Troma Entertainment opened its doors in 1974 and – like Roger Corman, who created B-movies and served as a proving ground to great talent – launched the careers of innumerable talents in front of and behind the camera: James Gunn, Eli Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Marisa Tomei to name a few.
In Hollywood things go in cycles. For the longest time, horror was box office poison -- a genre mainstream audiences avoided in droves and was frequented by a small but dedicated group of fans. All that changed when Scream hit screens in 1996, and what's followed is an almost non-stop barrage of horror movies.
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