The Toxic Avenger 1984

Release date

05/15/1984

Directors

Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz, Mark Torgl

Writers

Lloyd Kaufman

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.

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