The Toxic Avenger

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Product Description A 98-pound nerd from New Jersey lands in a vat of toxic waste and becomes a do-gooder monster. .com The most widely known of Troma Films' stable of low-budget exploitation, The Toxic Avenger is an exuberantly crude poke at superheroes and monster movies, delivered with a healthy dose of cheap gags, splattery special effects, and T&A. It's also a genuinely funny film, and its no-holds-barred attitude has a grubby charm that eludes most gross-out comedies. The Toxic Avenger opens with an absurdly vicious crew preying upon Melvin, a nebbishy janitor. Their pranks land him in a vat of chemical waste, which transforms him into a lumpy monster that deals out gruesome revenge. Directors (and Troma company heads) Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz aim low in detailing "Toxie's" vengeance spree, and the subsequent carnage should please gorehounds. But they're also savvy enough recognize the film's limitations, and wisely camp things with plenty of slapstick. The result is a frantic and funny mess that should amuse even the most dour cult movie fan. --Paul Gaita P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review "...a genuinely satiric vision of America..." -- Mademoiselle Magazine"...maniacally farcial sense of humor..." -- New York Times"...we would watch it again in a minute!" -- The New York Daily News"Has more respect for its audience than any Oscar winner in years!" -- The Village Voice"If there’s a hall of fame...THE TOXIC AVENGER belongs there." -- San Francisco Examiner Set Contains: As with most Troma DVDs, The Toxic Avenger is loaded with extras that were either shot specifically for the release or culled from their vaults. Codirector Lloyd Kaufman provides a very amusing (and loud!) commentary track that repeats and occasionally supplements many of the stories he told about the film in his terrific 1998 autobiography, All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger. A collection of missing footage, production stills, and trailers for other Troma titles fill out the archival material; the disc is rounded out by commentary by actor Mark Torgl (who played Melvin), a short "interview" with the Toxic Avenger, and clips from the animated series Toxic Crusaders. --Paul Gaita See more