The Toxic Avenger
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The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film produced and directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman (the latter credited as Samuel Weil for directing) from a screenplay by Joe Ritter, based on a story by Kaufman.
The Toxic Avenger: Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman. With Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion. 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.
1984 · 1 hr 23 min. R. Action · Comedy · Horror. The free-for-all crime spree comes to an end for evil-doers after a meek mop boy falls into a vat of toxic waste and turns into a mutated superhero. Subtitles: English. Starring: Andree Maranda Mitch Cohen Jennifer Babtist Cindy Manion Robert Prichard. Directed by: Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman.
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste. Movies
The Toxic Avenger perfectly captures the 80s in a hilariously brutal and shockingly self aware satire of the time, while being full of it's own camp and absurdity.
The sadistic and bullies Bozo and Slug and their girlfriends Julie and Wanda, who love to hit-and-run people in empty streets, play a cruel prank in Melvin and he falls off the window in a barrel of toxic wastes in a truck parked in front of the health club.
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when mop boy Melvin Junko falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
