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PORKY´S: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

Check out the Troma originals! What is it with movies that they only become popular if as little original as possible? The Porky's series have, for some reason, reached an enormous popularity, while they were more than just highly influenced by far superior productions made years before them. Lloyd Kaufman's SQUEEZE PLAY (1980) and WAITRESS (1982) both appeared before the first imitation in the Porky series (1982), and although they had reasonably successfull theatrical runs, they somehow didn't come to be as well known as the rip offs. And more of Lloyd Kaufman's brilliance was made in 1983 (STUCK ON YOU and THE FIRST TURN-ON), but these much better titles also didn't reach the kind of audiences that later and even weaker Porky titles did.

If you like the Porky films I am sure you will absolutely love the films that inspired these series, and suggest you check them out as well! All are available on DVD. From Troma, of course!

SLITHER

James Gunn is a good influence in Hollywood!

James Gunn is a genius in scriptwriting, and he is a very rare speciesof people making it in the Hollywood scene without selling out. Hisscripts always show his true sense of humor and cynicism. He alwaysputs a lot of Troma in there. Before Directing and writing Slither he wrote a number of highly successful theatrical hits, and he managed to make even Scooby Doo highly enjoyable and even did the impossible by writing an absolutely amazing script for the remake of absolute classic

amongst classics of horror-films Dawn of the Dead - something me and many others always thought of as being totally impossible.

However brilliant, none of Gunn's scripts, including Slither, although it comes close, are as GENIUS as the first one he ever wrote to be made in a film: Tromeo and Juliet, directed by Lloyd Kaufman (with Gunn as assistant director). Although not selling out, is it clear that all films for larger studio's need some concessions here and there, while Tromeo and Juliet has none of that, and truly shows Gunns genius without any restrictions (and it is, incidentally available on a tenth anniversary double disc, with huge contributions of James Gunn himself!!). All this said I can only conclude that Slither is a

fantastic film, with a script as good as or maybe even better than his DAWN remake, and with it James Gunn shows he is perfect for directing his own work, because the film as a whole is far better than DAWN. An absolute must see, must have.

The DVD also includes a very enjoyable video diary by independent film-legend Lloyd Kaufman, who has a cameo in Slither.