The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Name: The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 5

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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. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Michael Herz, Samuel Weil

Producer:

Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, Stuart Strutin

Release Date:

Nov 1, 1985

Runtime:

1hr 22m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Andree Maranda
Mitchell Cohen
Mark Torgl
Jennifer Babtist
Cindy Manion
Robert Prichard

Atom User Reviews

5.0 out of 5

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#greatvisualfx

#terrifying

#actionpacked

#intense

Marvel and DC could learn from this wildly original superhero movie! Go Toxic Avenger!!!

Earl L

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Based on 8 Critics

7.2

USER SCORE (16)

Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Reviews

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.

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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

Kim Newman

Empire

The Toxic Avenger may be trash, but it has a maniacally farcical sense of humor, and Tromaville's evildoers are dispatched in ingenious ways. One is dry-cleaned to death, another made into pizza, a third partly french-fried.

Stephen Holden

The New York Times

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