Lloyd Kaufman - The Power Of Positive Murder! (announced for 2026)

 

“I lied about #Shakespeare’s Shitstorm being my last film as director,” says Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment. “Now, The Power of Positive Murder! will definitely be my “last hurrah” if I live through it. I’ve always loved the novel Crime and Punishment, especially with all the slapstick and ribald hilarity.

Therein, Martin Murray will soon join the pantheon of genius writers discovered by Troma, like James Gunn, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Eli Roth, Trent Haaga, and Joe Lynch.”

“The Power of Positive Murder! is a love letter to auteur filmmakers like Samuel Fuller, pulp paperback novels, Russian literature, and most of all… TROMA!” says Columbia University graduate, Martin Murray. “Uncle Lloyd is the best director for this project, and I am very lucky.”

(quotes were taken from an article by Lee B. Golden III, from the amazing site "Film Combat Syndicate". Cordial thanks for your great work!)

How much I love Lloyd Kaufman. He is maybe the only truthful heir of the spirit of Anarchy and Groucho Marx.

Lloyd Kaufman - SGT. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D (1991)

A super annoying and brain destroying masterpiece. Almost unbearable to watch. It shrinks your brain to the size of a pea. 

Yeah, this is the power of cinema presented in its truly subversive and at the same time almost indigestible form. 

In this film you will have to witness a lot of throwing up. As if the history of cinema regurgitates itself (like in a lot of Troma works) endlessly.

If you are into Troma - watch it! Tastelessness and nonsense at level 10! A gem! At least ten times dumber than any existing screwball comedy! And a hundred times smarter than anything else.

Sayonara, dear brain! 

Patrick Brice - Creep (2014)

 

Not really a masterpiece - but disturbing enough to watch it. A diabolical queer lovestory. Lethally - possibly dangerously like any other freshly starting love affair. Close to Joel Potrykus' masterly "Vulcanizadora"(2024). Good for a suicidal double feature night. An odd couple without Wilder's Lemons.

My Films in 2026 ... so far ... to be continued

 This is my list of films I have watched in 2026. Only the title, the number in brackets is my rating on a scale 0-10. Enjoy.

1.Gangs of London S.3 E5-8(3)

2.Variety(7)

3.Negatives(7)

4.Nobody 2(0)

5.Captain America: Brave New World(0)

6.What happened was ...(5)

7.Superman(1)

8.New Religion (4)

9.Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein(0)

10.Locked(0)

11. Vulcanizadora(9)

12. Pets(8)

13. Disco Boy(9)

14.L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi (1)

15.The Sacrament(7)

16.Final Destination 6(0)

17.The Carpenter (5)

18.The Wailing(0)

19.Dream House(0)

20.Black Bag(0)

21.Together(0)

22.Modern Romance(9)

23.The House of the Devil(5)

24.The Ugly Stepsister (0)

25.Hellraiser(1)

26.Schreie und Flüstern (10)

27.Black Phone 2(0)

28. Friendship(9)

29. Warfare(0)

30. The End(9)

31. Inexorable(1)

32. Tropic Thunder(0)

33. The Conjuring. Last Rites(1)

34. Agitator(5)

35. Angst(9)

36. Wundkanal (9)

37. Queer(0)

38. In the Bedroom(8)

39. Defending your Life(0)

40. Reflections dans un diamond mort (8)

41. Marcel, the Shell with shoes on(8)

42. The Bone Temple(0)

43. Altered States(0)

44. Phantasm I(2)

45. Die Klavierspielerin (1)

46. Flucht in den Norden(9)

47. 2046(1)

48. The Toxic Avenger(0)

49. Ruby(6)

50. Die my love(0)

51. Keeper(8)

52. Terror Firmer (9)

53. Dust Bunny(0)

54. La Ragazza con la Valigia(9)

55. Messiah of Evil(0)

56. Tromeo and Juliette (9)

57. Bring her Back (9)

58. The Gambler(8)

59. Il posto (9)

60. I Fidanzati (9)

61. In die Sonne schauen (1)

62. A Long Day's Journey Into The night (9)

63. Risky Business (0)

64. Eddington (9)

65. Creep(7)

66. Sugar Cookies (2)

67. Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD (9)

68. Na wylot (8)

My Films in 2025

This is my list of films I have watched in 2025. Only the title, the number in brackets is my rating on a scale 0-10. Enjoy.

