Margaret Riley

This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently ends up in a vat of toxic waste. The Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly and comical results.

The Toxic Avenger -- A 90-lb nerd is transformed into a Hideously Deformed Superhero after falling into a misplaced barrel of nuclear waste in this Smash Hit Cult Classic!

This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly and comical results. The local mop boy is now the local Superhero, the savior of corruption, thuggish bullies and indifference. Troma classic with good make-up effects and stunts, a pleasant surprise indeed.

After falling into a misplaced barrel of nuclear waste, 90-lb health club janitor Melvin is transformed into the Toxic Avenger, the fist superhuman hero from New Jersey! Chemically compelled to destroy all evil, the Toxic Avenger mops up the streets the streets of Tromaville, smashing crime and corruption in this world-renowed cult classic from Troma Studios!