MOVIE
The Toxic Avenger
He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...the Toxic Avenger!
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
The Toxic Avenger in its release era
Released in 1984, The Toxic Avenger sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1984-05-15
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 6.2/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Troma Entertainment
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