Kaufman, Lloyd

The Toxic Avenger

The most widely known of Troma Films' stable of low-budget exploitation, The Toxic Avenger is an exuberantly crude poke at superheroes and monster movies, delivered with a healthy dose of cheap gags, splattery special effects, and T&A. It's also a genuinely funny film, and its no-holds-barred attitude has a grubby charm that eludes most gross-out comedies. The Toxic Avenger opens with an absurdly vicious crew preying upon Melvin, a nebbishy janitor. Their pranks land him in a vat of chemical waste, which transforms him into a lumpy monster that deals out gruesome revenge. Directors (and Troma company heads) Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz aim low in detailing "Toxie's" vengeance spree, and the subsequent carnage should please gorehounds. But they're also savvy enough recognize the film's limitations, and wisely camp things with plenty of slapstick. The result is a frantic and funny mess that should amuse even the most dour cult movie fan. --Paul Gaita

He was 98lbs of pure nerd until he fell into a barrel of Toxic waste and transformed into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength! In 1985, The Toxic Avenger opened in one NYC movie theater but just a few short years later, Toxie would become a household name! Up in the superheroic stratosphere with characters as eclectic as Swamp Thing, Spidey, and the Incredible Hulk, The Toxic Avenger endures till this day! Through three smash hit sequels, a children's cartoon show, lines of comics, toys, public appearances and even his own Nintendo video game, Toxie has been the creature on the scene! From the NY Times to Ralph Nader's presidential campaign, and beyond, few figures receive as much adoration as the Toxic Avenger, and this wacky, violent and hilarious movie started it all! The DVD release includes tons of tromatic extras, including lost scenes, an interactive tour of Troma Studios and an audio-commentary track from Troma president and creator of the Toxic Avenger, Lloyd Kaufman! The toxic Avenger is presented uncut and uncensored, featuring the full head-crushing scene!

The Toxic Avenger (21st Anniversary Edition)

The most widely known of Troma Films' stable of low-budget exploitation, The Toxic Avenger is an exuberantly crude poke at superheroes and monster movies, delivered with a healthy dose of cheap gags, splattery special effects, and T&A. It's also a genuinely funny film, and its no-holds-barred attitude has a grubby charm that eludes most gross-out comedies. The Toxic Avenger opens with an absurdly vicious crew preying upon Melvin, a nebbishy janitor. Their pranks land him in a vat of chemical waste, which transforms him into a lumpy monster that deals out gruesome revenge. Directors (and Troma company heads) Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz aim low in detailing "Toxie's" vengeance spree, and the subsequent carnage should please gorehounds. But they're also savvy enough recognize the film's limitations, and wisely camp things with plenty of slapstick. The result is a frantic and funny mess that should amuse even the most dour cult movie fan. --Paul Gaita

Welcome to TROMAVILLE, NEW JERSEY - a small American town, terrorized by criminals. The town's corrupt mayor sits idly by, while muggers, robbers and teenage punks victimize helpless citizens. Among the residents of Tromaville is MELVIN, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club. That is, until he becomes THE TOXIC AVENGER!

A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste. However, an unexpected metamorphosis takes place. As the chemicals take hold of his body, Melvin turns into the TOXIC AVENGER, doer of good, and brutal mauler of evil! The rest, as they say, is history! The excitement is non-stop as the hero sets out to single handedly wipe out the forces of evil that torment the people of Tromaville. THE TOXIC AVENGER is non-stop entertainment that will leave the viewers glowing from the fun.

DVD Features:

- Numerous Fan projects including cartoons, original short films, re-inactments and many more!

- Scenes from the hit stage show Toxic Avenger Musikill!

-Interviews with original cast members Robert Prichard, Dan Snow and Mitch Cohen, the original Toxie! - A rare and highly anticipated on-camera Interview with Michael Herz, Vice President of Troma and Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger!

-Make Your Own Damn Movie film school in a box!

-Toxie in Africa!

-Original theatrical trailers For The Toxic Avenger, parts 1 through 4

- All featured in Tro-morphic Widescreen

Terror Firmer

Honored at film festivals the world over and revered by tromites and tromettes worldwide, Terror Firmer is an unforgettable look into the set of one of Troma's movies of the future! Featuring director Lloyd Kaufman in the role of blind director Larry Benjamin, Terror Firmer tells the story of a low budget film crew trying to make The Toxic Avenger Part IV, only to find themselves stalked by a sexually confused killer! A satirical schock-comic tro-masterpiece, Terror Firmer stands as the tro-magnum opus of blood, breasts, gore, satirical laughs that will stick with you forever! And that's not even including the extra features! A second disc features the feature length making-of documentary, "Farts of Darkness," which is must-see viewing for anyone interested in making their own damn movie! With over two hours of extra features, Terror Firmer delivers the troma-riffic goods!

