your Survival" by Alisa Christensen2008
10"Santastein" by Brian K. Morris2014
10"The Selby is in your place" by Todd Selby2010
10"Zombie Brides From Planet X" by David Rowell Workman2013
6Miscellaneous2016-2019
24American Terrorist: Timotyh McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing by Lou Michel and Dan herbeck (autographed hardback)2001
24Excuseman Only Tortures English by Jordan Margolis (autographed)2011
24MonsterMatt's Bad Monster Jokes, Volume 1 by Monstermatt Patterson2011
24The Present Meets the Past: Trinity Students Interview Trinity Alumni and Alumnae (autographed) 2009
24The Real Teflon Don: How an Elite Teamof New York State Troopers Helped Take Down America's Most Powerful Mafia Family by Matt Gryta with George Karalus2012