The Toxic Avenger

In our world gone mad, it's good to know that a movie such as THE TOXIC AVENGER is around. Loaded w/ squishy, über-cheeezy gore, delightfully painful gags, and a gleefully haphazard storyline, this Troma masterwork is the very definition of low-budget / low-brow entertainment done right. The iconic avenger himself is a horrific, melted mess. Every villain he faces is so reprehensible that the violent, toxic retribution each receives is always well deserved. TTA is also a touching love story w/ rubbery, mutant passions on display. There is pathos mixed in w/ the humour, so make sure your hanky's handy, as you'll need it to clean up the vile green slime...

When I was about 4 years old, I came across a cartoon called Toxic Crusaders. The show lasted only 13 episodes, but it made a big impact on me. It was one of my favorite animated shows at the time along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Real Ghostbusters. Not too long after discovering the cartoon, I crossed paths with a familiar face at the local video store. I remember going with my Dad to a very small video store. It was the only one near our house at the time, and it's business ran surprisingly well for most of the 90's. So one day I was wandering around and noticed Toxie, leader of the Toxic Crusaders on the cover of a VHS. The cover read "The Toxic Avenger Part II" and had an illustration of Toxie with his signature mop in one hand and a hot chick on his shoulder, firing a machine gun. It was one of the coolest images I had seen in my young life and left a lot to the imagination. Unfortunately, my Dad did not allow me to rent the video. Ironically, I was allowed to... Read more

I rented this movie from a local video store in San Diego (Kensington video, in the heart of Kensington, on Adams Ave.) and then I purchased it right here on Amazon. The film is unique. If you have no idea what Troma is or what Troma movies are I suggest that you read Lloyd Kaufman's autobiography (All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger) first, it will give you a better understanding of Troma, if you are just curious and want to purchases this film and dive in head first I can say that you will be pleasantly entertained by this film. Its goofy, campy, horrifying and in every sense of the word: terrific. Enjoy

i remember seeing the VHS copys when i went to the video store as a kid. I thought it was a horror movie and never saw it, until now. i was familiar with the TROMA company before this movie. it was on T.V. on G4. so i decided to watch it. after that i thought it was the craziest, funniest movie i have ever seen. i went out and got it right away. this is a must own classic. if you find this movie "distasteful" then you have no sense of humor.

After hearing for so many years about The Toxic Avenger, I made it my mission in life to hunt this movie down. I spent a lot of time at the local Hastings looking for it, but it seems big companies have a thing against Troma films. Hm, I wonder why. This search continued for many years, and finally when I was about to give up, the Heaven's blessed me. Kind of. I was looking around in the store and decided to look up TTA in their computer system. To my luck, it said the store had one copy of the 21st Anniversary Edition in stock. So, naturally, I went looking for it, and, of course, couldn't find it on the shelves. Now, when I say local Hastings, I really mean Hastings-that-I-have-to-drive-thirty-miles-to-get-to. The lady said that it was probably still in the back and I asked her to go look, and of course she feeds me some line of crap saying that it's probably still boxed or whatever and she doesn't have time to look for it, try back next week. So I did. And I found it. So I pop it ... Read more