10 Most Outrageous Superhero Movies Of All Time

7. The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger
Troma

The first superhero from New Jersey, The Toxic Avenger is the alter ego of nerdy janitor Melvin Junko, who was transformed into a creature of superhuman size and strength after falling into (you guessed it) a vat of toxic waste. Looking like a more threatening version of Sloth from The Goonies, he advises one villain to “tell all your scum friends that things are gonna change in this town. I’m not just a pretty face.”

This is a Troma movie, so the production values are threadbare, the performances are best described as enthusiastic and the movie is less concerned with narrative than setting up the next gross out gag. Heads are crushed, a blind girl’s guide dog is killed and the villainous Mayor has his stomach torn open with the zinger “Let’s see if you’ve got any guts.”

Toxie returned in 3 sequels, but the movie’s true legacy lies in the casting: future Oscar winner Marisa Tomei (Aunt May in Spider-Man: Homecoming) made her movie debut as “Health Club Girl.”

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'