#Return to nuke em high volume 2 review series#

The campaign ended on June 24, 2015, successfully raising $63,615. A Kickstarter campaign was set up to raise $50,000 for post-production costs. Kaufman shot Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Volume 2 with Paredes, Corcoran, and Amico reprising their leading roles.

#Return to nuke em high volume 2 review series#

Variety deemed it 'a hearty blast of Troma-branded schlock' while The New York Times said Kaufman fans 'will be delighted to learn that time has eroded neither his love of nudity nor his disdain for political correctness.' The New York Post praised the film for its 'hilarious series of parodies: Carrie, Soylent Green, Glee, Cat Ballou, you name it.' Horror magazine Fangoria gave the film 3.5 out of 4 skulls, calling it 'undeniably funny, brave and so unlike anything put out today that it practically demands respect.' Sequel

On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 40 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 57% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 began a limited North American theatrical release in the fall of 2013, beginning with a screening at the Museum of Modern Art. Initially slated to be a single installment, Kaufman split the film into two volumes, much like The Toxic Avengers 2 and 3, after director Quentin TarantinoвЂ™s suggestion, Г la Kill Bill. Principal photography began in August 2012 and finished in September. For the first time, Troma relied on Kickstarter to raise a small amount of funds to support 'animal actor' Kevin the Duck. Kaufman began production anew in 2012, directing the film himself in New York and New Jersey. Anchor Bay ended up remaking Troma's Mother's Day while serving as co-producers on a Class of Nuke 'Em High reboot, which became the fourth installment of the Nuke 'Em High series during pre-production. However, this version also never came to fruition.ДЄfter Anchor Bay had shown interest in remaking some of the films from Troma's library, Troma started talking to them about doing a co-production. The plot centered around a new group of Cretins who are forced into the role of the protagonists. The directors were to be Marc Gras and Dani Moreno. Initially, it was stated the film would be made in Spain by Mushnik's Entertainment in collaboration with Chaparra Entertainment. Troma again announced production of the sequel in October 2011.

Despite a script being finished in 2000, this project never got past the pre-production stage. Troma ran a script-writing contest that invited fans to contribute two pages with a weekly winner announced and added to the collective screenplay. Stan Lee credited as Peter Parker as the NarratorДЄ fourth Nuke 'Em High film entitled Battle of the Bikini Subhumanoids was initially announced in 1996.Andrew Elias as Tromaville citizen (uncredited).The World Champion as the World Champion.