Citizen Toxie - The Toxic Avenger IV (Unrated Director's Cut)

A tale of two Toxies!!! Experience the marvelous fun that Fangoria Magazine has dubbed one of the top 13 DVDs of 2003! Citizen Toxie is Troma's most ambitious and successful movie! When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, a horrific explosion creates a portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxic Avenger (Toxie) is trapped in Amortville, Tromaville comes under the control of Toxie's evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender (Noxie). Will Toxie return to Tromaville in time to stop Noxie's rampage or is he doomed to remain a second-class citizen in Amortville forever? How did Toxie's wife Sarah become pregnant with two babies from two different fathers? Will Tito, the Retarded Rebel, ever get over his teen angst and become a productive member of society? Citizen Toxie features the most formidable line-up of superheroes ever assembled, including Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD, Mad Cowboy, Dolphin Man, Master Bator and The Vibrator. Auteur director Lloyd Kaufman has also assembled a cast that reads like a veritable reunion of Troma superstars, including Ron Jeremy, Lemmy, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, James Gunn, Kinky Finklestein and many others. Hilarious and shocking; erotic and surprising. Citizen Toxie is full of unforgettable special effects - everyone is calling it a Tromasterpiece! This exclusive two disc DVD collector's edition features over two hours of extra materials, including "Apocalypse Soon: The Making of Citizen Toxie," a 90 minute documentary that's almost as entertaining as the feature itself!

Troma's War

Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D.

Produced during the xenophobic late-80's by the creators of the classic Toxic Avenger, Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD introduced a second classic superhero to the Tromaverse! Harry Griswold, a hapless NYC cop, undergoes a fantastic physical transformation to become the legendary Japanese hero, Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD! Armed with fatal sushi, heatseeking chopsticks and pyro projectile parasols, Sgt Kabukiman NYPD must learn how to use his Kabuki powers to save the Big Apple (and the Earth) from the evil one, all while filleting an array of baddies, from brutal pimps to Central Park rapists! Timely and satirical! Action packed and hilarious, with eye-popping special effects and hair raising fight sequences! This exclusive unrated edition of Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD comes fully stocked with heretofore unseen extras, such as the unreleased Sgt. Kabukiman cartoon and a director's commentary by director Lloyd Kaufman!

The Toxic Avenger Part III - The Last Temptation Of Toxie (Unrated)

Troma Films' Toxic Avenger series shows its lack of legs with the second sequel to its 1985 hit. Despite a typically absurd premise, which has Toxie battling Satan to save his hometown of Tromaville, the film lacks the go-for-broke gags and gore that made the first two films such guilty pleasures. Part of the reason for this may be that the movie was culled from footage shot for The Toxic Avenger, Part II; Troma heads Lloyd Kaufman (who also helmed the feature) and Michael Herz simply stitched together Part III from the loose ends. While haphazard construction is part of the charm of Troma's films, the relatively high quality of the Toxic Avenger series raised the bar, and the slapdash nature of Part III is more of a disappointment than a campy source of humor. True to their nature, Troma disregarded the drubbing this film received and completed a fourth entry, Citizen Toxie. --Paul Gaita

The New York Post raves, proclaiming Toxic Avenger III to be "Troma's `Intolerance,' with bigger sets and higher aspirations." The third 35mm theatrical hit in director Lloyd Kaufman's wildly successful Toxic Avenger series finds our hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength battling his most formidable foe to date- the Devil himself! He's cleaned up Tromaville. He's conquered Tokyo. The Toxic Avenger series has set a new standard for independent action/comedies, transcending the limitations of low-budget filmmaking to become a bona fide worldwide phenomenon! The Toxic Avenger Part III continues this tradition in high style with eye-popping, gut-wrenching special effects, explosive action, and the unmistakably Tromatic sense of humor.

Parts of the Family

All the Love You Cannes!

Cannes, France! The press, the celebrities, the nude beaches…The Toxic Avenger!?! Come along to the Cannes Film Festival with legendary director and head of Troma studios Lloyd Kaufman! In this informative and entertaining "edu-mentary," Lloyd and the Troma Team set out to sell the foreign rights to Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV and market in the name of independent cinema. The chaos that ensues will have you in stitches! From battles with Warner Brothers and Jean Claude Van Damme to wars with French police and even each other, the Team tromatizes the riviera and France will never be the same again. Essential viewing for independent filmmakers everywhere, All The Love You Cannes teaches how to do Cannes on no-budget and return with a fistfull of cash from lucrative foreign market sales…and then there's all the wonderful blood, breasts, and brawling! Features appearances by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Ebert and John Stossel.

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