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The Toxic Avenger (1984) [R]

Release Date:
May 15, 1984

Original Title:
The Toxic Avenger

Alternate Titles:
Atomic Hero
Atomic Hero - Das liebenswerte Monster
El hombre químico
El vengador tóxico
The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger - UC
The Toxic Avenger: 21st Anniversary Edition
The Toxic Avenger: The Japanese Cut
Toxic
悪魔の毒々モンスター

Genres:
Comedy | Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Troma Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: R 18+  DE: 18  ES: 18  FI: K-16  FR: 12  GB: 18  IT: VM14  JP: R18+  US: R 

Runtime: 82

The first superhuman-hero...from New Jersey!

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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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Production

Additional Music:
Christopher Burke

Additional Writing:
Lloyd Kaufman
Gay Partington Terry
Stuart Strutin

Art Direction:
Alexandra Mazur
Barry Shapiro

Assistant Art Director:
Susanna Neuhaus
Jim Reaven

Assistant Camera:
John Heron
David Knox
Michael Mayers
Alex Aurichio

Assistant Editor:
Richard Hirsh
Robert Keith Mecca
Alan J. Polyniak

Associate Producer:
Stuart Strutin

Boom Operator:
Patricia Brolsma
Tommy Louie

Camera Car:
Denis Hahn

Casting:
Brian Katkin
Stacy Kelley
Rhonda Krafchin

Colorist:
Dan Sandberg

Craft Service:
Amy Hurley
Andy Stamatin

Creative Consultant:
Susan Kaufman
Charles Kaufman

Director:
Lloyd Kaufman
Michael Herz

Director of Photography:
Lloyd Kaufman
James A. Lebovitz

Editor:
Richard W. Haines

Electrician:
J.D. Freedman

First Assistant Camera:
Susan Starr

First Assistant Director:
Joseph Solomito

Grip:
Bob Mackey

Key Grip:
Chris Castillo

Lighting Director:
Scott Buckler
Jim Grib
Marc Kroll

Loader:
Ron Schlaeger

Location Manager:
Mark Greene

Producer:
Michael Herz
Lloyd Kaufman

Production Accountant:
Ira Kanarick
Gary Moscowitz

Production Assistant:
Steve Maiselson
James C. Udel

Production Executive:
Joseph Solomito

Production Manager:
Caroline Baron

Production Supervisor:
Nelson Vaughn

Public Relations:
Eileen Nad Castaldi

Screenplay:
Joe Ritter

Script Supervisor:
Mark Torgl

Second Assistant Director:
Joe Zubrovich

Sound Assistant:
Robert Schoenholt

Sound Editor:
John Elias Michalakis

Sound Mixer:
Aaron Nathanson

Sound Recordist:
Mark Pancza

Special Effects Assistant:
Mathew West

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Jennifer Aspinall
Ralph Cordero
Tom Lauten

Story:
Lloyd Kaufman

Stunt Coordinator:
Scott Leva

Stunt Driver:
Jeff Strutin

Stunts:
Ray Abbott
Xavier Barquet
Brad Bryant
Charles Croughwell
Jeffrey Lee Gibson
Alex Harper
Tommy J. Huff
Durrell Nelson
Mick O'Rourke
Tom Sierchio

Transportation Captain:
Alan Kohn

Wardrobe Designer:
Bryna Levin

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