They kill her guide dog and attempt to rape her, but are stopped by Melvin, who wreaks bloody vengeance on them. Melvin returns home, but his mother is terrified of him and will not let him in the house, so Melvin, publicly dubbed "The Monster Hero" (also known as "The Toxic Avenger" or "Toxie") and hailed as a hero, builds a makeshift home in the junkyard.Ī gang of three men hold up a Mexican restaurant and attack a blind woman named Sara. Cigar Face escapes, promising to take revenge. Melvin appears and kills the criminals, then leaves a mop on their faces as a calling card. When he refuses to accept the money, Cigar Face and his gang prepare to castrate him. The chemicals transform him into a hideously deformed mutant with superhuman size and strength.Ī group of drug dealers, led by Cigar Face, are trying to buy off a police officer named O'Clancy. After running down the street, Melvin douses the flames in his bathtub. He falls into a drum of toxic waste, which sets him on fire. He is chased around the health club and out a second story window.
They trick Melvin into wearing a pink tutu and amorously hugging a sheep. His tormentors murder a young boy on a bike with their car and take photos of the carnage afterward. Melvin Ferd Junko III is a weakling who works as a janitor at a health club in the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey, where the customers-particularly Bozo, Slug, Wanda and Julie-harass him constantly. In 2019, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment would be producing a reboot of the film, with original creators Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment serving as producers and Macon Blair serving as writer and director. The film has generated a media franchise including three film sequels, a stage musical production, a video game and a children's TV cartoon. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the Bleecker Street Cinema in Greenwich Village in late 1985. The film was released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts and gruesome violence. It is the first installment of The Toxic Avenger franchise.
The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman (credited as Samuel Weil) and written by Kaufman and Joe Ritter.
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