The Toxic Avenger Rides Again! (Watch the Entire Cult Classic!)
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.
