Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Fella_shibby I saw this way back on a VHS in the late 80s. Revisited it recently on a DVD. The effects still looks good. The gore effects is terrific. Arms get ripped off, heads get bashed together until the skulls burst open, and guts get ripped out from people's stomachs. Ther r two scenes that involve a head being crushed. The first one is that of a child on a bicycle n i found it to b offensive n repulsive. The other scene takes place inside the health club. This scene was shot way before the one in Final destination - gym scene. The plot is about a weakling janitor who is harassed by sadistic gym goers. In one harassment the janitor jumps out from the window n lands himself in a drum full of toxic waste. Later the janitor turns into a strong n hulk like deformed freak who fights off the evil men. The guy who played the janitor is hilarious with his pathetic facial expressions.

Oberrated In the city of Tromaville, a toxic waste dump, citizens carry on with their normal everyday lives although living under a corrupt city government. Among those citizens is Melvin Junko (Mark Torgl), whose awkward and dorky being follows around patrons of the Tromaville Health Club during his job as janitor of the club. Among those patrons is Wanda, Julie, Slug, and Bozo (Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard, and Gary Schneider). This group goes around as the cool cats of the club and terrorize Melvin due to his oddness. This torment of Melvin goes to a point where a prank is pulled on him by the four, which leads him to running away in embarrassment and accidentally falling out of a window and into a barrel of toxic waste. Being exposed to such a high volume of waste results in his body mutating himself into what is The Toxic Avenger (Mitch Cohen). After the transformation, The Toxic Avenger frequents the city of Tromaville on a two part mission. 1. Overthrow all the criminals of the city and make it a peaceful and happy city. 2. Get revenge on the people who wronged him and turned him into the monster he became.This film was God awful. It was so awful but was terribly entertaining to a point where I could not look away unlike my first Troma request. "The Toxic Avenger" was funny and entertaining but dear lord, if you do see this, do NOT expect any sort of normalcy from this film. It is weird, (bad) gory, terribly written, and terribly acted but such a train-wreck that it was entertaining. Recommended for your drunken boredom.

fullheadofsteam That this movie is rated 6.2 on IMDb undermines hope for humanity. There is nothing even remotely engaging, good, or well done in this movie. Perhaps if you are under the influence of mind-altering substances, or are a pubescent male there might be something in it for you, but otherwise forget it. The acting is not just over-the-top, which may have been intentional, but it doesn't work because it is just plain bad. There is not a single actor in this movie that can do exaggeration in any convincing way, and so they all simply look nothing but stupidly ridiculous, and not in a humorous way. There are a few attempts at crafting a humorous-looking scene, but as soon as you spot it and your hopes increase for a comedic laugh, the direction and staging dive immediately downward and dash all hope for something truly amusing. The writing couldn't be less moronic, so when coupled with inept acting, makes for a disaster of a movie. So, as last resort, could this movie possibly be saved by well-crafted make-up and effects? Once again, all hope is lost, as the make-up and effects are notably cheesy and unconvincing. Oh, wait a minute...lest review of the so-called action sequences be unfairly omitted here, it is sufficient to say that they are poorly choreographed and edited, and the stunt work is consistent with being as unconvincing as everything else in the movie. This movie can't even qualify as being good as a guilty pleasure flick. It does, however, achieve top honors as being remarkably repugnant.

slimer8489 Oh man, I freaking' LOVE this movie! When I fist saw it, the movie blew my freaking mind! This is the movie that made me obsess over Troma! So, anyways, let's get on with the review! Melvin Ferd III (played by Mark Torgl) is a socially awkward geeky mop boy who works at the Tromaville Health Club. He is a 90 LB. weakling who isn't liked by any of it's visitors, but there are a certain number of visitors that REALLY hate Melvin, they take it too far by making him dress up in a pink tutu in order to kiss Julie (who pretended to be in love with him), Melvin is tricked and is laughed at bye all of the health club visitors. He runs away, and they chase him, up until he falls out of a window and lands in a barrel of toxic waste, thus making him become... The Toxic Avenger! And so on, Toxie stomps out crime, corruption, and finds a blind girlfriend! The movie is great! Mark Torgl's acting as Melvin is great! I especially love the facial expression he makes when he walks in on Slug and Wanda making love, just priceless! The action scenes are REALLY great (if you dig gore, I know you'll love it!), and the way Toxie kills off the baddies are great! The one line I'll always remember is when Toxie is killing Slug and Bozo. Slug gets thrown out of the car and killed, thus leaving only Bozo, Toxie gets close up to Bozo and takes control of the wheel, Bozo demands the wheel and Toxie says: "You want the wheel?", rips out the wheel, and says "Here! Take the wheel!" Classic! It's great! I give the movie 7.7/10 stars!