The Tox Box

Ten-disc set includes: The Toxic Avenger (1984)After being dumped on by his peers and dumped in chemical wastes, a nerdy, 98-pound janitor (Mark Torgl) becomes the mutated "first superhero from New Jersey" (Mitch Cohen) who cleans up the town his way. Wild violence and gory humor highlight this wild sci-fi send-up from Troma Films; Jennifer Prichard, Pat Ryan, and Dan Snow as "Cigar Face" co-star. 87 min. C/Rtg: R The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)The world's ugliest and most unusual crimefighter is back! Spawned from toxic waste, the Avenger has cleaned up Tromaville and even found romance, but sinister businessmen lure him to Tokyo with the hope of doing him in and making America safe for chemical dumping. Second outrageous "Toxie" tale stars Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, and John Altamura. 96 min. C/Rtg: R The Toxic Avenger, Part III: The Last Temptation Of Toxie (1990)Uh-oh! Tromaville's in trouble when it looks like the town's resident superhero, the Toxic Avenger, has sold out to unscrupulous business moguls. Can the tennis-playing, Lacoste-clad Toxie muster up the strength he needs to defeat the Ultimate Personification of Evil? Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere star. Uncut version; 103 min. C/Rtg: NR Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger, Part IV (2000)More outrageous than any prior "Toxic Avenger" outing (and that says something!), this outrageous adventure is sure to Troma-tize all viewers. Here, Toxie, the deformed superhero, battles the Diaper Mafia, then, after an explosion, switches places with a doppelganger known as "the Noxious Avenger," who proceeds to terrorize Tromaville. David Mattey, Heidi Sjursen, Ron Jeremy, Debbie Rochon star. 108 min. C/Rtg: R The Toxic Avenger (2023)Widowed, put-upon janitor Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage) had to provide for young son Wade (Jacob Tremblay)-and so, kept eyes down and mouth shut about the lax protocols at his employer's chemical plant. The day he piped up, though, he was chucked into a toxic waste pool... and emerged as a mutated superhero (Luisa Guerreiro, voiced by Dinklage) ready to clean things up his way. Affectionate redo for Troma's mop-wielding mascot co-stars Kevin Bacon, Taylour Paige, Elijah Wood, Sarah Niles. 102 min. C/Rtg: R Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; interviews; documentary; featurettes; theatrical trailers; bonus short "A Halloween Carol" (2014); more.