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\n\t\tGory and \u2018extreme\u2019 horror movie The Toxic Avenger is finally coming to UK cinemas (Picture: Legendary\/Signature Entertainment\/Yana Blajeva)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tGory and \u2018extreme\u2019 horror movie The Toxic Avenger is finally coming to UK cinemas (Picture: Legendary\/Signature Entertainment\/Yana Blajeva)<\/p>\n
Fans have been waiting a long time for the 2023 reboot of The Toxic Avenger \u2013 previously dubbed \u2018unreleasable\u2019 due to its extreme content<\/a> \u2013 to actually hit cinema screens, and now it finally has with a gleefully bloodthirsty splat.<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly slapped with an 18 rating in the UK thanks to its \u2018strong gory violence and injury detail\u2019, I feel like that\u2019s putting it rather mildly once The Toxic Avenger really revs up to revel in its identity as a gloriously camp and gory celebration of the creature feature.<\/p>\n Initially filmed in 2021 but waiting in limbo for distribution until now, it\u2019s an extremely unsubtle and unserious movie, and one very much made with fans of the original and the franchise it spawned in mind. <\/p>\n But that doesn\u2019t mean the more casual cinemagoer can\u2019t have a fun time \u2013 that\u2019s if they\u2019re okay with pus-oozing boils, exploding brains and many severed limbs and heads<\/a>, of course.<\/p>\n The Toxic Avenger focuses on downtrodden chemical factory worker and single step-dad Winston Gooze (Game Of Thrones<\/a> star Peter Dinklage<\/a>), who is struggling more than usual after receiving a diagnosis for which his poisonous company\u2019s health<\/a> insurance won\u2019t cover any treatment.<\/p>\n After a direct plea to the polluting company\u2019s evil overlord Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon<\/a>) sees him dismissed and mocked as \u2018the saddest janitor ever\u2019, Winston\u2019s desperate failed robbery at the plant results in him falling head first into a vat of catastrophic waste.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web \t\t He emerges, mutated and \u2018girthened\u2019, as the Toxic Avenger, aka \u2018Toxie\u2019, and starts out on a quest that takes him from horrifying outcast to potential saviour as he tries to protect his family and community from gangsters and corrupt corporations.<\/p>\n It\u2019s nothing we haven\u2019t seen before (and literally, thanks to the 1984 original \u2013 although the storyline has been tweaked) with a Spider-Man\/Frankenstein-esque origin story for our hero to overcome.<\/p>\n Alongside Dinklage and Bacon, the surprisingly good cast continues with the likes of Elijah Wood<\/a>, Jacob Tremblay<\/a>, Julia Davis, Ted Lasso\u2019s Sarah Niles and Taylour Paige involved too \u2013 and the movie gets quite a lot of milage out the of the fact they all know exactly what type of trash (said lovingly) this is.<\/p>\n The Toxic Avenger has a \u2018between time periods\u2019 feel and off-beat black comedy edge to it that make it feel like a lower rent Tim Burton<\/a> fantasy world, if a lot more hardcore.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t \t\t\t\tThe Toxic Avenger: Key details\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDirector<\/p>\n Macon Blair<\/p>\n Writer<\/p>\n Macon Blair, based on The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman<\/p>\n Cast<\/p>\n Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Julia Davis, Sarah Niles<\/p>\n Age rating<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n Runtime<\/p>\n 1hr 42m<\/p>\n Release date<\/p>\n August 29, 2025<\/p>\n I did find myself waiting longer than expected for the orgy of body horror<\/a> and violence to begin, but it kicks off in promising fashion when a shocked onlooker observes that someone\u2019s arm was \u2018torn off like wet bread\u2019.<\/p>\n The frenzy continues with intestines being pulled out of someone\u2019s rectum, exploding brains and decapitated heads being run over. And while I don\u2019t want to spoil all the gore that lies in store for you, I winced hardest at someone\u2019s chin skin being ripped off along with his beard.<\/p>\n While this might sound like it\u2019s just a kitsch bloodbath for the sickos, you\u2019re definitely more likely to laugh than heave at these scenes<\/a> because they are in a film that is so silly: there\u2019s a boing sounds when naked breasts are briefly shown, for goodness\u2019 sake. \u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t But The Toxic Avenger did wear me down with its exuberant, bloody abandon and refusal to be anything other than flat-out ridiculous, from its cheap and camp humour to its cheap and camp violence.<\/p>\n Is this film art? Absolutely not. And it\u2019s often too simplistic in its story and dialogue style to offer much of true movie merit. <\/p>\n But it\u2019s entertainment enough for those who can stomach a splatter film in the way it was intended, all the way to the bitter and bloody end.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tVerdict\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Toxic Avenger will satisfy the appetites of those looking for extreme gore, violence and goofiness \u2013 but others may be left wanting more.<\/p>\n The Toxic Avenger is in UK cinemas from Friday, August 29.<\/p>\n Got a story?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow
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\n\t\tA reboot of the 1984 original, it stars Peter Dinklage as a downtrodden janitor who undergoes a gruesome transformation (Picture: Legendary\/Yana Blajeva)<\/p>\n![\"Toxic](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263226675-2ed7.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe Toxic Avenger\u2019s arrival was delayed after being deemed \u2018unreleasable\u2019 (Picture: Legendary\/Signature Entertainment)<\/p>\n![\"Toxic](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263226554-1d36.jpg\")
\n\t\tIts starry cast also includes Kevin Bacon as an evil corporate overlord (Picture: Legendary\/Signature Entertainment)<\/p>\n![\"Toxic](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263226591-808f.jpg\")
\n\t\tBe prepared for an extremely unsubtle and unserious film, featuring plenty of torn-off heads (Picture: Legendary\/Signature Entertainment)<\/p>\n![\"Luisa](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263226677-b191.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe Toxic Avenger won\u2019t be for everyone but it knows exactly the type of movie it is \u2013 and embraces it (Picture: Legendary\/Signature Entertainment)<\/p>\n
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