The Toxic Avenger (1984)

Netflix Instant Project for 2013 (94 movies items)

"Recommended by: AVPGuyver21 Supported by: moviewatcher122, VierasTalo"

Watched in 2013 (225 movies items)

"March 14 "No way, you're wasting your time." "That's where you're wrong. YOU'RE wasting our time. And now we're gonna waste you!" This is pretty much the last thing you'd expect me to watch to make up for that awful re-make, but I felt like watching something campy, so I thought this would do. This was a poorly made, yet cheesy fun movie. This movie is very trashy and the movie is self-aware about it. Nothing great, but actually helped me forget about that awful movie."

Peid's Movie Diary 2013 (59 movies items)

"14.3"

Movie Diary 2013 (162 movies items)

"5.1. Itseäni eniten kiehtonut supersankarielokuva koskaan oli odotetusti uskomattoman törkyistä sikailua alusta loppuun. Kaikki on vedetty äärimmäisen läpinäkyvästi överiksi mutta niin nerokkaalla tavalla, ettei leffan ylitsepursuava itsetietoisuus haittaa. Näyttelijät tekevät niin tahallisen umpipaskoja roolisuorituksia, että se toimii, ja Toxic Avengerin ääni on ihan Sensuelan Aslakin dubbauksen tasoinen neronleimaus. Gore-efekteissä ei ole näyttävyyttä säästelty, ja mik"

Watched in 2012 with Commentary (159 movies items)

"I still love this movie. It's just such a satisfyingly nasty movie and it's a great 80's classic. "

Interesting film facts (365 movies items)

"The violent-looking crushing of a child's head in the movie was accomplished by injecting a melon with corn syrup and red food dye. A wig was placed on the melon and it was fitted onto a dummy. Though cheap, the effect is highly unsettling. Look for future Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei as an extra (coming out of a shower). The seeing eye dog that was shot had been trained to glide across the floor on command and its "guts" were spaghetti covered in gray paint. While shooting in Shinbone Alley,"