Talk about childhood memories!  I used to love the whole series of Toxic Avenger movies.  Maybe it was a growing up in the 80’s thing?  Perhaps it was because I had a love for bad movies even way back then.  My earliest memories of watching The Toxic Avenger was on the USA Network – when they used to have marathons of all the movies (edited, of course) on Saturday or Sunday mornings.

For those unfamiliar with this cult classic, here is the plot summary:

Melvin Ferd (Mark Torgl) is a stereotypical 98-pound weakling. He works as a janitor at a health club in the town of Tromaville, where the customers–particularly Bozo, Slug, Wanda, and Julie – harass him constantly. His tormentors get more and more violent until he is tricked into wearing a pink tutu and kissing a sheep. He is then chased around the health club by witnesses of the event where he eventually jumps out of a second story window. He lands in a drum of toxic waste and is irradiated and deformed by the accident. He suddenly lights on fire and runs down the street in a ball of flames. Melvin quickly takes a bath and mysteriously transforms into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength.

Ohh Toxie, why don’t we have heroes like you anymore?!

Warning, this movie might not be for everybody. Was probably rated R when it came out in theaters, and Hulu rates it as TV-MA.   Ok, now that I got the warning out of the way, enjoy the show!

Oh, and yes – I did love the Toxic Crusaders too.  Let us see how many of you remember it as well.