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New Jersey's monstrous new super-hero is born out of a tragic toxic waste accident plus a sneak peak at Monster Girls.
"Despite where Troma is now (in the Hot Topic toilet scoping for babes), this is a damn good movie." - Bryan Connolly, Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film
"Is The Toxic Avenger an entertaining film, or not? Well, inevitably this may hinge somewhat on how puerile your sensibilities are, how great an affection you hold for 80s tack, and/or how drunk you might happen to be when sitting down to watch it, but ultimately the answer has to be yes." - Ben Bussey, Warped Perspective
"The foundation stone of the Troma Team trash movie empire, this signals their slight shift of effort from the production of unfunny gross-out comedies to a distinctive genre mutation which gene-splices the fart-puke-boobs gaggery with extreme splatter, comic-book superheroics and embittered satirical swipes at big business." - Kim Newman, DVD Delirium
"Extremely clever and hyperviolent black comedy is fabulously inventive at nearly every turn. Gut poppings, limb ripping, head smashing, and righteous eyeball pokes make this one a very rare, unexpected treat." - Chas. Balun, The Gore Score
"This was the first bad-taste, gross-out horror comedy hit from New York's Troma after years of teen comedies." - Michael J. Weldon, The Psychotronic Video Guide
"It was the midnight crowds who really supported Toxic Avenger and made it the center of the Troma universe. Needless to say, the reviews were mixed between those who enjoyed the film in spite of its lowbrow quality, and those who disdained it for the same reason." - Michael Gingold, Ad Nauseum
"If a lot of it is bad, it's redeemed by two qualities: humor and audacity. The humor sometimes palls, but the audacity stays as ripe and toxic as a New Jersey dump site." - Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
"There may be a mindless audience for it. If so, so much the worse for all of us." - Archer Winsten, New York Post
"The Toxic Avenger is a thoroughly disgusting, puerile, and sneakily funny combination of soft-core porn, gory horror flick, and sendup of superhero movies. It is a perfect film if somebody has already checked out the cassette of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and you just can't stand seeing Rocky Horror Picture Show even one more time." - Harper Barnes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"The Toxic Avenger is a perfect example of what happens when a clever idea falls into the hands of tasteless, untalented people." - Dudley Saunders, Louisville Courier-Journal
"Anyone who is not looking for intellectual enlightenment, moral or spiritual uplift, physical beauty, expensive production values, refined acting, incisive writing or smooth direction, will love The Toxic Avenger." - Scott Cain, The Atlanta Journal
"Hilariously tasteless." - Jay Maeder, NY Daily News
"Raunchy, vulgar, and frequently funny." - Judith Crist, WOR-TV
"The Toxic Avenger is still as fucking great as it was the first time it popped my Troma cherry twenty-five years ago!" - Jason Meredith, CiNEZiLLA
"The Toxic Avenger is not for those of a nervous disposition or those who are easily offended." - Eye For Film
The Toxic Avenger stands with Pink Flamingos and The Evil Dead as one of the most gleefully offensive "midnight movies" of the twentieth century. Now, this 1980s horror classic returns to the big screen in a big way! Among the residents of Tromaville is Melvin, a nerdy janitor at the local health club. A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong and Melvin is cast through a third story window into a vat of toxic waste. However, an unexpected metamorphosis takes place. As the chemicals take hold of his body, Melvin turns into the Toxic Avenger, doer of good, and brutal mauler of evil! The excitement is non-stop as Toxie sets out to single handedly wipe out the forces of evil that torment the people of Tromaville.
4K Restoration courtesy of Troma and The American Genre Film Archive.
Plus an introduction from documentary filmmaker Jessie Seitz and an advance preview excerpt from her film Monster Girls featuring special effects makeup artist Jennifer Aspinall and the last remaining Toxic Avenger mask Aspinall created for the original film.
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