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This looks like a perfect mash-up of minds, gore and sex jokes. Steve Pink, director of the smutty Hot Tub Time Machine is going to direct a Toxic Avenger movie. Let the New Jersey jokes fly. [Deadline] More »
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Hulu's scifi and horror pages are chock full of worthwhile movies, even if the selection skews towards the ridiculous and low-budget. Here's the cream of the crop. Apologies to our international readers! More »
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So apparently there's tritium leaking into one of New Jersey's main aquifers. As a proud Garden Stater, I have no choice but to hope that this environmental clusterfuck will give us fancy new phenotypes and not horrible, horrible cancer. More »
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Back in April, we told you that Troma Productions was planning a new musical adaptation of its campy cult classic The Toxic Avenger. This month, audiences in New Jersey can watch Melvin Ferd the Third fight the forces of evil with the help of his superstrength and a four-piece rock band. Not sure if it’s worth schlepping to New Jersey to watch the green man sing? We’ve found five clips that give you a taste of the musical mutant love. More »
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Lloyd Kaufman, the creator of the Toxic Avenger, is gearing up for a 5th installment of this toxic-waste-mutant cult classic. But in this one, Toxie has to deal with real life issues. “In The Toxic Avenger Parts II-IV, he [Toxie] has gotten married and had children," explains Kaufman. "Now he’ll have to deal with his wife’s menopause, his erectile dysfunction — which is a constant erection — and his rebellious kid." [Fangoria] More »
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One of the weirdest mutant exploitation movies of all time has been turned into a musical, being staged in New Jersey. The Toxic Avenger, formerly a bizarre B-movie about a skinny nerd who becomes a deformed super-hero after falling into a barrel of toxic waste, has been adapted into a stage musical twice before — but this time around, it harnesses the awesome songwriting skills of a Bon Jovi member. Learn more, and listen to one of the musical's songs, after the jump. More »
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