The Toxic Avenger
He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...the Toxic Avenger!
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$500 000
Box office
$800 000
Website
Director
Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Actors
Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider, Pat Ryan, Mark Torgl, Dick Martinsen, Chris Liano
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Camera operator
James A. Lebovitz
Composer
Artist
Susanna Neuhaus, Jim Reaven
Audition
Brian Katkin, Stacy Kelley, Rhonda Krafchin
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- During the filming of one of the car stunts, the roll cage (which protects the driver and passengers in the event of a rollover) broke, and the stunt driver nearly died.
- The scene of the head being crushed was inspired by a real-life incident from the life of director and producer Lloyd Kaufman, when he once reversed out of a garage and accidentally hit his younger sister. She was fortunately unharmed, but he couldn't forget the incident for many years.
- Once during filming in Florida, a homeless man pulled a prop gun from a trailer and pointed it at the crew.
- Instead of a child's head, which is crushed in the film, they used a melon filled with corn syrup and red food coloring. A wig was attached to the melon, and the melon itself was attached to a mannequin. It was all inexpensive, but the effect was stunning.
- Patrick Kilpatrick, who played Leroy (the criminal in the Mexican restaurant), refused to continue filming after being forced to point a gun at a child in one scene.
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