The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger (1984, USA) is a Super Hero-Comedy film directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman

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Main Details

• Released in 1984 (NY) | 1986 (USA)
• Color
• Running Time: 87 min | 82 min (unrated) | 87 min | 78 min (R-rated)
• Production Co: Troma Entertainment
• Distribution Co: Troma Entertainment (1985) (USA) (theatrical) | Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1986) (Canada) (theatrical) | Eden (2013) (Japan) (theatrical) (restored version) | Filmmuseum Distributie (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical) | Shochiku-Fuji Company (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman (as Samuel Weil)
• Written by Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Ritter, Gay Partington Terry, Stuart Strutin
• Starring Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard
• Produced by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, Stuart Strutin
• Cinematography by Lloyd Kaufman, James A. Lebovitz (as James London)
• Film Editing by Richard W. Haines

Plot Summary

• 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

Also Known As

• Brazil - O Vingador Tóxico
• Spain - El vengador tóxico
• France - Toxic
• Hungary - A Toxikus Bosszúálló
• Poland - Toksyczny msciciel
• Serbia - Toksični osvetnik
• USA (working title) - Health Club
• USA (working title) - Health Club Hero
• USA (working title) - Health Club Horror
• Germany - Atomic Hero

Taglines

• Not all monsters are scary to people. Not if it's one fighting crime in the Garden State.
• Criminals, beware of the Toxic Avenger. He will kick your butt HARD!!
• He'll go from cleaning nerd to cleaning crime-fighter.
• "Melvin was a 90lb. weakling until nuclear waste transformed him into..." [The Toxic Avenger]
• The first Super-Hero... from New Jersey!
• He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...