Previously only available in a box set, all four The Toxic Avenger films are now available individually on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray from Troma.
The Toxic Avenger launched in 1984. The saga continued with The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie in 1989, followed by Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV in 2000.
The unrated director’s cuts of all four films have been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negatives with HDR as well as English DTS 2.0 Stereo audio.
The Toxic Avenger special features:
Introduction by The Toxic Avenger creator Lloyd Kaufman
Audio Commentaries with Casts and Filmmakers
Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman
Introduction by Director Lloyd Kaufman
Interviews with Actors Jennifer Baptist, Robert Prichard, Mitch Cohen, and Dan Snow
Interview with Co-Director Michael Herz
Interview with Actor Aark Torgl
Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
Trailers
The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers of Tromaville will have a lot to lose.
Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman direct from a script by Joe Ritter. Mitch Cohen, Mark Torgl, Andree Maranda, and Pat Ryan Jr star.
The Toxic Avenger II special features:
Introduction by The Toxic Avenger creator Lloyd Kaufman
Audio Commentaries with Casts and Filmmakers
Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman
Introduction by Director Lloyd Kaufman
At Home with Toxie Mockumentary
Interview with Actress Lisa Gaye
Japanese News Report on the Filming
Radiation March – Short Film Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
The American Cinematheque Honors 40 Years of Troma
Trailers
The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.
Herz and Kaufman direct from a script by Gay Partington Terry. Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, Rikiya Yasuoka, Tsutomu Sekine, and Mayako Katsuragi star.
The Toxic Avenger Part III special features:
Introduction by The Toxic Avenger creator Lloyd Kaufman
Audio Commentary by Director Lloyd Kaufman
Audio Commentary by Actor Joe Fleishaker
Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman
Behind the Scenes of the “Return to Nuke ‘em High Vol. 1” screening at MOMA
The American Cinematheque Honors 40 Years of Troma
Make Your Own Damn Horror Film – Behind the Scenes of Old 37 with Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley
Radiation March – Short Film Directed by Lloyd Kaufman
A Halloween Carol – Short Film Co-directed by Lloyd Kaufman
Rabid Grannies Blu-ray Infomercial
Having ridden his city of evil, The Toxic Avenger decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.
Herz and Kaufman write and direct. Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Jessica Dublin, and Michael Kaplan star.
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV special features:
Introduction by The Toxic Avenger creator Lloyd Kaufman
Audio Commentaries with Casts and Filmmakers
Prologue by Director Lloyd Kaufman
Apocalypse Soon: The Making of Citizen Toxie
Tribute to Lemmy Kilmister
The American Cinematheque Honors 40 Years of Troma
Trailers
The Toxic Avenger must defend his friends from his own evil alternate universe doppelgänger, The Noxious Offender.
Kaufman directs from a script he co-wrote with Trent Haaga, Patrick Cassidy, and Gabriel Friedman. David Mattey, Clyde Lewis, Heidi Sjursen, Paul Kyrmse, Joe Fleishaker, Debbie Rochon, and Ron Jeremy star.
The Toxic Avenger returns in Macon Blair‘s fresh reimagining of the superhero horror-comedy, in theaters on August 29.
