Rent The Toxic Avenger (1984)
3.0 of 5 from 86 ratings
1h 16min
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- Synopsis:
Welcome to Tromaville, a small American town which is being terrorized by criminals while the towns Mayor sits idly by. Among the residents of Tromaville is Melvin, a wimp of a young man and a janitor at the local health club. He is forever teased and tormented by the strong, beautiful men and women of the club as he goes about his daily menial tasks. A particularly nasty group of Melvin's tormentors devise a plot to ridicule him in front of the whole town. BUT, the 'harmless' pranks turns into a horrible accident as Melvin crashes through a third story widow and lands in a vat of hazardous toxic chemicals. The rest, as they say, is history! As the toxic chemicals take hold of Melvin's body, a strange transformation begins to take place. Melvin the weakling turns into a huge, hulking 'Toxic Avenger' - the first superhero in New Jersey! The excitement is non-stop as this monstrous mess of mutated man sets out to single-handedly wipe out the forces of evil which contaminates the town of Tromaville. - Actors:
- Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider, Pat Ryan, Mark Torgl, Dick Martinsen, Chris Liano, David Weiss, Dan Snow , Doug Isbecque, Charles Lee Jr., Patrick Kilpatrick, Larry Sulton, Michael Russo, Norma Pratt, Andrew Craig, Ryan Sexton
- Directors:
- Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
- Producers:
- Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
- Voiced By:
- Kenneth Kessler
- Writers:
- Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Ritter
- Studio:
- Prism Leisure
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Horror
- Collections:
- Horror, Top Horror Franchise Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/08/2014
- Run Time:
- 82 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with co-director Lloyd Kaufman
- Alternate Japanese Cut (92 Mins - SD)
- Introduction to Japanese Cut
- 15th Anniversary Introduction by Lloyd Kaufman
- 30th Anniversary Introduction by Lloyd Kaufman
- The Radiation March
- Intro from Toxic Crusaders
- Toxie: 15 Years Later
- Tromaville Cafe: The Death of Toxie
- Troma Studio Building Tour
- Mopboy Secrets with Commentary by Mark Torgl
- Why is Lloyd Kaufman living in a refrigerator box?
- Public Service Announcement
- Aroma Du Troma
- Toxic Slide Show
- Theatrical Trailer
- Bonus Trailers
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Reviews (3) of The Toxic Avenger
Toxic Waste to Cult Treasure - The Toxic Avenger review by griggs
A gleefully bad-taste, grungy, grotesque gore fest, The Toxic Avenger is hardly refined cinema — but refinement was never the point. The “plot” is a string of accidents: a bullied weakling falls into toxic waste and re-emerges as a mop-wielding mutant hero, dispensing vigilante justice with equal parts slapstick and splatter. Everything is camp, everything is over the top, and somehow that excess keeps it from sliding into the mean-spirited “nasty” pile.
What’s left is a mutant mix of splatter and silliness that makes you laugh as much as it makes you wince. The gore is cartoonish, the villains are pantomime, and the scrappy energy is impossible to fake. It looks cobbled together out of midnight-movie detritus, yet barrels forward with a reckless conviction all its own.
Essential viewing? Against all logic, yes — not for quality, but for the sheer audacity of its trash-to-treasure spirit.
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Heavily cut - The Toxic Avenger review by CP Customer
I had the DVD version of this that stated on the disc it was 88 minutes long , in reality it is 76 minutes long with every single bit of gore and violence seemingly cut out. The film itself was absolutely dreadful and I couldn't even make it to the end.
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The Toxia Avenger - The Toxic Avenger review by CP Customer
I watched 5 minutes of this nonsense. 'B' movie is far too far up the alphabet for this movie. The camera work was very fuzzy and it just seemed too amateur that I gave up after five minutes. I thought because it received so many stars that it might be ok to watch!
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