The Toxic Avenger
- IMDb link: 0090190
- IMDb rating: 6.2 (37,128 votes)
- Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror
- Director: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
- Cast: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion and others
- Release date: 1 Nov 1985
- Release year: 1984
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: superhero, absurd violence, absurdism, gore, mutation, bullying, vigilante, freak, brutality, mutant
Plot:
In Tromaville, Melvin works in a health club with his bucket and mop as a janitor. The sadistic and bullies Bozo and Slug and their girlfriends Julie and Wanda, who love to hit-and-run people in empty streets, play a cruel prank in Melvin and he falls off the window in a barrel of toxic wastes in a truck parked in front of the health club. He turns into the strong monster Toxic Avenger and protects the town from criminals. He saves the blind Sara from a rape and soon they become sweethearts. At the same time that he is worshiped by the residents, the corrupt Mayor Peter Belgoody and his gang want to destroy him.