Retek Film Club
continues to explore the depths of
trash films
with two films of
Troma Studios
. Nearly three hours of reel independence -

bloodier, ballsier, and bluerer
than anyo other non-Troma films:
Trey Parker
-
Cannibal! The Musical,
Lloyd Kaufman
-
Tromeo and Juliet.

19.00: Cannibal! The Musical


(original audio, english subtitles)





Alfred Packer was a mountain guide and sole survivor of a party of pioneers that got lost in the mountains in winter. Accused and convicted of murdering and eating his travelling companions, he was to be executed by hanging.The movie begins at his trial, where he pleads his innocence to an unsympathetic audience.





Only reporter Polly Pry will listen to his story, which is then related to the viewers in the form of flashbacks. As Packer and his gold-prospecting clients make their way through the forests and mountains, they encounter bemused Japanese Indians, an unimpressed group of mountain men and the brutal Rocky Mountain winter, all of which inspire the travellers to break out into song and dance.






21.00: Tromeo And Juliet


(original audio)





A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare''s classic. Told irreverently, this film attempts to impact the viewer in the same way theatre-goers were effected in Shakespeare''s time. Bawdy, Violent, Humorous, and Romantic.