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The Toxic Avenger [DVD] [1985]

DVD ~ Andree Maranda
2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard
  • Directors: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Prism Leisure
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 80 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000AM76M
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,174 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The foundation stone of the Troma label's trash-movie empire, The Toxic Avenger introduces the character of nerdy janitor Melvin, who suffers heaps of abuse from local bad-guys and is stuffed into a vat of toxic waste while dressed in a ballerina outfit. He emerges mutated into a Swamp Thing/Hulk-style monster hero who romps around the blighted township of Tromaville, New Jersey, offing the grotesque villains in nastily gruesome ways and mooning over his blind true love. The Troma style is unique, and perhaps predates the anything-gross-for-a-laugh approach of the Farrelly Brothers by a good 10 years, but it sometimes wavers between the good-natured gags and genuinely unpleasant plot images that somewhat spoil the tone. Entry-level filmmaking, but with surprisingly professional head-squashing effects and a degree of enthusiasm that breaks down most resistance. Several sequels have ensued, including The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. -- Kim Newman

Synopsis
One moment Melvin's a 90 pound weakling, and the next -- with a little help from some toxic waste -- he's THE TOXIC AVENGER! Now Melvin's in shape to get back at all the creeps who have ever tormented him. So those bad guys had better watch out... because Melvin's got superpowers beyond their imagination.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars An awful UK DVD release of an all time classic, 23 Dec 2004
By Mr. T. A. Williams "toxiedogg" (Bicester, UK) - See all my reviews
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Right, let's clear this debate up. First off, anybody wanting the uncut version of The Toxic Avenger on DVD needs to buy the official Troma DVD 'Director's Cut' version...this UK version has been hacked so badly that it's almost unwatchable. Now, and here's the odd thing, anybody wanting the full uncut version of The Toxic Avenger with all the deleted scenes restored should buy...none other than the UK video release that came out during the mid 1990's, (and there were still some available second hand on Amazon at the time I wrote this). I have absolutely no idea why, or even how they managed to slip it past the censors, but if you can do without a couple of extras, the UK VHS version is the definitive version, containing all the deleted scenes from the 'Director's Cut' in all the correct places. Although you can access these scenes separately on Troma's DVD, the fact that they're missed out of the main feature actually changes the storyline slightly as in one of them, you get to see that Julie wasn't killed at all, she was just given a severe haircut (the other scenes are just humorous).

Basically, I would advise anybody who's seriously interested in the Toxic Avenger movies (like myself) to have a copy of the UK 1990's VHS release alongside the more recent Troma DVD 'Director's Cut'. I wouldn't touch the UK DVD release with a barge pole.

The only other thing that I would point out is that if you're going to track down a UK VHS copy, make sure it's the official Troma release and not Warner's rental release from the 1980's as, despite having a cool 3D box, this was also heavily cut.

Rather bizarrely, the UK DVD released versions of Toxic Avenger Part 2 & 3 are uncut, despite Part 2 in particular containing a fair amount of gore in it's own right. Part 4 (Citizen Toxie) is only available on Troma DVD at the moment, but is easily the best of the sequels and worth seeking out.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Buy the US version!!!!, 25 Jul 2004
Buy the American dvd version cuz the uk version is completely butchered. The UK versions of number 2 and 3 are completely uncut on dvd. The Toxic Avenger is a great film from the people at TROMA but a huge dissapointment on the UK dvd!!!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Edited version!!, 11 Feb 2005
Argh, all the gore is completely edited, honestly this could pass off as a '15' cert. film, very dissapointing, im going to buy the directors cut.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hello Red Please
Can Someone Tell Me If This Version Of The Toxic Avenger Is All Regions And If The Poultrygeist Dvd Is All Regions Aswell. Thanks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS THE UNCUT TROMA RELEASE
I have read the other reviews people have made on this item. And they obviously no nothing about Troma.By buying this version ( a.k.a . Read more
Published 21 months ago by Alex the gore guy

1.0 out of 5 stars Dodgy cut version
Great movie but hacked to death by the british board of film censors!!!Buy the R1 dvd instead. It's totally uncut and full of extra's.
Published on 22 April 2004 by stavrosuk

1.0 out of 5 stars the toxic avenger
DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION !! its is severely cut and ruins the film...ppl buy Troma films for comedy gore,but this has NONE WHATSOEVER.. Read more
Published on 10 April 2004 by C. Marsh

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm assuming this is cut
Because there was no gore, and we all know Troma stands for gore. Being a semi-Troma fan (Terror Firmer is fantastic) I was obviously well aware of Toxie but never seen any of the... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2004 by Lain

5.0 out of 5 stars The monster with the mop
The toxic avenger,the film that gave Troma it's reputation is still a classic world wide and even now when people watch it they still puke up and laugh their heads off at this... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2004 by zombie-dude

5.0 out of 5 stars TOXIC SHOCK!
Probably Troma's most popular and most favourite movie, this is the movie that spawned all the sequels, the action figures, the cartoon series, the lunchboxes and all of it's... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2003 by tromatized

4.0 out of 5 stars TROMATIC TIMES FCOR TOXIE!
With this being a trilogy box set I have reviewed each film seperatley below:

THE TOXIC AVENGER This is the first and best of the TA movies. Read more

Published on 3 Jan 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT GORE COMEDY!
so stupid movie and so ..... funny! Some of the scenes are really sick like the little kid or the old woman scenes,and the gore is cool. The love scenes are cool too. Read more
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