The Toxic Avenger

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The Toxic Avenger

R

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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Critics Consensus

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

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

03/28/2007

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

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Variety

03/28/2007

An outlandish mix of gory violence and realistic special effects.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

02/09/2006

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

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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Nov 8

There’s no diplomacy to be found here; the film knows it needn’t play with the specifics of the corruption amalgam or otherwise mythologize the villainy of the system; it trusts the audience enough to not be corpo-worshipping morons.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Sep 1

4/5

A film that revels in bad taste, but it's got such a big heart and goofy sense of humor that it's difficult not to be won over by its charms.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

10/28/2023

3/4

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

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Geraldine V

@Gerald3n111 Dec 18

The toxic avenger is one of the funniest movies I have seen. it definelty has a cult classic film where it has violence mixed with dark comedy. I would watch it again

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Valeria P

@valp15 Dec 18

The Toxic Avenger is a hilarious, gory, and outrageous cult classic that doesn't take itself seriously and is impossible to forget.

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Bnk 3

@TylerSalazar Dec 18

A low budgeted classic cult film that has violence and dark comedy mixed. It's extremely gory and silly, but has that sense of justice and whole heartedness. The movie is a trashy one making fans fully invested. I weirdly enjoyed the weirdness and extremeness in scenes. I would recommend for those who like that type of genre.

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Wendi F

@wendydj Dec 18

I can see why this film is popular amongst some audiences but i did not like it. The concept is interesting i did not like some of the violence and gross effects.

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Jennifer D

@jen.d Dec 17

This movie didnt really interest me.

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Britt P

@Brittbritt21 Dec 17

I found this one kind of boring. The story was weird and messy, and the gross-out stuff didn’t really make it fun for me.

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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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