1.Licht im Winter (6)

2.Dekalog 6(10)

3.Antebellum(5)

4.The Invisible Man(8)

5.Dekalog 9(10)

6.Dekalog 10(10)

7. Dear Zachary(5)

8. Ready or Not(1)

9. Dekalog 3(9)

10. Dekalog 7(10)

11. Suzhou River(0)

12. Abigail(6)

13. Isabella(9)

14. Club Zero(0)

15. Relic(8)

16. La mesita del comedor(9)

17. Dekalog 2(9)

18. Incompreso(8)

19. Exhuma(0)

20. La Chimera(0)

21. The Excorcist:Believer(7)

22. Cabaret(5)

23. Pasqualino Settebellezza (10)

24. Anhell 69 (10)

25. A Woman under the influence(4)

26. The First Omen(8)

27. In A Violent Nature(8)

28. Magnificent Obsession(9)

29. Cabin Fever(8)

30. Frontiere(s) (8)

31. Tony Arzenta(0)

32. Il deserto rosso(10)

33. All that heaven allows(10)

34. Tacones lejanos(0)

35. Persona(10)

36. À l'interieur(7)

37. Longlegs(8)

38. Silver Bullets(9)

39. Art History (9)

40.Carne tremula(8)

41. La flor de mi secreto(7)

42. All of us Strangers (9)

43. Todo sobre mi Madre(0)

44. Green Room(8)

45. Immaculate(7)

46. Trenque Lauquen(1)

47. Flashback(4)

48. Opfer(10)

49. Love lies bleeding(0)

50. Queen of Earth(9)

51. The Zone(9)

52. El Mariachi(6)

53. Mad God(10)

54. Slow(1)

55. A Tale of two sisters(0)

56. A Dark Song(4)

57. The Tarnished Angels(7)

58. Desperado (8)

59. Litan(0)

60. Wolf Creek(8)

61. Harmonium(9)

62. Once upon a time in Mexico(4)

63. Gretel and Hänsel(8)

64. Basket Case(8)

65. The Descent (5)

66. Megalomaniac(9)

67. Imitation of Life(10)

68. Golem(9)

69. Le Mangeur d'âmes(0)

70. Denchû kozô no bôken(5)

71. Na srebrnym globie(9)

72. Monster (7)

73. Versus (10)

74. Les Tombeaux sans noms(10)

75. Maxxxine(9)

76. Killing (10)

77. Diabel(9)

78. Hanging garden(0)

79. Coup d'état(0)

80. Ijen/London(10)

81. Things (10)

82. Now, at Last (10)

83. O-bi, o-ba. Koniec cywilizacji (10)

84. Anatomy of a Fall(5)

85. Men(9)

86. Herbstsonate (9)

87. Les chambres rouges(8)

88. Her smell(8)

89. Cuckoo(5)

91. I saw the TV glow(9)

92. Smile 2(9)

93. Women talking(9)

94. Greta (0)

95. Brightburn(6)

96. The Green Inferno(8)

97. Stoker(9)

98. The Lost(1)

99. The Worst Person in the World(5)

100. Last House on the Left(0)

101. The Forbidden Door(5)

102. Hiroku the Goblin(0)

103. L'eclisse(9)

104. La bête (8)

105. John Wick IV(1)

106. Melancholia(9)

107. The Strangers Chpt 1(0)

108. Terrified(8)

109. Wolf Man(2)

110. Strange Darling(1)

111. Antiviral(7)

112. We are Zombies(2)

113. Curb your Enthusiasm(1)

114. Heretic (0)

115. Manchester by the Sea (1)

116. A Nightmare on Elm Street(0)

117. Companion(1)

118. Black Circle (8)

119. Cobweb /Knock, knock, knock(1)

120. All my Friends are dead(0)

121. Founders Day(0)

122. Leviathan (9)

123. The Hills Have Eyes(8)

124. Bagman(0)

125. Mon Oncle(10)

126. Summer of 84 (8)

127. The Monkey(0)

128. Megalopolis(0)

129. The Substance(8)

130. Huesera(8)

131. Vermines(9)

132. All we imagine as light(8)

133. May(6)

134. Rewind & Play - Thelonious Monk(6)

135. Christmas Bloody Christmas (6)

136. Alien Romulus(0)

137. Eight Eyes(8)

138. Gertrud(10)

139. Bliss(7)

140. Playtime (10)

141. Es war einmal eine Singdrossel(9)

142. Dans ma peau(9)

143. Oddity(0)

144. Madame de ...(5)

145. Rocco i .......(5)

146. Comme une Image (7)

147. Jusqu'à la garde(8)

148. Challenger (0)

149. Les cinq diables(8)

150. Ecos Bibliothek (1)

151. Street Trash(0)

152. L'empire(9)

153. Die Tochter(0)

155. Agnes(6)

156. Sinners(0)

157. The Vigil(7)

158. The Changeling(6)

159. Hollywood 90028(6)

160. Gangs of London S3 E1-4(4)

My Films in 2024

This is my list of films I have watched in 2024. Only the title, the number in brackets is my rating on a scale 0-10. Enjoy.

1. The ninth configuration(0)

2. Mayday (10)

3. Caniba (10)

4. Perdita Durango(1)

5. El Dia de la Bestia(7)

6. Accion Mutante(0)

7. Saint Omer(9)

8. Cocaine Bear(6)

9. Funny Ha Ha(9)

10. Entertainment (10)

11. L'amour à la mer(9)

12. Nil by mouth(9)

13. Comedy(10)

14. Gangs of London S1+2(8)

15. Speak no evil/ The Visitors(9)

16. Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon(8)

17. Talk to me(8)

18. Ginger Snaps(0)

19. Past Lives(0)

20. Pelikanblut(9)

21. Fall - Fear reaches new heights(7)

22. Chronique d’une liaison passagère (8)

23. Influencer(8)

24. Alias Grace(8)

25. Sanditon 3.Staffel(8)

26. Tore tanzt(9)

27. Prey(9)

28. Dogman(0)

29. Tár(9)

30. Un couteau dans le coeur(0)

31. Indiana Jones and the dial of destiny(1)

32. Fallen Leaves(7)

33. What a wonderful knife(0)

34. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (0)

