The Toxic Avenger
Troma Entertainment | Release Date: April 11, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
2
Negative:
3
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78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
This is the main movie that built the house of Troma, Lloyd Kaufman's production company devoted to low-budget camp. The Toxic Avenger tells the humorous story of a geeky weakling who is turned into a superhero when he is slimed by some toxic waste. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
This madcap spoof on The Incredible Hulk is an outlandish mix of gory violence and realistic special effects. Read full review
63
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Cruddy, primal, extremely violent, and fairly entertaining, this 1984 feature from the New York-based exploitation outfit Troma, Inc. (Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz) captures some of the snot-flicking spirit of the old EC comics. How much you'll enjoy its deliberate crudity probably depends on how far you can let yourself regress to surly adolescence. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
The Toxic Avenger may be trash, but it has a maniacally farcical sense of humor, and Tromaville's evildoers are dispatched in ingenious ways. One is dry-cleaned to death, another made into pizza, a third partly french-fried. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Despite borrowing from sources as diverse as Frankenstein and The Producer, it all falls apart after an hour. Read full review
20
EmpireKim Newman
All-in-all a fairly unpleasant experience for most audiences. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Though it is silly, sleazy, and graphically violent, The Toxic Avenger does hold a bit of warped charm for fans of this sort of thing. Read full review
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Chicago TribuneSid Smith
A monstrously crude, blatantly tasteless film reminiscent of the now bygone drive-in movies. It's also sterling evidence of why they haven't been missed. Read full review
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