I found this was on on the Aussie cable TV station thecomedychannel. Previously, Troma's movies had grabbed my interest but I had never seen a frame of any one of them.
So I plonked down to watch Toxic Avenger. And I was somewhat surprised. I didn't expect a lot, knowing that this was going to be low-budget. What I got was a very funny movie with about as much visual appeal as your typical 1980s documentary. Contradicting the visual appeal was a really stupid plot. Obviously, Lloyd Kaufmann didn't want his script to make sense.
I think the unmasking mirrors that in the 1920s Lon Chaney silent "The Phantom of the Opera"(the scene where Christine pulls off the phantom's mask, one of the scariest sequences on celluloid).
Oh, and the monster has a love interest. And she HAS to be blind.
So I plonked down to watch Toxic Avenger. And I was somewhat surprised. I didn't expect a lot, knowing that this was going to be low-budget. What I got was a very funny movie with about as much visual appeal as your typical 1980s documentary. Contradicting the visual appeal was a really stupid plot. Obviously, Lloyd Kaufmann didn't want his script to make sense.
I think the unmasking mirrors that in the 1920s Lon Chaney silent "The Phantom of the Opera"(the scene where Christine pulls off the phantom's mask, one of the scariest sequences on celluloid).
Oh, and the monster has a love interest. And she HAS to be blind.