To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. A gruesome horror film thought to be ‘unreleasable’ has been resurrected from the dead and is coming to cinemas.
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The Toxic Avenger, a reboot of the 1984 film of the same name, initially premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2023 before having screenings at Beyond Fest and Sitges. It boasts a star-studded cast including Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage and Lord Of The Rings icon Elijah Wood alongside Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Sarah Niles, Julia Davis, and Julian Kostov.
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It follows janitor Winston Gooze (Dinklage), who, after a freak accident, transforms into the mutant vigilante Toxie. With his mop in hand, he battled everything from corrupt CEOs to hardened criminals while also trying to salvage his complicated relationship with his son.
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It is the fifth installment in the franchise originally created by Lloyd Kaufman and based on the Marvel comics of the same name. Unlike your average Marvel film, however, The Toxic Avenger was branded ‘absurdly gory’ and ‘extremely silly’ by those lucky enough to see it.
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After a period of silence, in 2024 it was announced the film would not be released due to difficulties securing a distributor, being described as ‘unreleasable’ with creatives behind the film attributing this to its graphic violence and gore. Film producer Adam Masnyk took to X at the time to say The Toxic Avenger was ‘not safe enough to market’, and that it could well become lost media.
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