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Over the course of its 50-year existence, Troma has helped launch the careers of filmmakers like Trey Parker & Matt Stone (South Park), James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Eli Roth (Hostel), along with countless actors who went on to long careers, but their biggest export by any internal metric — financial success, brand recognition, franchisability, fan base — is 1984’s The Toxic Avenger.

The film is preceded by an “extreme violence” warning. The gore is indeed graphic — the first kill features a kid’s head being run over by a car, firmly establishing that no one is safe and nothing is off limits — but it could use about a dozen more trigger warnings by today’s standards. If you can be offended, you will be offended by the boundary-pushing content that includes (but is certainly not limited to) racism, homophobia, ableism, and sexual misconduct — yet there is substance behind the sleaze.

The Toxic Avenger reboot has received a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95%, surpassing the cult classic original and its sequels. The original Toxic Avenger was initially ignored but later gained a cult following through midnight showings. The reboot recaptures the unhinged action, splatter gore, and dark comedy of the original while adding an emotional throughline.

The Toxic Avenger reboot's Rotten Tomatoes score debuts at an impressive franchise high. Written and directed by Macon Blair, the upcoming reimagining follows a similar story as the 1984 original involving an everyman-janitor who is transformed into a monstrous vigilante after a toxic accident. The original film achieved cult classic status and was followed by three less successful sequels – The Toxic Avenger Part II, The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.

Now, following its premiere at the Fantastic Fest, critics have started sharing their reviews for the Toxic Avenger remake,...

A new preview for The Toxic Avenger shows off the cast of the upcoming horror remake.

Shared exclusively by Entertainment Weekly, the teaser images highlight Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze, a lowly janitor at a chemical factory who is eventually mutated into the film's titular hero. "There is a terrible industrial accident that renders him a mutant and an outcast, but also gives him some super strength and super abilities that sets him on a path of being an unlikely vigilante in this downward-spiraling society," director Macon Blair explained. "Similar to the original Toxic Avenger, he's singularly unqualified to be a hero. He's not especially brave, he's not especially crafty, but he has his heart in the right place, and he starts taking it to the limit when he's pushed into a corner."

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Earlier images have teased Dinklage's transformation into the repulsive crusader,...

Two years have passed since filming wrapped on writer/director Macon Blair’s remake of the Troma cult classic The Toxic Avenger (watch it Here), and while we still don’t know when the movie is going to receive a wide release, we do know that it’s going to have its world premiere as the opening night film at Fantastic Fest, which is set to run in Austin, Texas from September 21st through the 28th. With that premiere screening about to happen, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled several images from the film – and you can check them out at the bottom of this article!

Featured in these images are Peter Dinklage, whose character Winston Gooze becomes the new Toxic Avenger; Kevin Bacon as villainous corporate overlord Bob Garbinger; Elijah Wood as Bob’s brother Fritz Garbinger, who is described as “sort of Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show...

Troma Entertainment, the beloved independent film distributor and production house, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – and as part of the celebration, they’re bringing their iconic Toxic Avenger franchise to 4K in an eight disc “Tox Box” collection! Also known as the “Tox Set”, the collection is available for pre-order on Amazon (get it Here) and has a release date of August 29th.

For this collection, all four films in the Toxic Avenger franchise have been given new 4K scans and restorations from the original camera negatives. They’re presented in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio in Hdr with English DTS 2.0 stereo audio. Lloyd Kaufman, the President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger, has recorded new introductions for each movie. And the set also comes with a collectible Toxic Avenger postcard.

Here’s the list of bonus features that will be found in the Tox...

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The Toxic Avenger Collection 4K Uhd Box Set from Troma

Troma will release The Toxic Avenger Collection on August 29. The box set collects the unrated director’s cuts of all four films in the cult classic franchise on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, newly restored in 4K from the original film negatives with Hdr and English DTS 2.0 Stereo audio.

