Toxic Avenger, The (1984)

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Synopsis

Dir: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman. Action/Horror/Comedy. A nerdy young man (Mark Torgl) is bullied, falls into a vat of toxic waste, and is transformed into an indestructible monster (Mitch Cohen) who protects the town of Tromaville, New Jersey.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang and ethno-cultural slurs
• Pervasive portrayals of gory, brutal gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - much blood, gore, detail, and suffering
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual violence - some detail, no nudity
• Frequent portrayals of frightening scenes, transformations, and nightmarish imagery - much blood, gore, and detail
• Infrequent breast nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - some breast nudity, some movement
• Frequent portrayals of use and abuse of alcohol, smoking, and various illegal substances - some detail
• Frequent portrayals of crude bodily functions in a comic context - much detail

Thematic elements

• Unlikely heroes
• Satire
• The cinema of excess

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for gory, brutal violence and crude content

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