James Gunn's first film is a 3-minute hamster cannibalism tragedy narrated by a woman in a bikini.
Public Service Announcement meant only for mother hamsters, warning them against eating their progeny due to the harmful effects it has on the human children who love them. We see one young child, Billy, who commits suicide after he witnesses the gory tragedy of his hamster, Princess, eating her babies. Narrated by an artificially well-endowed Tromette in a bikini, Schiza Frenia.
Direction
Gunn's origin story: juvenile, transgressive, technically competent.
Production
Troma's $50 budget stretched to its absolute limit.
Acting
Lloyd Kaufman's cameo as himself: method casting.
Director
James Gunn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gunn wrote this during his first week at Troma while working on Tromeo and Juliet.
Mother hamsters do actually cannibalize stressed litters; the PSA format mocks Reagan-era scare films.
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