Created by Lloyd Kaufman, the superhero horror-comedy series consists of 1984’s The Toxic Avenger, 1989’s The Toxic Avenger Part II, 1989’s The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, and 2000’s Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.

Kaufman recorded new introductions for all four films. Existing special features – audio commentaries for each film, cast interviews,...

Stars: Drew Marvick, Lexi Dripps, Lloyd Kaufman, Ari Lehman, Linnea Quigley, Sable Griedel, Doug Bradley, Justin M. Seaman, Caden Holmes, Jedediah Giacchino, Tanya R. Seaman | Written and Directed by Justin M. Seaman

Finally, after a wait so long people were wondering if it would ever happen, The Barn Part II, Justin M. Seaman’s sequel to 2016’s The Barn has finally arrived after a run of festival screenings and some limited theatrical showings. The question is, as with any long-delayed sequel, can it recapture what made the original so popular?

It certainly gets off on the right foot as Troop Leader Plums and his scouts sitting around the campfire fill the viewer in on the basic plot of the original as well as a few things we’ll need to know for the sequel, before finding out the hard way the stories were all true.

A year after that Michelle,...

Julia Davis will be joining the cast of Legendary's The Toxic Avenger reboot. Davis is one of the most acclaimed voices in UK comedy, as a two-time BAFTA winner and eight-time nominee. She is known for creating and starring in the BAFTA-winning comedy series, Sally4Ever for Sky Atlantic and HBO. Davis also won a BAFTA for writing Hunderby, which she also starred in. Besides that, she also created and starred in several series, including: Camping, Human Remains, and Night Night. Currently, Davis is being repped by Clair Maroussas at Independent Talent.

For those who don't know, The Toxic Avenger was a low-budget action-comedy that followed a 98 pound weakling named Melvin, who, after a cruel prank, ends up jumping into a cauldron of toxic waste and becomes the title character, a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength with a drive to destroy evil. Originally conceived as a horror...

Exclusive: Julia Davis and Elijah Wood have joined Peter Dinklage and Jacob Tremblay in Legendary’s new Toxic Avenger movie. Taylour Paige and Kevin Bacon are also on board for director Macon Blair.

A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in the vein of Deadpool. When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed. Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

The Toxic Avenger became successful after a long run as a midnight movie in New York City, leading to sequels The Toxic Avenger Part II, The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie...

Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of Macon Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ reboot at Legendary Pictures.

Bacon joins the already cast Peter Dinklage, Jacob Trembley and Taylour Paige.

Written and directed by Blair, the film is said to be a “contemporary reimaging” of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy, Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

Drawing parallels to an eco-friendly ‘Deadpool’, the original centred on a struggling everyman after he is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.

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Filming is due to commence later in June in Bulgaria.

The original film spawned a franchise that went on...

Jacob Tremblay has joined the cast of the reimaging of the ‘Toxic Avenger’ at Legendary.

Tremblay joins a cast of the previously announced Peter Dinklage.

Said to be a “contemporary reimaging” of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy, Macon Blair will take the helm on the project. Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

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Drawing parallels to an eco-friendly ‘Deadpool’, the original centred on a struggling everyman after he is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.

The original film spawned a franchise that went on to produce sequels ‘The Toxic Avenger Part II’, ‘The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie...

Jacob Tremblay is set to co-star alongside Peter Dinklage in Legendary’s “Toxic Avenger” film, a reboot of Troma Entertainment’s 1984 low-budget action-comedy splatter film.

The reboot will follow a mild-mannered janitor at a health club who’s pushed out of a second-story window by bullies into a vat of toxic waste. The chemicals cause him to transform into a hideously deformed mutant gifted with superhuman size and strength. He must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.

The original film generated four sequels: “The Toxic Avenger Part II,” “The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie” and “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.” The franchise expanded into an animated children’s TV series spin-off called “Toxic Crusaders,” a musical stage production and a Marvel comic book series.

