The Toxic Avenger

Name: The Toxic Avenger
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy
Released: April 11, 1986
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Andree Maranda, Chris Liano, Cindy Manion, Dick Martinsen, Gary Schneider

1986

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Troma Entertainment | Release Date: April 11, 1986 | Unrated

Starring: Andree Maranda, Chris Liano, Cindy Manion, Dick Martinsen, Gary Schneider, Jennifer Babtist, Mark Torgl, Mitch Cohen, Pat Ryan, Robert Prichard

Summary: Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.

Director: Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 82 min

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Marjorie Baumgarten

This is the main movie that built the house of Troma, Lloyd Kaufman's production company devoted to low-budget camp. The Toxic Avenger tells the humorous story of a geeky weakling who is turned into a superhero when he is slimed by some toxic waste. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

This madcap spoof on The Incredible Hulk is an outlandish mix of gory violence and realistic special effects. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Cruddy, primal, extremely violent, and fairly entertaining, this 1984 feature from the New York-based exploitation outfit Troma, Inc. (Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz) captures some of the snot-flicking spirit of the old EC comics. How much you'll enjoy its deliberate crudity probably depends on how far you can let yourself regress to surly adolescence. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Despite borrowing from sources as diverse as Frankenstein and The Producer, it all falls apart after an hour. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

All-in-all a fairly unpleasant experience for most audiences. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Though it is silly, sleazy, and graphically violent, The Toxic Avenger does hold a bit of warped charm for fans of this sort of thing. Read full review

Sid Smith

A monstrously crude, blatantly tasteless film reminiscent of the now bygone drive-in movies. It's also sterling evidence of why they haven't been missed. Read full review

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imthenoob

May 13, 2020

The Toxic Avenger knows that it's a cheesy, gory horror movie and that is what makes it so good. It's just an incredibly entertaining movie that more than lives up to its cult following.

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marshallonfilm_

Apr 9, 2020

“And you can tell all your scum friends that things are gonna change in this town. I'm not just another pretty face.” ☣️

A tour de farce for the longest running independent movie studio of all time, Troma’s triumph of trash is unapologetically cruddy, putrid and vulgar, particularly in its“And you can tell all your scum friends that things are gonna change in this town. I'm not just another pretty face.” ☣️

A tour de farce for the longest running independent movie studio of all time, Troma’s triumph of trash is unapologetically cruddy, putrid and vulgar, particularly in its aggressive first act, but miraculously mutates into a veracious tongue-in-cheek superhero spoof thanks to a toxic vat of camp and fun. Striking big on a shoestring budget, directing duo Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman turn up the violence and gore to an extreme eleven with cheap special effects work that sometimes sickens, yet never detracts from the film’s goofy and warped charm. A few sleazy standouts include Mitch Cohen as the titular monster, the sadistic fan favourite Gary Schneider and Sandy Farina’s cheesy theme, “Body Talk”. 1984 saw this splatter comedy romp released to almost no reaction, yet today Tromaville’s flagship crime fighter has destroyed evil in three subsequent sequels, an animated kids’ tv series, a video game and even his own successful musical. Not just another pretty face after all.

8/10 mops to the face.… Expand

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DMLYxCritic

Apr 1, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Troma Production's flagship title, The Toxic Avenger, is one of the most gory, if not, the most vulgar superhero film of all time. Action-packed, gory, bloody and disgusting, the film offers a nonstop, low-art fun that manages to exceed anyone's expectation, particularly those who slam genre and cult films. The soundtrack is very 80's and is very apt on every scene, bringing life and color to the film's stark yet funny atmosphere. It's a film that begs not to be taken seriously, but fun and silly at the same time—a must-watch for cult film fanatics and comedy aficionados.… Expand

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ComandanteCobra

May 11, 2020

Good, and fun Horror comedy. A good way to introduce audiences to Troma movie. Younger viewers obviously must stay away from this...even with adult supervision...because it's a comedy slash parody but it's full of violence, strong language, gore and so on...
Young viewers can watch otherGood, and fun Horror comedy. A good way to introduce audiences to Troma movie. Younger viewers obviously must stay away from this...even with adult supervision...because it's a comedy slash parody but it's full of violence, strong language, gore and so on...
Young viewers can watch other b-movie...like Killer Tomatoes for example...still good but also more "polite".
Note: It's a low budget, undergound, B-movie...so you have to use a different yardstick to review this kind of show.… Expand

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Scenxad

Jun 30, 2018

Absolute crap. Hard to sit through, no redeeming qualities. Might appeal to young teens but this movie is something you hopefully leave behind, like acne .

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