We celebrate the hideously deformed superhero of superhuman size and strength, New Jersey’s own…
But lets back up a few years.
I mean, where are all the boobs, exploding heads, and multicolored vomit?
Had Kaufman and Herz followed that mainstream route, Troma would be a very different animal today.
It would become the official Tromatic formula, and one that made their films immediately recognizable.
In the end, he even publicly disembowels Tromavilles corrupt Mayor.
But I guess I dont really need to explain any of this, do I?
In short, its more superhero movie thanhorror film.
And what audience couldnt love a happy and warm picture like that?
Without it, no theater would have touched it, even for a midnight showing.
Sadly, even despite that promising subtitle, both were fairly forgettable.
But that was hardly the end of Toxie, who by that time had already become a cult icon.
Where else will you find two fetuses getting into a brawl in the womb?
Or a classful of disabled students invaded by terrorists?
And on Bring a Mexican to School Day even!
Theres even a cameo from Troma-alum-made-goodJames Gunn.
Theres something here to offend darn near everyone on some level, which is exactly as it should be.
Marvel published a stand-aloneToxic Avengercomic which ran about ten issues in 1991 and 92. in a battle against assorted alien litterbugs.
Nevertheless, plans are still on the table and people are still talking about it.
