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Theme: Bad Taste

Although what constitutes good and bad taste is a highly subjective idea, this refers to films that willingly embrace the crude, gross and often outrightly offensive.

Bad taste films frequently push an envelope in terms of featuring crass, vulgar and scatological humour; or humour that ventures into areas of very questionable taste, will feature caricatures or touch upon hot button issues in ways that poke fun at those likely to take offense.

In such films, there is a frequent fascination with bodily functions and often depictions of vomiting, urination or excretion. There is also frequently the depiction of Splatter and Gore, although here it will usually be in a comedic context.

Most of the output of Troma Films falls into this category. Although one could also consider the films of John Waters, Stuart Gordon and the early works of Peter Jackson, among others.


The ABCs of Death (2012)

26 February 201320 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Aaron Becker, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, …
Actors: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley
Category: Horror

Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie! (2023)

3 March 202413 April 2024

Rating: 0­

Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Genoveva Rossi
Actors: Genoveva Rossi, Edward X. Young, Dennis Carter Jr, Rocco George, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bad Milo! (2013)

13 December 201314 April 2025

Rating: ★½

Demon Inhabits a Man’s Ass Comedy

Director: Jacob Vaughan
Actors: Ken Marino, Peter Stormare, Gillian Jacobs, Patrick Warburton, …
Category: Horror

Bad Taste (1988)

26 May 199931 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Splatter Comedy/Alien Invasion

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Peter Jackson
Category: Horror

Bloody Knuckles (2014)

12 October 20142 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Disembodied Hand/Bad Taste Comedy

Director: Matt O'Mahoney
Actors: Adam Boys, Kasey Mazak, Ken Tsui, Gabrielle Giraud, …
Category: Horror

Blubberella (2011)

11 August 201219 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Plus-Size Vampire Heroine vs Nazis/Gonzo Bad Taste

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Lindsay Hollister, Michael Paré, Clint Howard, Brendan Fletcher, …
Category: Horror

Braindead (1992)

5 January 20003 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Zombies/Splatter Comedy

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Tim Balme, Diana Penalver, Ian Watkin, Stuart Devenie
Category: Horror

Bunny the Killer Thing (2015)

1 January 20197 June 2021

Rating: ★★½

Giant Killer Bunny/Gonzo Splatter Comedy

Director: Joonas Makkonen
Actors: Enni Ojutkangas, Jari Manninen, Orwi Manny Ameh, Roope Olenius, …
Category: Horror

Chillerama (2011)

23 June 20126 December 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Parody Anthology/Drive-In Homage

Director: Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, Joe Lynch
Actors: Joel David Moore, Kane Hodder, Adam Rifkin, Ray Wise, …
Category: Horror

Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986)

26 November 200521 October 2024

Rating: ★

Bad Taste Splatter and Mutations/Troma Film

Director: Richard W. Haines, Lloyd Kaufman
Category: Horror

Class of Nuke ‘Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)

15 September 202015 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Bad Taste Splatter and Mutations/Troma Film

Director: Eric Louzil
Category: Horror

Eating Miss Campbell (2022)

20 November 202320 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Bad Taste Comedy

Director: Liam Regan
Actors: Lyndsey Craine, Lala Barlow, Vito Trigo, James Hamer-Morton, …
Category: Horror

Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2020)

31 July 20209 May 2024

Rating: ★★

Exorcism on an Airplane/Bad Taste Comedy

Director: Chad Ferrin
Actors: Robert Miano, Bai Ling, Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, …
Category: Horror

Fat Ass Zombies (2020)

6 June 20216 June 2021

Rating: 0­

Gonzo Zombie Comedy

Director: George Bennett
Actors: Dave Mussen, Johnny Dowers, Samantha Walker, Brave Matthews, …
Category: Horror

Father’s Day (2011)

14 February 201228 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Troma Film/Possessed Killer/Bad Taste Splatter

Director: Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, …
Actors: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, …
Category: Horror

The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol (2011)

24 March 201324 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Bad Taste Hollywood Horror Tales

Director: Aramis Sartorio
Actors: Aramis Sartorio, Vincent Cusimano, Mia Tyler, Jordan Lawson, …
Category: Horror

Gutterballs (2008)

14 December 20212 March 2025

Rating: ★

Splatter Film/Bowling Alley Killer

Director: Ryan Nicholson
Actors: Alistair Gamble, Nathan Witte, Candice Lewald, Nathan Dashwood
Category: Horror

The Happytime Murders (2018)

25 January 201931 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

World Where Puppets and Humans Coexist

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, …
Category: Fantasy

Holocaust Cannibal (2014)

10 January 202311 January 2023

Rating: ★

Nazis vs Cannibals/Bad Taste Film

Director: Bill Zebub
Actors: Erin Brown, Lydia Lael, Bill Zebub, Rachel Crow (ii), …
Category: Horror

Holy Hell (2015)

28 July 201623 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Vigilante Catholic Priest/Gonzo Ultra-Violence

Director: Ryan LaPlante
Actors: Ryan LaPlante, Alysa King, Michael Rawley, Shane Patrick McClurg, …
Category: Horror

Kuso (2017)

11 December 20173 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Gross-Out Surrealism

Director: Flying Lotus
Actors: The Buttress, Zack Fox, George Clinton, Tim Heidecker, …
Category: Fantasy

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (2006)

3 March 201430 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Claymation/Bad Taste Satire of the Manson Family Killings

Director: John Roecker
Actors: Billie Joe Armstrong, Nelly Posbourne, Theo Kagan, Jane Wiedlin, …
Category: Fantasy

Mad Heidi (2022)

25 August 2023

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Swiss Exploitation Film

Director: Johannes Hartmann
Actors: Alice Lucy, Casper Van Dien, Max Rüdlinger, David Schofield, …
Category: Horror

