The Toxic Avenger is known for some brutal violence, with the original Troma film being a shocking cult classic.
With an upcoming remake from the director Macon Blair, fans were worried if the violence and gore would compare, and Blair is here to let fans know not to worry. In a new interview with Empire, Blair teases what is to come.
The director promises to give fans “Itchy & Scratchy-type violence,” which indicates some absurd killings and wacky brutality. “We’ve got a guy that gets his head stuffed in a car engine, and it kind of grinds his head up. That was a gag I was fond of,” the filmmaker chuckles.
“I kept expecting Legendary to say, ‘This is not what we want,’ but they kept agreeing to the things I pitched,” says Blair. And those moments he pitched? He says they “embraced the silliness and trashiness while wanting it to be an enjoyable, crowd-pleasing, rock’n’roll fun time.”
Check out the red band teaser trailer for The Toxic Avenger, the Peter Dinklage-led remake of Troma’s cult 80s superhero comedy here…
“Set in a fantasy world following Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power-hungry employer refuses to pay for. After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him.”
Featuring in the cast of The Toxic Avenger alongside Peter Dinklage as “Toxie” are Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Elijah Wood, and Kevin Bacon.
The Toxic Avenger premiered as the opening film of Fantastic Fest in September and is awaiting a release date.