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Peter Dinklage has locked down his next big gig. The former Game of Thrones actor has been tapped to headline The Toxic Avenger reboot, which is currently in the works at Legendary Pictures. Macon Blair (I don't Feel at Home In This World Anymore) has been tapped to direct the movie, which will reimagine the 1984 Troma flick for modern audiences.

According to multiple reports, Peter Dinklage has closed a deal to star in The Toxic Avenger. No other cast members have been revealed at this time. The reboot is being positioned as a subversion of the superhero genre, with comparisons being made to Deadpool. Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, who directed the original, are on board as producers. A logline for the movie has been revealed as well, which reads as follows.

"When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant...

Peter Dinklage has signed up to star in the re-imagining of the iconic low-budget comedy “The Toxic Avenger”.

Said to be a “contemporary reimaging” of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy, Macon Blair will take the helm on the project. Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

Drawing parallels to an eco-friendly ‘Deadpool’, the original centred on a struggling everyman after he is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.

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The original film spawned a franchise that went on to produce sequels ‘The Toxic Avenger Part II’, ‘The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie...

Exclusive: Peter Dinklage continues to build a strong film slate in his post Game of Thrones career and looks to have found his next big project. He is set to star in Legendary’s new Toxic Avenger movie. Macon Blair is on board to direct.

A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in the vein of Deadpool. When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed. Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

The Toxic Avenger became successful after a long run as a midnight movie in New York City,...

Two years after making his directorial debut with “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,” Macon Blair is stepping behind the camera for Legendary’s “Toxic Avenger” reboot. The actor-turned-filmmaker, whose on-screen resume includes everything from “Blue Ruin” and “Green Room” to “The Florida Project” and “Logan Lucky,” will both write and direct. Variety first broke the news, including the fact that Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michel Herz are producing and Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter of Legendary are overseeing the project.

The former two also directed the 1984 original, a midnight-movie staple that was followed by the sequels “The Toxic Avenger Part II,” “The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie,” and “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV”. “The Toxic Avenger” tells the tried-and-true story of a 98-pound janitor who falls into a vat of toxic waste (as you do) and, imbued with newfound powers,...

Macon Blair has been tapped to write and direct Legendary’s reboot of the cult classic “The Toxic Avenger,” sources tell Variety.

Legendary acquired the feature film rights in December and have quickly made the project a high priority at the studio. Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment will serve as producers with Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter overseeing for Legendary.

Kaufman and Herz produced the original 1984 comedy, set in the fictional town of Tromaville, N.J., and centered on a mild-mannered janitor at a health club who’s chased out a second story window by bullies and lands in a drum of toxic waste. The chemicals cause him to transform into the Toxic Avenger, who has superhuman size and strength and stands up to bullies and corruption.

“The Toxic Avenger” became successful after a long run as a midnight movie in New York City, leading to the...

Legendary Entertainment is developing “The Toxic Avenger” as a movie after acquiring the feature film rights.

Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment will serve as producers. Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter will oversee for Legendary.

Kaufman and Herz produced the original 1984 comedy, set in the fictional town of Tromaville, N.J., and centered on a mild-mannered janitor at a health club who’s chased out a second story window by bullies and lands in a drum of toxic waste. The chemicals cause him to transform into the Toxic Avenger, who has superhuman size and strength and stands up to bullies and corruption.

“The Toxic Avenger” became successful after a long run as a midnight movie in New York City, leading to the sequels “The Toxic Avenger Part II,” “The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie,” and “Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.” The property also became a stage musical production,...

Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. John Altamura (?-2018) - Actor. He played the title character in The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, sharing the role with Ron Fazio. He died of a heart attack on May 4. (Bloody-Disgusting) Joseph Campanella (1924-2018) - Actor. He starred in Ben, Silent Running and Meteor. He died of complications from Parkinson's disease on May 16. (Variety) Anne V. Coates (1925-2018) - Editor. She won an Oscar for editing Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated for Becket, The Elephant Man, In the Line of Fire and Out of Sight. She also...

