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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 11, 1986
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 25, 1998
Box Office
$800K
Budget
$500K
Return
1.6x
Theaters
2
Directors
Writers
Producers
Studio
Troma Entertainment
Keywords
corruption
new jersey
mayor
anti hero
sadism
pollution
bullying
superhero
revenge
toxic
murder
grindhouse
person on fire
campy
workout
health club
rabid anger
disfigured face
superhero spoof
strong man
car run over
shock humor
public humiliation
vigilantism
absurdist
blind woman
toxic waste
lighthearted
absurdist humor
absurd
ridiculous
Cast
Full credits →M
Mitch Cohen
The Toxic Avenger
J
Jennifer Prichard
Wanda
C
Cindy Manion
Julie
R
Robert Prichard
Slug
G
Gary Schneider
Bozo
P
Pat Ryan
Mayor Belgoody
M
Mark Torgl
Melvin
D
Dick Martinsen
Officer O'Clancy
D
David Weiss
Chief of Police
D
Dan Snow
Cigar Face
P
Patrick Kilpatrick
Leroy
M
Michael Russo
Rico
A
Andrew Craig
Fred
K
Kenneth Kessler
Toxic Avenger's Voice (voice)
R
Rick Collins
Bully
R
Randy Schein
Bozo's Friend
R
Richard Duggan
Ice Cream Man
The Toxic Avenger Collection
Low-budget superhero comedy splatter film franchise following the heroic exploits of Melvin Ferd, a weak and skinny janitor turned into the deformed and mutated superhero, the Toxic Avenger, or "Toxie...
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Quotes
See all →Transformation from Nerd to Hero
Taglines
He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...The Toxic Avenger
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A New Jersey Superhero Emerges
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The first Super-Hero... from New Jersey!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
