The Toxic Avenger (film)
The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 American superhero black comedy splatter film directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman( credited as Samuel Weil) and written by Kaufman and Joe Ritter.
It is the first installment of" The Toxic Avenger" franchise.
The film was released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts and gruesome violence.
Virtually ignored upon its first release," The Toxic Avenger" caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed Bleecker Street Cinemas in New York City in late 1985.
It is now regarded as a cult classic.
The film has generated a media franchise including three film sequels, a stage musical production, a video game and a children's TV cartoon.
Two less successful sequels," The Toxic Avenger Part II" and, were filmed as one.
Director Lloyd Kaufman realized that he had shot far too much footage for one film and re-edited it into two.
A third independent sequel was also released, titled.
An animated children's TV series spin- off," Toxic Crusaders", featured Toxie as the leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters.
The cartoon series was short- lived and quickly cancelled.
New Line Cinema had planned a live- action film based on the cartoon, but the deal fell through.
In 2019, it was announced that Legendary Pictures would be making a reboot of the film, with original creators Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment serving as producers, and Macon Blair serving as writer and director.
The Last Temptation
The Last Temptation may refer to:
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part II is a 1989 superhero comedy splatter film released by Troma Entertainment.
It is the second installment of "The Toxic Avenger" franchise.
It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and features The Toxic Avenger in an adventure to Japan to meet his father.
The film has received cult status among a new audience almost a generation after it was first released.
Devilman and Cutie Honey creator, Go Nagai makes a cameo appearance and the film is also the debut of actor/martial artist Michael Jai White and musician/composer/performance
artist Phoebe Legere.
Tahiti Nights
Tahiti Nights is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Will Jason and written by Lillie Hayward.
The film stars Jinx Falkenburg, Dave O'Brien, Mary Treen, Florence Bates, Cy Kendall and Eddie Bruce.
The film was released on December 28, 1944, by Columbia Pictures.
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
The Toxic Avenger
III: The Last Temptation of Toxie is a 1989 American superhero comedy splatter film and the third installment of" The Toxic Avenger" franchise.
It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz.
The title is a parody of the 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ.
Terror Firmer
Terror Firmer is a 1999 American comedy horror film directed by Lloyd Kaufman, written by Douglas Buck, Patrick Cassidy, Kaufman, and James Gunn, and starring Will Keenan, Alyce LaTourelle, and Kaufman.
The film was produced by the Troma Entertainment company, known for distributing campy exploitation films.
The film features several direct references to the previous Troma films, such as" The Toxic Avenger", and includes famous Troma props, like the' Penis Monster'( referred to, in the film, as" Thor, the God of Love") and a severed leg.
It was loosely based, in that respect, on Kaufman and Gunn's book" All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger".
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Citizen Toxie:
The Toxic Avenger IV is a 2000 American superhero splatter comedy film directed by Lloyd Kaufman and written by Kaufman, Michael Herz, Patrick Cassidy, Trent Haaga, and uncredited co-director Gabriel Friedman.
It is the fourth installment of" The Toxic Avenger" franchise.
Despite being the third sequel to" The Toxic Avenger", Stan Lee's opening narration claims that" Citizen Toxie" is, in fact, the official sequel to the first film, disacknowledging the events of the first two sequels.
The Toxic Avenger (franchise)
The Toxic Avenger is a multimedia low- budget superhero comedy splatter film franchise originating with the 1984 film" The Toxic Avenger", and continuing through three film sequels, a stage musical production, a video game and a children's TV cartoon.
Two less successful sequels," The Toxic Avenger Part II" and, were filmed as one.
Director Lloyd Kaufman realized that he had shot far too much footage for one film and re-edited it into two.
A third independent sequel was also released, titled.
An animated children's TV series spin- off," Toxic Crusaders", featured Toxie as the leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters.
The cartoon series was short- lived and quickly cancelled.
In 2019, it was announced that Legendary Pictures would be making a reboot of the film, with original creators Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment serving as producers, and Macon Blair serving as writer and director.
The films generally follow the heroic exploits of Melvin Ferd, a weak and skinny janitor turned into the deformed and mutated superhero, the Toxic Avenger, or" Toxie", by exposure to toxic chemicals.
All films in the series were released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts and gruesome violence.
Virtually ignored upon its first release," The Toxic Avenger" caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed Bleecker Street Cinemas in New York City in late 1985.
It eventually came to be regarded as a cult classic.
The Toxic Avenger Part II
The Toxic Avenger Part II is a 1989 superhero comedy splatter film released by Troma Entertainment.
It is the second installment of "The Toxic Avenger" franchise.
It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and features The Toxic Avenger in an adventure to Japan to meet his father.
The film has received cult status among a new audience almost a generation after it was first released.
Devilman and Cutie Honey creator, Go Nagai makes a cameo appearance and the film is also the debut of actor/martial artist Michael Jai White and musician/composer/performance
artist Phoebe Legere.
The Toxic Avenger
The Toxic Avenger may refer to:

Question: Do the movies The Toxic Avenger Part Iii: The Last Temptation Of Toxie and Tahiti Nights, originate from the same country?
Answer: yes