The Guys Review

The Toxic Avenger

Episode Summary

The Guys Review... The Toxic Avenger. The 1984 B-Horror/comedy/gore film that launched a franchise. Honestly, Stephen wasn't able to record with The Guys this week, since he was traveling, so I have no idea what they talked about... And I haven't seen this movie since probably 1994 myself... So the memory is a bit hazy; but I remember it being cheesy even then. Listen on and see if The Guys agree that this movie belongs in toxic sludge, or does it get the hose and get saved when The Guys Review... The Toxic Avenger. Web: https://theguysreview.simplecast.com/ EM: theguysreviewpod@gmail.com IG: @TheGuysReviewPod TW: @The_GuysReview - Twitter DM group FB: https://facebook.com/TheGuysReviewPod/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKXJhq9LbQ2VfR4K33kT9Q Please, Subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from!! Thanks, -The Guys

Episode Notes

(alittle side note from me, Jesus christ Chris!! The great potato famine in 1845 was more pleasent then this film, i'dont even think bleach can rinse my eyes clean after this. 10/5 beers from me
 

The toxic Avenger
 

Directors: Michael Herz. Lloyd Kaufman

Writers: Lloyd Kaufman(story) Joe Ritter(Screenplay) Gay Partington Terry (additional material)
 

Edited by: Richard W. Haines

Distributed by: Troma Entertainment
 

 

Starring:  

• Andree Maranda
   

Mitch Cohen (the toxic avenger)
 

Jennifer Babtist
 

Cindy Manion

• Gary Schneider
   

 

Released: May, 1984 and april 11, 1986
 

 

Budget: $475.000 ($1,307,909.85M in 2022)

 

Box Office: $800,000 ($2,202,795.54M in 2022)

 

Ratings:   IMDb 6.2/10 Rotten Tomatoes 70% 

Metacritic 42% Google Users 86% 

 

Here cometh thine shiny awards Sire. My Lord Tucker the Wanker second Earl of Wessex. Lord of the Furries. Heir of Lord baldy the one eyed snake wrestler. Protector of Freedom units. Step Sibling with funny feelings down stairs. Entertainer of uncles. Jailor of innocent. Spanker of innocent milk maids and stable boys. The toxic wanker. Cheif shitting doughnut. Teepee giver to the great Cornholio.

Fantasporto 1990

Nominee International Fantasy Film Award

Best Film Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman

TOP 5 Facts because this is a "toxic" dumpster fire there alot more facts then five this time
 

• The scene where the seeing eye dog gets shot received the most complaints by Troma up to that time.
• The fast food robber who has his arm ripped off actually only had one arm. In the scene one can see that his right arm is a prosthetic, as he never moves or uses this arm until Toxie rips it off.
• Patrick Kilpatrick who played Leroy (the face-painted criminal at the Mexican restaurant) quit the film after having to point a shotgun at a baby.
• A deleted scene, which is available on the DVD, shows Toxie throwing a Peanut Butter and Drano sandwich, smacking the face of Sara's next door neighbor. Playing Sara's next door neighbor is Mitch Cohen without his Toxic Avenger make-up.
• It took four hours to get Mitch Cohen into the Toxic Avenger costume. While wearing it, he could only eat through a straw.
• While shooting in Shinbone Alley, a homeless man stole a prop gun from one of the trailers and threatened the crew.
• 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.
• The spinning newspapers were simply newspapers placed on a spinning cheese rack.

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