Troma boss Lloyd Kaufman has been out in force talking up Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger , a spirited reimagining of the studio’s 1984 cult classic set to irradiate a whole new generation when it hits theaters this month. But when io9 got a chance to talk to Kaufman at the recent San Diego Comic-Con, we had to ask: after watching Blair’s film, which other film in the vast Troma archives should a newly minted fan turn to next?
“The fourth Toxic Avenger movie, Citizen Toxie ,” Kaufman said without hesitation. “It deals with abortion, it deals with school shootings, [the environment]—it deals with everything that an American can be proud of right now. It was made in 2000, it’s 25 years old, [and] all those things are still worse than ever.”
A few minutes later, he doubled dow