After gestating in development for nearly six years, The Toxic Avenger remake is finally moving forward with a new director. Conrad Vernon, who co-directed the hit R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party, has signed on to direct. Mike Arnold (Archer) and Chris Poole (The Grackle) have come aboard to rewrite the script for this long-awaited remake, which was first written by the project's original director, Steve Pink and D.C. Franklin.

Deadline says this new version is a more grounded and mainstream approach to The Toxic Avenger, which first hit theaters in 1984 from director Lloyd Kaufman. The story followed a New Jersey teenager named Melvin, a nerdy janitor who falls into a vat of hazardous waste, which transforms him into The Toxic Avenger. Here's what Conrad Vernon had to say in a statement about joining this project.

"The opportunity to re-imagine a favorite cult-classic from my high school years is an honor.

By Ernie Magnotta

While working at the Tromaville Health Club in 1984, goodhearted, 98lb. weakling Melvin “The Mop Boy” was tricked into wearing a pink tutu and teased unmercifully until he fell from a two-story window and landed in a vat of nuclear waste. The toxic chemicals changed little Melvin, transforming him into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength. Melvin became The Toxic Avenger, the first superhero from New Jersey!

Written and Directed by the great Lloyd Kaufman (and co-directed by his partner-in-slime, Michael Herz), The Toxic Avenger, which is a thoroughly entertaining and unique combination of the superhero genre, raunchy and over-the-top comedy, as well as full-on horror movie-type gore, not only became an instant hit, but singlehandedly built Troma films (Toxie is the company’s mascot much like Spider-man is to Marvel Comics). The Toxic Avenger character became so popular that, over the years, fans were...

The second week of April is a big one for horror fans, as one of the most buzzed-about indie genre films of 2014—The Babadook—is finally coming home this Tuesday courtesy of Scream Factory and IFC Midnight. There are also a multitude of classic cult titles arriving in high-def on April 14th as well, including Long Weekend, Tales of Terror, the sequels to both The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke ’Em High, and Class of 1984.

Several new titles are also being released this week including Jinn, Roadside, and Echoes, and 20th Century Fox is unleashing their terror-filled sequel, The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death, on both Blu-ray and DVD.

The Babadook (Scream Factory/IFC Midnight, Deluxe Edition Blu-ray & DVD)

Amelia (AFI Award winner Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Slap) is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband.

From Crystal Lake Publishing, Jasper Bark's Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts is now available worldwide in bookstores and online and we've been provided with one of the collection's short stories, "Taking the Piss" (a truly haunting revenge tale), to share with Daily Dead readers. Also included in our latest round-up are Blu-ray release details and cover art for Troma's The Toxic Avenger: Part II and Class Of Nuke ’Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown, as well as details on an upcoming auction of film props from make-up effects mastermind Rick Baker.

Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts: "A word of caution gentle reader, these tales will take you places you’ve never been before and may never dare revisit. They’ll whisper truths so twisted you can only face them in the darkest hours of the night. They’ll unlock desires so decadent you’ll never wash their taint from your flesh.

Greetings from Tromaville! Troma Entertainment is pleased to announce its April 2015 Blu-Ray releases are now available for pre-order on Amazon.

Headlining Troma’s new releases is the newly restored smash hit, The Toxic Avenger Part II Blu-Ray/DVD combo. The beloved sequel to the best-selling Toxic Avenger, known to some as “Toxie in Japan,” includes a brand new introduction from director Lloyd Kaufman and many other ‘Tromatic’ special features! Lovingly remastered by legendary Troma … Continue reading →

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While Troma Entertainment continues to offer thought-provoking new films, fervent fans of the creative company no doubt always keep an eye out for Blu-ray releases of cherished Troma movies from back in the day. Troma’s upcoming high-definition slate should more than please its loyal legion of viewers, as it’s been revealed that this spring they will release Blu-rays of three cult films from the late ’80s/early ’90s.

According to Blu-ray.com, the Class Of Nuke ‘Em High II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) and The Toxic Avenger: Part II (1989) Blu-rays will come out on April 14th, while Rabid Grannies is set to hit shelves on March 10th.

