Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Mark Torgl
This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 10, 1997
Stats: 1,257 reviews
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August 28, 2009
In the town of Tromaville New Jersey, janitor nerd Melvin Fern (Mark Torgel) has been picked on and bullied by the jocks at the Tromaville gym until a prank goes horribly wrong when he falls into a barrel of toxic chemicals. The material somehow transforms him into a muscular and...( read more)
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May 26, 2009
A nerdy young janitor is tormented by his serial killer peers, but gets revenge when a fall into a vat of toxic waste mutates him into an avenging, mop-wielding superhero. Goofy, offensive and gory; somewhat innovative when it was first released, but not as clever or funny as i...( read more)
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December 20, 2008
The 1980's was full of cheesy, low budget, B-grade films that would get the occasional drive-in show in the south or a midnight show in some larger city. These films would get there cults from two things: home video and cable TV. The Toxic Avenger is probably the biggest slice of...( read more)
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September 15, 2008
I've had a surprisingly large number of people I discuss movies with recently mention their ignorance of Troma films. Maybe it's only surprising to me, though, as I first saw this one over a decade ago, as a relative youth, simply perusing my father's amassed pile of movies (some...( read more)
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January 10, 2010
Here comes the KIng of Sleaze and Trash! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Lloyd Kaufman! "The Toxic Avenger"... What can be said about "The Toxic Avenger". This is one of the most bad-mouthed pictures in film history. I 've heard people talking about bad acting,boobies(I lost track how ...( read more)
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January 9, 2010
If you like violence and gore to the point of absurdity, see this movie. If not, stay away from it at all costs.
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January 4, 2010
Poor Melvin Junko's world turns upside down when he falls into a vat of nuclear waste and becomes the Toxic Avenger! Filled with gore, blind babes and other nutzoid shit. A must see.
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