The Toxic Avenger
Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
A nerdy janitor becomes a toxic mutant superhero in this essential cult classic that put Lloyd Kaufman's Troma Entertainment on the map. Tromaville, New Jersey is being terrorized by criminals while the corrupt mayor does nothing. After a gang of thugs pull a cruel prank on Melvin, the janitor, he winds flying into a vat of toxic waste. But when an unexpected metamorphosis takes place, he becomes the Toxic Avenger, and starts using his superpowers to rid the city of the bad guys in no time at all. Contains strong language, sexual scenes, violence and gore.
A nerdy janitor becomes a toxic mutant superhero in this essential cult classic.
Cast: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist
Member Reviews
A fun hilarious movie. I personally loved it.
I love Troma so much. These movies were the cinematic soundtrack of my childhood, not that I ever saw a Troma movie in the cinema they were always VHS go-to's with lurid covers and classification warnings I had to obscure from Mum.
A superhero flick with cool gore scenes and cheesy humor
If you love/can stand blue humor from back then, you'll absolutely adore this film! Despite some pretty gnarly violence, it really is more of an adorable superhero origin story, so much as you can expect from Troma. Still entertaining, and the everyone plays their roles perfectly for this kind of B-movie, especially the villains.
I wish I wouldve watched this sooner, it was friggin fantastic!