Idon’t think I was supposed to feel emotional during The Toxic Avenger , a movie in which the title character pulls someone’s intestines out through their asshole. But the truth is that I genuinely did get a little teary the first time Toxie triumphantly enters the scene of a hostage situation wielding his radioactive mop and preparing to dole out justice in generous gouts of red-dyed Karo syrup and fake viscera. The 1984 Toxic Avenger, the brainchild of famed schlock slinger Lloyd Kaufman and the start of the flagship franchise for his indie studio, Troma Entertainment, was a revenge-of-the-nerds fantasy. Its scrawny protagonist, Melvin, may have been turned into a hideous mutant after an encounter with a drum of chemical waste, but the incredible strength he gained allows him not onl

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