The Toxic Avenger
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The Toxic Avenger, first released in late 1984, is the most famous movie made by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with moviegoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed Bleecker Street Cinemas in New York City in late 1985.
Melvin, a geek who works at a health club, is constantly harassed at the health club where he works. His tormentors get more and more violent until he tricked into wearing a pink tutu and kiss a sheep. He was then chased around the health club by laughing witnesses of the event where he eventually jumped out of a second story window. He lands in a drum of toxic waste and is deformed and radiated by the accident. He becomes a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength. Controlled by his Tromatons he cannot help himself but to destroy all evil. Eventually he finds love with a girl who loves him more for his personality since she can't see. He is also reportedly the first superhero from New Jersey.
The film was followed by three sequels in 1989, The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV in 2001. A fifth Toxie movie, Saving Private Toxie, was announced, but has been dropped by Troma.
In 2004, a stage musical adaptation of the movie debuted at the Blue Barn Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska, coproduced by Troma Entertainment, featuring a script by playwright/director Rob Urbinati and a musical score by Kevin Hayes.
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