Movie
The Toxic Avenger
Overview
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-05-15
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Troma Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Andree Maranda as Sara
- Mitch Cohen as The Toxic Avenger
- Jennifer Prichard as Wanda
- Cindy Manion as Julie
- Robert Prichard as Slug
- Gary Schneider as Bozo
- Pat Ryan as Mayor Belgoody
- Mark Torgl as Melvin
- Dick Martinsen as Officer O'Clancy
- Chris Liano as Walter Harris
- David Weiss as Chief of Police
- Dan Snow as Cigar Face
Crew
- Lloyd Kaufman - Director
- Michael Herz - Director
- Joe Ritter - Screenplay
- Lloyd Kaufman - Story
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