The Toxic Avenger (1984)
October 25, 2022 7:27 AM - Subscribe
A 98-pound nerd (Mark Torgl) from New Jersey lands in a vat of toxic waste and becomes a benevolent monster (Mitchell Cohen).
Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman. Screenplay by Joe Ritter, based on a story by Lloyd Kaufman.
70% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently streaming in the US on more than ten services. JustWatch listing here.
Directed by Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman. Screenplay by Joe Ritter, based on a story by Lloyd Kaufman.
70% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Currently streaming in the US on more than ten services. JustWatch listing here.
New Jersey's first superhero!
posted by miss-lapin at 9:53 AM on October 25, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by miss-lapin at 9:53 AM on October 25, 2022 [3 favorites]
Toxie!
There were four of these (and a TV show?!) spanning 16 years...
...and Peter Dinklage is going to play Toxie, supported by Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon.
posted by porpoise at 12:39 PM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
There were four of these (and a TV show?!) spanning 16 years...
...and Peter Dinklage is going to play Toxie, supported by Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon.
posted by porpoise at 12:39 PM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
Man, my friends and I found this some time after getting into Re-Animator and Class of Nuke 'Em High in the mid 80s and it rocked our world! Very much a teenager "Ha ha, YESSS" movie. I don't know where or what we had to use to find out what Troma was (Fangoria maybe?), but we sure kept an eye out for the other ones we knew about. Haven't seen any since Tromeo & Juliet, tho. Point being, a seismic movie this is.
posted by rhizome at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by rhizome at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
Oh, yesssss. Growing up in New Jersey, Toxie was exactly the kind of representation we craved. "Yes! We're from New Jersey! And it sucks!"
posted by phooky at 1:56 PM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by phooky at 1:56 PM on October 25, 2022 [1 favorite]
There were four of these (and a TV show?!) spanning 16 years...
About fifteen years ago I saw a musical theater version in Seoul.
posted by Literaryhero at 5:47 PM on October 25, 2022 [4 favorites]
About fifteen years ago I saw a musical theater version in Seoul.
posted by Literaryhero at 5:47 PM on October 25, 2022 [4 favorites]
There were four of these (and a TV show?!)
Yes! The Toxic Crusaders cartoon (and action figure: "they're gross, but they still get girls") was probably my introduction to the Toxic Avenger (which I gleefully consumed in my teens) and Troma in general. I'm fortunate in that our local video store had all the Toxic Avenger movies, each of which I certainly rented more than once.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:38 AM on October 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
Yes! The Toxic Crusaders cartoon (and action figure: "they're gross, but they still get girls") was probably my introduction to the Toxic Avenger (which I gleefully consumed in my teens) and Troma in general. I'm fortunate in that our local video store had all the Toxic Avenger movies, each of which I certainly rented more than once.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:38 AM on October 26, 2022 [2 favorites]
About fifteen years ago I saw a musical theater version in Seoul.
I like to think that evening's discussion went like this:
"Hey honey, why don't we stay in tonight and just enjoy each other?"
"Oh my shits, I just saw an ad for a musical theater Toxic Avenger. Sell the car, sell the house, sell the kids, I'm never coming back."
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 8:48 AM on October 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
I like to think that evening's discussion went like this:
"Hey honey, why don't we stay in tonight and just enjoy each other?"
"Oh my shits, I just saw an ad for a musical theater Toxic Avenger. Sell the car, sell the house, sell the kids, I'm never coming back."
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 8:48 AM on October 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
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posted by Halloween Jack at 8:38 AM on October 25, 2022 [3 favorites]