Trent Haaga is a "horror junkie" in the film industry, working as an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and assistant director. His career focuses on independent cult films, and maintains close collaboration with Troma Entertainment, founded by Lloyd Kaufman, with his works often falling within genres such as horror, science fiction, and dark comedy. Haaga entered the industry in the 1990s as an actor, appearing in Troma cult film Terror Firmer as the lead, gradually moving into assistant directing roles. In the 2000s, he appears in films such as Living and Dead, Deadgirl, Starry Eyes, and the Killjoy series. He also directed movies such as Chop and 68 Kills.

Filmography

• 2026Nameless — TJ Emerson
• 2026Robot Dracula — Trent
• 2024Amityville Bigfoot — Clive
• 2024An American Masquerade — Bronson
• 2024Killjoy: Terrify — Killjoy (uncredited)
• 2023Free LSD — Officer 1
• 2022Hazard — Writer
• 2022Slice! — Trent
• 2022Teddy Told Me To — Theo
• 2019Deathcember — Director, Writer
• 2019Killjoy's Carnage Caravan — Killjoy
• 2018Deadtime Tales — Spectre / Electrician (segment "Million Dollar Death") (archive footage)
• 2018It Came from the Desert — Writer
• 201768 Kill — Director, Screenplay
• 2017Bad Match — Detective Dean
• 2016Deadly Daughters — Writer
• 2016Killjoy's Psycho Circus — Killjoy
• 2015Tales of Halloween — Nelson
• 2014American Muscle — Styles
• 2014Blood Shed — Eckardt
• 2014Killing Daddy — Writer
• 2014Starry Eyes — Trent
• 2013616: Paranormal Incident — Hooper
• 2013Cheap Thrills — Writer
• 2013Heebie Jeebies — Writer
• 2013The Dead Reborn — Writer, Producer
• 2012American Maniacs — Writer
• 2012Killjoy Goes to Hell — Killjoy
• 2012Return to Blood Fart Lake — Thanks
• 2012Stay at Home Dad — J.R.
• 2012TalhotBlond — Teleplay
• 2012Where the Dead Go to Die — Ralph's Dad (voice)
• 2011Chop — Director
• 2010Jessicka Rabid — Marley Hoffman
• 2010Killjoy 3 — Killjoy / Psychologist
• 2009Killer Biker Chicks — Bo
• 2009Psycho Holocaust — Buddy
• 2009Someone's Knocking at the Door — Officer Tyler
• 2008Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula — Clyde
• 2008Deadgirl — Screenplay
• 2008Ski Wolf — Ralston Zabku
• 2008Slices — Professor Lucius Phibes
• 2008The Trek — TJ Emerson
• 2007Gimme Skelter — Luther
• 2007Living & Dying — Max Reichmann
• 2007Splatter Disco — Kent Chubb
• 2007The Devil's Muse — Red / Bobby Manley
• 2007Uchuujin from Outer Space — Sands
• 2006Die and Let Live — Emmanuel Frum
• 2006Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! — Bum/Donald, Producer
• 2006Gag — Officer Wood
• 2006Legend of the Sandsquatch — J. Wallace
• 2005Cutting Room! — Brian
• 2004Devil's Moon — Cletus
• 2004Dr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots — Mark Adams
• 2004Suburban Nightmare — Charles Rosenblad
• 2004Tales from the Crapper — Guy at the Party
• 2004Tales from the Grave — Eric, Producer, Writer
• 2003Mega Scorpions — Elroy
• 2003The Ghouls — Clift, Producer
• 2003Zombiegeddon — Ted Kopafeel
• 2002Dead & Rotting — Eric, Producer
• 2002Hell Asylum — Spectre / Electrician, Writer, Line Producer
• 2002Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil — Killjoy, Line Producer
• 2002Operation Midnight Climax — Lyle
• 2001Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV — Tex Diaper, Line Producer, Casting, Screenplay
• 2001Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker! — James Vanbrunt
• Troma's Edge TV — Troma Superstar Trent Haaga
• 1999Terror Firmer — Jerry
• Head of the Family II: Sirens of Seduction — Dr. Vott

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2017Greetings from Tromaville! — Self
• 2014Vital Heat: The Making of 'Cheap Thrills' — Self
• 2011Produce Your Own Damn Movie! — Self
• 2010Under the Scares — Self
• 2009Tromatized: Meet Lloyd Kaufman — Self
• 2006Debbie Rochon Confidential: My Years in Tromaville Exposed! — Self / Various Characters
• 2004That's Independent! — Self
• 2002All the Love You Cannes! — Self (uncredited)
• 2002Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie' — Self
• 2001Farts of Darkness: The Making of 'Terror Firmer' — Self