35. La llorona(9)

36. Uncut gems(3)

37. Swallowed (9)

38. EO(10)

39. Aftersun(0)

40. Violation(10)

41. Der Pass 2(4)

42. Schlaf (7)

43. Third Part of the Night(9)

44. Skinamarink (8)

45. Calvaire(9)

46. Evolution (9)

47. Sissy(0)

48. The Master Gardener(0)

49. Baiser, s'il vous plait(9)

50. Conte de printemps (9)

51. Conte d'été(8)

52. Beast(9)

53. Conte d'automne(9)

54. Conte d'hiver(10)

55. Art d'aimer (8)

56. Asteroid City(0)

57. La femme de l'aviateur(9)

58. Le beau marriage (8)

59. Les Nuits de la pleine lune(10)

60. Le rayon vert (6)

61. L'ami de mon amie(10)

62. Fanny und Alexander (10)

63. The Omen I(0)

64. Die Gregors. Komm mit mir in das Cinema (7)

65. Coeurs (8)

66. Yi Yi(9)

67. Va savoir(9)

68. Jallikattu(0)

69. The Stylist(3)

70. Bad Hair(5)

71. Szenen einer Ehe(10)

72. Avec amour et acharnement (9)

73. We're all going to the world's fair(9)

74. Christine (5)

75. The Eternal Daughter(9)

76. Dream Scenario(8)

77. The Bloodhound(9)

78. Sarabande (10)

79. Un beau soleil interieur (10)

80. County lines(7)

81. Caveat(7)

82. Crawl(7)

83. Passages(8)

84. Aus dem Leben der Marionetten(8)

85. Seul contre nous(8)

86. The Childhood of a Leader (7)

87. Don't Look now(0)

88. La Bande des quatres(10)

89. A perdre la raison(8)

90. Tony Manero(8)

91. Triangle of Sadness(0)

92. God is a bullet(6)

93. Priscilla (7)

94. She dies tomorrow (9)

95. Lean on Pete(9)

96. Far from Heaven (9)

97. La ceremonie(10)

98. The Appointment (5)

99. Les Salauds(10)

100. Hands Up(9)

101. Le gamin au velo(10)

102. Merci pour le chocolate(8)

103. An Elephant sitting still(9)

104. La silence de Lorna(10)

105. Identification Mark:None (1)

106. Oppenheimer (1)

107. Das Schweigen (8)

108. Trois couleurs: Bleu(9)

109. Carol(9)

110. Wilde Erdbeeren (7)

111. Hunted. Waldsterben(7)

112. Dekalog 1(9)

113. Domicile Conjugale(0)

114. Amour en fuite(0)

115. Germania Anno Zero(10)

116. Husbands and Wives(9)

117. Au Coeur du Mensonge(9)

118. Match Point(0)

119. La demoisselle d'honneur(9)

120. Poor Things (0)

121. La Double Vie de Véronique(9)

122. Dune 2(1)

123. Trois couleurs: Rouge(10)

124. Trois couleurs:Blanc (10)

125. Becky 2(6)

126. Martyrs(10)

127. Vox Lux (0)

128. Les Intranquilles(8)

129. The Souvenir II(9)

130. Ghostland(8)

131. The Power of the Dog(8)

