The Inside Story of How Troma Studios Came to N.J.

Long before Adam Sandler, Timothee Chalamet and Sydney Sweeney were filming movies all over New Jersey and long before Netflix was setting up shop in Monmouth County, the Garden State was already home base for an iconic film studio — Troma Entertainment. Troma is the longest-running independent movie studio in the world, one of the biggest names in horror and B movies. The studio is best known for the 1984 cult classic "The Toxic Avenger," which was set and filmed in New Jersey! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Lloyd Kaufman, the head of Troma Studios to talk about why Troma filmed so many movies in New Jersey, the inspiration for "The Toxic Avenger," Lloyd's love of New Jersey diners and more. Follow us!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@jerseysbestpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to NJ.com⁠⁠⁠⁠, our journalists need you! Buy Jersey’s best podcast merch⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices