The Toxic Avenger is a semi-reboot of the 1984 splatter superhero that screened festivals in 2023 but faced distribution reluctance due to intense violence and gore. The film stars Peter Dinklage in the title role and had remained unreleased for much of two years before Cineverse scheduled a limited theatrical run. Bloody Disgusting released a red-band trailer produced by Wilson Cleveland that uses a grindhouse, goofy-yet-gory aesthetic paying homage to the original trailer. The 1984 original created by Lloyd Kaufman follows janitor Melvin Ferd's transformation into a deformed, superstrong vigilante in Tromaville, a film that spawned sequels and multimedia adaptations despite critical dismissal.
The Toxic Avenger, a semi-reboot of the 1984 superhero splatter-fest, made the rounds of the festival circuit back in 2023. But all the violence and gore scared off most distributors, so the film-starring Peter Dinklage ( Game of Thrones) in the title role-has been languishing in the vault for much of the last two years. Thanks to Cineverse, The Toxic Avenger is finally coming to select theaters this weekend.
Created by Lloyd Kaufman, the 1984 Toxic Avenger featured a scrawny janitor, Melvin Ferd (Mitch Cohen), at a health club in the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey ("the toxic chemical capital of the world"). Melvin is tormented by a quartet of bullies and ends up falling out of a second-story window into a drum of toxic waste. He emerges as a hideously deformed mutant with superhuman strength.
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