The Toxic Avenger: Classic B Movie

I love Troma. Everything I usually watch by them I love (the ones they actually make though). My first introduction to The Toxic Avenger was the animated TV series Toxic Crusaders. As a child I love the show and even collected the action figures when they were released. My favorite character was Toxie, Of Coarse.

When I found out there was a movie based on the show, I had to see it. I was lucky enough to find a copy at the video store and my mom rented it for me. You should of seen the expression on my (and my mom's) face when images of crushed heads and female nudity filled the screen. My mom refused to let me finish the film, but throughout the years I watched the film, showing it anyone who came over to my house. It became my horror party movie where I would screen the movie for people and they would love it. Here I am today, having watched the movie more times then I can count.

The Toxic Avenger is a B-movie classic and my favorite Troma movie to date. It's cheap, gory as hell and fun to watch. I can't see anyone who loves low budget movies not getting a kick out of it.

The Acting is bad. Everyone gives a bad performance. But you know what? I don't give a shit. It works extremely well with the nature of the film.

The Directing isn't stylish or big, but simple and Effective enough to bring the images to the screen.

The Make-up FX for the film is brilliant. The make-up artist Jennifer Aspinall deserves a big pat on the back for the wonderful job of bringing the Toxie to life. Mitch Cohen also does a wonderful job of bringing the movements of Toxie to life. The Gore FX is cheap, in a good way. They're all done in a simple and low budget way. Trust me; you'll never forget the head crushing in the opening of the film, which was created just using a melon, corn syrup and some red dye.

The humor of the movie is not all slapstick like in the sequels, but more in the way of the dialogue. If you don't find a little person being shoved in a dryer by our hero then this might not be your type of movie. Personally, I found it funny as hell.

The music is pure 80's cheese. 'Nuff said.

You'll never be bored by this movie as it movies at lightning speed. Those 82 minutes go by really fast.

Toxic Avenger does feature some underdeveloped characters (the villains mostly) but in my opinion is a perfect B-movie. It has it all, Gore, Tits, Humor and Action. I suggest any fan of low budget humor to give this a view, its well worth it.

10/10