Tales from the Crapper

Of course I had zero expectations to "Tales from the Crapper" as it was a Troma movie. I never have been a fan of that movie company. But since I had never actually seen, nor heard about, this 2004 movie, of course I opted to give it a fair chance and the benefit of the doubt.

Maybe having no less than six directors is what spoiled the movie, though not much of a testament to the directorial skills of Gabriel Friedman, India Allen, Chad Ferrin, Dave Paiko, Brian Spitz and Lloyd Kaufman

It sort of amazes med that writers Mark C. Adams, Edward Havens and Adam Jahnke collectively could muster only to compile such a pile of garbage as "Tales from the Crapper" turned out to be. Granted, I harbored zero expectations to the movie, but the stories were just laughably bad.

The acting performances in the movie were nothing outstanding. But it is impressive that the likes of James Gunn, Eli Roth and Julie Strain actually opted to participate in this rubbish.

The movie's cover was actually the best thing about this travesty of a movie.

My rating of "Tales from the Crapper" lands on a one out of ten stars. The tales should have stayed in the crapper.

"Tales from the Crapper" is gory, disgusting, tasteless, offensive, lowbrow and scatological. But that's OK, I was prepared for all that from my previous Troma experiences. What I WASN'T prepared for is that it's also witless, unfunny and boring. Very little of the genuine anarchic spirit of films like "Class of Nuke'em High" has remained intact; in its place, we get ENDLESS fart jokes (to the point where you start wondering if Lloyd Kaufman is going senile, thinking that adults find loud farting so darn hilarious!) and a cynical, shameless exploitation of the viewer, who is essentially investing time and money to see a "film" that even Kaufman himself seems to know should never have been released in the first place. Oh yes, there is plenty of female nudity on display, but let's face it: the average porn film probably offers a better storyline, higher production values, funnier humor, and above all more RESPECT for its intended viewer than this atrocity.

P.S: Kelly Powers AKA Suzi Lorraine (the blonde lesbian student in the "How to make your own movie" segment) is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.

I'm not sure what to think of this movie. I did enjoy it's low-budget crudeness. I liked the over-dubbed voices. I liked the chintzy special effects. And I liked Lloyd's Crapkeeper costume. But I felt that this movie was at times a strain on the brain to watch. It was a definite step down from Citizen Toxie and Terror Firmer. Yet it was better than The Killer Condom or any of those boring Witchcraft movies Troma is re-releasing. I liked the many cameos and the insipid story lines and the non-stop rude attitude the film portrayed, but at the same time I felt it was hard to watch because of the muddy filming, crappy editing and the sloppy way the stories were brought together. When I talked to Lloyd a year ago, he was quite excited about getting this released. Sorry to say, I was expecting more. But I guess I shouldn't complain. I know I could sit through it again. Two and a half stars.

I always knew Troma studios were all about the trash gore and female nudity but this 'movie' was just so hopelessly sloppy and disjointed it was nothing short of pathetic! It's just awkward to watch and really not very fun at all, it's a far cry from the really rocking and anarchic films that they did like Terror Firma, Tromeo and Juliet and the good Toxie movies, those flicks technically weren't vastly different from this one in terms of budget and acting, but they had a kind of fun crazy drive and energy to them, and they were mainly funny because of the fearlessness and enthusiasm of the actors, but this hack-job monstrosity is what I'd call the work of zombie Troma, a studio that in the case of flicks like this, is a shambling corpse of what it could be when it really got its act together and made something actually worth watching, but this is just endless scenes of obnoxious silly gross fart and squelchy noises and overly sexual jokes and situations with curvaceous hot girls taking their clothes off, from what I could gather the movie's main appeal would be to excitable young guys because it sure wasn't very funny, only moment that did make me laugh was the Trey Parker cameo! The majority of it though was just disgusting and brutal and weirdly very dull.. To me it's really not worth bothering with, it may score points for the odd lucky hilarious touch or the many sexy ladies on display, or just for the sheer weirdness, but overall it's a very weak nonsensical endeavour with no real story and just loud gross out nonsense constantly shoved in your face, with Lloyd Kaufman popping up to plug his book every now and then, and it doesn't help at all that it's completely aware of how awful and stupid it is and even tells you so, several times, but all the self-deprecation in the world can't make a bad movie into a good one! It's a bit frustrating because I like Troma and the spirit of what they represent at their best, but this is just plain terrible. Oh and don't be deceived by the cover art no matter what you do, because this sure ain't no fun Creepshlw type flick, it's an anthology in as loose a term as I've ever seen. Just very poor all around and just not fun enough, I love ya Lloyd but you can do better than this, this deserves nothing less than to be flushed!!! X

Another BRILLIANT film from Troma. I'd goes as far as to say it's going to be the most unique film put out this year. The purpose of this film is hilarious in itself. According to the narrator THE CRAP KEEPER (played by Lloyd Kaufman, he better get an oscar nod for costume design) this movie was designed from the remains of two awful films they had made. As awesome as Troma is rather than putting out 2 boring BAD films they decided to make it one kicka** double feature. A double feature like no other, the adr work, narration, editing, and BONER-VISION make this one of Troma's finest gems. Lots of people will probably disagree, but these people have been cinematically brain washed. I enjoyed it more than Citizen Toxie, it was more from the hip, looser, as though it was pure creative freedom. Lloyd is the king of this stuff, he hasn't hung up his hat like Waters and so many others, he keeps exploring far away from the realms of safety.