The Toxic Avenger

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The Toxic Avenger

R

Released Apr 11, 1985

1h 22m

Horror

Comedy

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A 98-pound nerd (Mark Torgl) from New Jersey lands in a vat of toxic waste and becomes a benevolent monster (Mitchell Cohen).

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A silly and ribald superhero spoof, Toxic Avenger uninhibited humor hits more than it misses.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Cruddy, primal, extremely violent, and fairly entertaining, it captures some of the snot-flicking spirit of the old EC comics.

Mar 28, 2007

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Variety

An outlandish mix of gory violence and realistic special effects.

Mar 28, 2007

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

It all falls apart after an hour, chunks of the preceding entertainment reappearing as random montages.

Feb 9, 2006

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

It sports a frenzied and freewheeling attitude that none of the follow-ups were able to recapture.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 28, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Watching The Toxic Avenger isn't about literalism or taking the material seriously as a text; it's about identifying with Troma's defiance of good taste and low culture, therein celebrating its excessive forms of deviancy in all their many violations.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 11, 2022

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Sean Axmaker

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The humor is not merely sophomoric and silly, it's aggressively so, and the bargain basement gore effects are over-the-top and excessive.

May 4, 2017

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Jules N

Je comprend le délire du film mais ce n'est pas vraiment ce que j'aime : mal joué, beaucoup trop de ridicule même pas drôle et une histoire un peu trop prévisible

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Daniel C. M

One of the better spoofs of superhero movies, and it came at a time when there really wasn't much to spoof, but it still came out perfect. Absolute amazing effects and very shocking moments.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Jared E

Pretty corny but I can see why it's a classic. The main character is really the worst character. The evil jock is hilarious and has the most depth and the titties make the watch worth it. 👌👌

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/15/24

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Shannon V

Toxic Avenger is anything you expect a Troma film to be. The film is trashy and raunchy but this film is an all time classic. This film has some of the best effects I've ever seen in a film. Highly recommend this film for fans of horror comedies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Christian K

After a few films now I just don't think I'm a fan of the Troma films. I like the bizarre evil town setting and some aspects of the silliness, but its just too cruel and negative. Shoutout to some of the few things that made me chuckle; the blind gf redecorating his homeless hovel, the Avenger going boy scout mode, and the random German police chief.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/16/24

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Stanny R

Fun 80s horror B-movie. Nothing too serious just absolute balls to the walls scenes, characters, dialogue and kills! Fun harmless entertainment highly recommend for a fun bonkers time!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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Synopsis

A 98-pound nerd (Mark Torgl) from New Jersey lands in a vat of toxic waste and becomes a benevolent monster (Mitchell Cohen).

Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Producer: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Screenwriter: Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Ritter
Distributor: Troma Films, Lightning Video, Cinepix Film Propertes Inc., Creative Axa Co. Ltd. [jp], Beam Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Troma Entertainment Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 1985, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 21, 2015
Runtime: 1h 22m

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