Below, we have the films’ synopses as well as the special features that will be included on the The Toxic Avenger: Part II and Rabid Grannies Blu-rays (via Blu-ray.com). The extras for Class Of Nuke ‘Em High II: Subhumanoid Meltdown...

A school track team facing killer workouts in the literal sense, a demented mother with two immoral sons all too willing to please her, and the janitor turned toxic enforcer of justice: you can soon see these and other cult classic Troma stories in the high definition bliss of Blu-ray in the UK, as British distribution company 88 Films recently announced their upcoming home media releases of seven cult films, including six Troma titles.

88 Films announced that this fall and winter they will release the Troma movies Graduation Day (1981), Tromeo and Juliet (1996), The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989), The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989), The Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie (1989), and Mother’s Day (1980), as well as Full Moon Features’ Head of the Family (1996). The release dates will range from October 14th to December 31st, depending on each title:

Graduation Day (1981) Blu-ray – November 17th release:

“After a high school track runner,...

The reboot of the 1980s cult film Toxic Avenger has Arnold Schwarzenegger in talks. Steve Pink and Daniel C. Mitchell wrote the script for the film which is being produced by Elysium Films as well as Richard Saperstein, Akiva Goldsman, Charlie Corwin and Michael Benaroya. The story follows Melvin Ferd III, a skinny, feeble guy who falls into toxic waste and transforms into a creature who fights crime. Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman directed the original film which starred Andrew Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion and Robert Prichard. There were three films: The Toxic Avenger (1984), The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) and The Toxic Avenger: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989).

Melvin worked at the Tromaville gym, a 90-lb. weakling who got pushed around. They dressed him up in a pink tutu. They beat him up, and they threw him down. He landed in a barrel of waste. Toxic chemicals ate his face. Mutating, energized by Tromatons… This Jersey hero's gonna clean up the place! T-t-t-Toxic Avenger!

It dawned on me that I’ve been doing these B-Sides for so long now, and somehow Troma has gone grossly unrepresented. That gets corrected today with Scott Casey’s hard-rocking Toxic Avenger theme song from The Toxic Avenger Part II. It’s arguable that this song is even better than the Tromatic 1989 sequel itself.

To my disappointment nobody has put out a music video of “The Toxic Avenger Part II Theme” using clips from it or any of the various Toxic Avenger movies. On the plus side, that means you can listen to...

Forget Mad Men – just kick back and enjoy watching a cartoon Schwarzenegger run riot

When I was a teenager, I used to get ill every year around Good Friday. It was like having stigmata, but in the form of tonsillitis or earache, and in retrospect, I think I may have been doing it for the attention. One year, I got a virus that manifested itself in about 60 simultaneous mouth ulcers. I had to paint my mouth with some vile antibiotic glue which tasted of boiled cow, and couldn't eat at all, but only lie sadly on the sofa with my giant swollen face in my hands, so my brother decided to cheer me up with a film fest.

He introduced me to what is still my favourite movie, The Princess Bride, and then put on The Tall Guy starring Emma Thompson and Jeff Goldblum. It contains, perhaps, the least generous...

It’s that time of year again, kids. Dread Central’s 2010 Horror at the Oscars coverage. Horror was indeed present this year and in black-tie. While Roger Corman and Lauren Bacall were honored a few months back at the Governor’s Award Ceremony, it was an unexpected delight to see Corman, recipient of the lifetime achievement Oscar, enjoy a standing ovation on national television.

I was, however, very disappointed that neither of them were allowed to speak. Roger Corman’s contributions to modern cinema are too vast for him to just stand up and wave. James Cameron was one of many Corman acolytes present, and his nomination speaks to Corman’s tremendous legacy. On the Terminator DVD Cameron mentions, "I trained at the Roger Corman Film School.” Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola, among many others, were also former students.

The terror continued with a spoof of Paranormal Activity...