Terror Firmer

Is there anything more irritating than an exploitation filmmaker with self-referentiality on the brain? Only if the filmmaker is Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder and in-house director (and we use that term loosely) of bottom-of-the-barrel junk-movie factory Troma, Inc. Kaufman stars as Larry Benjamin, a blind movie director shooting a blood-and-boobs picture called Terror Firmer, featuring Troma stalwart the Toxic Avenger. His cast and crew include nympho starlet Christine (poverty-row scream queen Debbie Rochon); straight-laced PA Jennifer (Alyce LaTourelle), who's caring for her ailing mother and wants to direct; blood-mad effects artist Jerry (Trent Haaga, who a...