- HD 1080
- Runtime: 82m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
- Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard
- keywords: pollution, corruption, new jersey, sadism, superhero, anti hero, mayor, bullying, grindhouse, revenge, murder, toxic, person on fire, workout, health club, rabid anger, disfigured face, superhero spoof, strong man, car run over, shock humor, public humiliation, vigilantism, absurdist, blind woman, toxic waste, killer as protagonist, absurdist humor, ridiculous
- Production_studio: Troma Entertainment
- Slogan: The first superhuman-hero...from New Jersey!
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Troma NOW, Peacock Premium Plus
- The The Toxic Avenger is featured in the top rankings of 1984
- #42 in Top Comedy Movies of 1984
- #6 in Top Horror Movies of 1984
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.