132. Godland(10)

133. Evil does not exist(9)

134. Clean, shaven(1)

135. The Beach House(7)

136. The Bikeriders(8)

137. Evil Dead Rise(9)

138. Afterschool(8)

139. Wie in einem Spiegel (10)

140. May December (9)

141. The Black Phone(8)

142. Civil War(0)

143. Monkey Man(8)

144. A hole in my Heart(9)

145. Container (9)

146. Asaki I+II(9)

My Films in 2023

This is my list of films I have watched in 2023. Only the title, the number in brackets is my rating on a scale 0-10. Enjoy.

1. Impetigore(7)

2. The Lodge(9)

3. Un monde (9)

4. Denial(7)

5. Piggy(8)

6. Sound of Metal(8)

7. Diamantino(8)

8. Maggies Plan(7)

9. Full Circle (6)

10.High Tension(8)

11. Mutual Appreciation(8)

13. Infinity Pool(9)

14. Sick of myself(9)

15. Incroyable mais vrai(9)

16. Memoria (10)

17. Le daim(9)

18. Possessor(9)

19. Malignant(7)

20. Enys Mane(9)

21. Intregalde(9)

22. El mar/ la mar(10)

23. Krabi 2046(9)

24. Mundane History(9)

25. By the time it gets dark(9)

26. Manakamana(9)

27. Nope(8)

28. Us(7)

29. Candyman (7)

30. Uncle Kent 2(8)

31. Der beste Film aller Zeiten(8)

32. First Love(8)

33. Yakuza Apokalypse(8)

34. Der Autovampir(5)

35. Azor(8)

36. Les combattants(8)

37. Halloween Kills(8)

38. Halloween ends(8)

39. The Party and the guests(9)

40. Morgiana(7)

41. The Beauty and the Beast(7)

42. Diamonds of the Night(10)

43. Orphan / Orphan kills(8)

44. Scream V und VI(8)

45. Shop in the high street(8)

46. All my good countrymen(8)

47. Final Cut of the Dead(6)

48. Nowhere special(7)

49. Okja(8)

50. Adelheid(9)

51. All my Friends hate me(9)

52. Sunset(9)

53. X(9)

54. Pearl(9)

55. Aus einem deutschen Leben(9)

56. Drive my car(9)

57. The Cassandra Cat(8)

58. Twilight(5)

59. Piggy(7)

60. Distant Journey (7)

61. Dragon's Return(7)

62. Desire(8)

63. Der Alte Lowitz alle Staffeln

64. Ein Fall für zwei alle Staffeln Dr Renz

65. Bodies, Bodies, Bodies(8)

66. Decision to leave(9)

67. One fine morning(9)

68. New Order(9)

69. Nitram(9)

71. The hole in the ground(7)

72. The ninth configuration(0)

73. The Survivor(8)

74. The Boy Behind the Door(8)

75. Madeline's Madeline(9)

76. Computer Chess(9)

77. Tomboy(3)

78. Shirley (8)

79. Sanditon S1-2

80. Nil by Mouth(9)

81. Deadwind S1-3(7)

Arakawa & Madeline Gins - Architecture: Sites of Reversible Destiny (1994)