Tromeo and Juliet

Episode 207: Tromeo and Juliet (1996)

Theme: Troma Movies Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis plunge into Tromeo and Juliet — a movie marriage of Dead Alive + Sex and the City + Rapunzel leftovers + Shakespeare in Love, all churned through the beautiful sewage pipe known as Troma. It’s Shakespeare by way of toxic waste: nipple piercings, incest twists, projectile vomiting, Lemmy narration, latex monsters, CD-ROM romance, and more daddy issues than a freshman acting class. James Gunn wrote it, Lloyd Kaufman directed it, and somehow it’s both repulsive and the most faithful adaptation in the room.

Join your two favorite “CD-ROM love is still love” podcasters as they untangle:

• The Capulets vs. the Qs — a feud started over a thrown pigeon because… Troma.

• Juliet trapped in a plexiglass prison while Cappy slithers around like the world’s sweatiest Shakespeare dad.

• Tromeo and Juliet’s instant romance, dream-sequence body horror, and honeymoon montage across New York.

• Murray’s incredible death, Tyrone's detachable limbs, and London's violent relationship with a dead pig.

• The finale: tampons as weapons, exploding heads via computer monitor, and the most unhinged “happily ever after” in cinema history.

From popcorn bellies to incest revelations to Monty Q farting in every emotional scene, Oz and Curtis break down a film that proves James Gunn has always been this weird — Hollywood just eventually let him be loud about it.

Final Verdict

Oz — A Five-Act Play
Curtis — Two of Shaun Gunn’s Fingers
Both — Still wondering how Juliet heard the end of Regis & Kathie Lee in a soundproof room.