Marquis (1989)

22 May 20019 February 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Marquis De Sade Story/Obscene Puppet Show

Director: Henri Xhonneux
Category: Fantasy

Meet the Feebles (1990)

6 August 20027 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Obscene Puppet Show

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow
Category: Fantasy

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)

1 June 200110 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Absurdist Comedy Skits

Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Actors: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, …
Category: Fantasy

Mortuary Academy (1988)

3 June 200510 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Bad Taste Mortuary Comedy

Director: Michael Schroeder
Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Perry Lang, Christopher Atkins, …
Category: Horror

Movie 43 (2013)

8 November 201311 May 2024

Rating: 0­

Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits

Director: Steven Brill, Peter Farrelly, Will Graham, Steve Carr, …
Actors: Adam Cagley, Devin Eash, Mark L. Young, Fisher Stevens, …
Category: Fantasy

Night of Something Strange (2016)

18 February 20198 August 2023

Rating: ★★★

Zombie-Creating Sexually Transmitted Disease

Director: Jonathan Straiton
Actors: Rebecca C. Kasek, Trey Harrison, Wayne W. Johnson, Tori-Ann Gamble, …
Category: Horror

Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010)

15 June 201322 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Nunsploitation Homage

Director: Joseph Guzman
Actors: Asun Ortega, David Castro, Bill Oberst Jr., Maxie J. Santillian Jr.
Category: Horror

Piranha (2010)

28 August 201026 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Killer Fish

Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steve R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, …
Category: Horror

Postal (2007)

11 January 200911 February 2025

Rating: 0­

Videogame Adaptation/Bad Taste Satire

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Chris Spencer, …
Category: Horror

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)

13 July 201021 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Chicken Mutations/Troma Film

Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Lloyd Kaufman, Ron Jeremy
Category: Horror

Re-Animator (1985)

2 January 200128 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Resurrection of the Dead/Splatter Black Comedy/H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, …
Category: Horror

Santa’s Slay (2005)

22 December 202322 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Demonic Santa Claus

Director: David Steiman
Actors: Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith, Emilie de Ravin, Robert Culp, …
Category: Horror

Sausage Party (2016)

20 August 20166 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Talking Supermarket Produce

Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Actors: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, Salma Hayek, …
Category: Fantasy

#ShakespearesShitstorm (2020)

21 October 202421 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Bad Taste Shakespeare Parody/Troma Film

Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Lloyd Kaufman, Kate McGarrigle, Erin Miller, Abraham Sparrow, …
Category: Horror

She Kills (2016)

20 July 20163 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Woman with a Vagina Possessed by Satan

Director: Ron Bonk
Actors: Jennie Russo, Trey Harrison, Michael Merchant, David Royal, …
Category: Horror

Street Trash (1987)

8 June 200031 March 2025

Rating: ★

Gooey Meltdowns & Splatter

Director: Jim Muro
Actors: Mike Lackey, Vic Noto, Jane Arakawa, James Lorinz
Category: Horror

Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)

14 August 20042 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust Surfer Gangs/Troma Film

Director: Peter George
Actors: Barry Brenner, Gail Neely, Dawn Wildsmith, Michael Sonye, …
Category: Horror

The Taint (2010)

29 June 201119 December 2023

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Bad Taste Comedy/Zombiefying Penis-Enlargement Drug

Director: Drew Bolduc, Dan G. Nelson
Category: Horror

Taxidermia (2006)

17 August 200717 February 2022

Rating: ★★★

Tales of Gross-Out Surrealism

Director: György Pálfi
Category: Fantasy

Ted 2 (2015)

27 June 201525 March 2024

Rating: ★★½

Foul-Mouthed Teddy Bear

Director: Seth MacFarlane
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Seth MacFarlane, Jessica Barth, …
Category: Fantasy

Ted (2012)

28 June 20128 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Foul-Mouthed Teddy Bear

Director: Seth MacFarlane
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Joel McHale, …
Category: Fantasy

Terror Firmer (1999)

20 April 200010 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Movie Set Killer/Bad Taste Troma Comedy

Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Lloyd Kaufman, Will Keenan, Trent Haaga, Debbie Rochon, …
Category: Horror

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

31 May 200121 October 2024

Rating: 0­

Mutant Superhero/Bad Taste Splatter/Troma Film

Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Mitchell Cohen, Andree Maranda, Pat Ryan Jr, Gary Schneider, …
Category: Horror

Tromeo & Juliet (1996)

23 December 199921 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Bad Taste Shakespeare Parody/Troma Film

Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Will Keenan, Debbie Rochon, Sean Gunn
Category: Horror

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)

31 March 202324 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Horror Version of Children’s Character

Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Actors: Nikola Leon, Maria Taylor, Craig David Dowsett, Chris Cordell, …
Category: Horror

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024)

21 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Horror Version of Children’s Character

Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Actors: Scott Chambers, Simon Callow, Alec Newman, Tallulah Evans, …
Category: Horror

Yeti: A Love Story (2006)

16 February 202316 February 2023

Rating: ★

Gay Yeti/Troma Film

Director: Adam Deyoe, Eric Gosselin
Actors: Adam Malamut, Dave Paige
Category: Horror

Zombie Women of Satan (2009)

11 September 202411 September 2024

Rating: ★

Freakshow Troupe vs Zombie Women

Director: Steve O'Brien, Warren Speed
Actors: Warren Speed, Seymour Mace, Victoria Hopkins, Pete Bonner
Category: Horror

Zombiechrist (2010)

14 May 201828 November 2022

Rating: ★

Resurrected Jesus on the Rampage

Director: Bill Zebub
Actors: Bill Zebub
Category: Horror

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