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Toxic Avenger, The (Unrated Director's Cut)
Comedy /
90 minutes / Street Date: 4/1/1997
He was a 98lb weakling until he was thrown into a barrel of Toxic waste and transformed into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength. See the one that started it all! Extra footage and the full head-crushing scene!
Facts About The Toxic Avenger Franchise
- The Toxic Avenger was created by Lloyd Kaufman in 1983 and has since become recognized worldwide as the definitive youth-oriented, "cult" monster hero. The Toxic Avenger's name and likeness is recognized worldwide. The words "Toxic Avenger" have become part of the modern lexicon, used in New York Times editorials, TV shows, rock songs, and other mainstream media.
- The Toxic Avenger spawned a popular Saturday-morning cartoon show, The Toxic Crusaders, which penetrated 96% of the U.S. television markets and was often the top-rated show in its time period. The show also appeared in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia. Most people who were children when The Toxic Crusaders aired (1990-1993) also know who the Toxic Avenger is today; Toxie, as he is affectionately called, is a part of youth culture's mythology. They are ready for a mainstream Toxic Avenger movie.
- Three low-budget, live-action Toxic Avenger movies had theatrical releases in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including runs of about one year in cities like New York, and 120 prints released in Japan by Shochiku, 50 prints release in Germany by End/Ufa, etc.
- Major U.S. home video releases resulted in more than 250,000 rental cassettes sold through Vestron, Warner Bros., LIVE, and Troma Team Video. All three Toxic Avenger films continue to perform well in the sell-through market.
- Major worldwide movie-related licensing: there were over 100 licenses for Toxie merchandise in the U.S. and abroad, including a line of Playmates action figures; two Marvel comic book series; Topp's trading cards; Nintendo and Sega video games; Thermos lunch boxes and thermoses; Colorforms play sets; International Games board games; a CD-Rom; model kits; Halloween masks; and so on.
- Mainstream worldwide television exposure, including USA Networks/Sci-Fi Channel (US); HBO/Cinemax (US); Showtime/The Movie Channel (US); Entertainment Tonight (US); ABC's Prime Time Live (US); ABC's Nightline (US); American Journal (US); MTV's The Big Picture (US); Tonight with Jonathan Ross (UK); E! Entertainment Television (US); HBO Ole (South America and Brazil); Canada + (France); Telepiu (Italy); Bravo (UK); the BBC (UK); CNN (International); 24 Studen (Germany); FilmNet (Europe); and many, many more.
- Toxie is the icon of Troma Entertainment, Inc. - he is the Mickey Mouse of Troma Studios. He was spokesmonster for the NetHold channel, Troma's Edge TV, which launched in 1997 in Benelux, Sacandinavia. He is the star of the Tromaville Café, a television block featured throughout Europe, the UK, and Africa. Toxie appears at the head of every single Troma Team Video cassette release. He marches in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade every year, and he's been a favorite with modern rock musicians. More recently, 20 brand new episodes of Troma's Edge TV are being produced for Channel 4 in the UK, which will begin airing in October 2000. The series will star everyone's favorite hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength as well as the rest of the characters from the Troma Universe.
- The Toxic Avenger's image and name have been pervasive in the environmental movement: For example, he has been utilized by the EPA, the Armed Forces, and a group of young environmentalists in Brooklyn who call themselves "The Toxic Avengers." The Green Party has also contacted Troma about using Toxie. At the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, Toxie was used as a figurehead for a joint recycling program between Kodak, ECO (Earth Communications Office) and Troma.
- The Eighties revival is taking over the mainstream. The Toxic Avenger was considered by many to be the penultimate movement of Eighties culture.
- The Toxic Avenger is the figurehead for the Troma Studio Web Site, www.troma.com, rated "A" by Entertainment Weekly and rated in the top 5% of all Web Sites by Pointcom Survey. Far and away the most common query by visitors to our site? - "When is the next Toxic Avenger movie coming out?"
- Troma has recently launched a new website entirely dedicated to the Toxic Avenger, www.toxicavenger.com. The site features clips, behind the scenes info and pictures from all 4 movies. It also includes information on all things Toxic since his inception by creator Lloyd Kaufman 17 years ago.
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