Movie Addicts. Celeb Dishers. Gamers. We're All Here.

The fact that Troma still exists is a fact that has me somewhat confused. Oh, sure, Troma’s been putting out over-the-top direct to video movies since there was a top to go over, and Lloyd Kaufman is pretty much recognized as the king of low-budget movie making. So much so that he’s actually got a how-to-make-movies guide out there called “Make Your Own Damn Movie”, and that speaks to a whole lot of experience.

What that experience will offer up this time around, however, is a real puzzler. It’s called Retardead—no nasty letters, please, that is the ACTUAL NAME OF THE MOVIE—and it’s about a mad doctor run amok in the Butte County Institute of Special Education. Armed with a faulty hyper-intelligence serum, mad Doctor Stern will raise an army of flesh-eating zombies, to which the FBI and the local sheriff’s department will respond to in a blood-soaked furor.

But perhaps the unkindest cut comes from a response found at the Bloody Disgusting message boards about Retardead—from the movie’s co-director. I’ll let old Rick do the talking:

Yeah, we knew that was comin’. We even thought of changing the name to InfecDEAD. But then we thought, “What movie are people going to remember ten years from now? InfecDEAD or RetarDEAD?” We think the later (sic) . Also, I wouldn’t knock the filmmaking until you see the movie. It’s hard to tell from the trailer because of the compression. Truth is we spent five years on this thing. This wasn’t something we just peed out in a weekend with a couple of friends in our back yard. Also, this ain’t no Troma movie. We’re not out to make fun of special kids. That would be a cheap gag. And that’s not what we’re about. The kids are the victims in this, not the punchline. -Rick (co-director of RetarDEAD and Monsturd)

Shameful either way, really.

But there’s vastly better zombie movies out there—and the trivia for them and plenty more can be found on Kwanzoo.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Categories: Movie stories //