Macon Blair's take on the 1984 cult classic of the same name starts with spiraling, violent and colorful visuals overlaid with a commandingly grave voiceover from star Peter Dinklage.

"I didn't want any of this. Not the grief. Not the illness. Certainly not the heroic voiceover. That's not who I am. But sometimes you gotta do something," Dinklage confidently declares.

Dinklage plays Winston Gooze, a janitor who is quite literally dumped into the reluctant role of hero after his workplace robbery takes a noxious turn. After a gunshot to the face and one little dip in a toxic soup, the once timid janitor emerges as the purple puss-filled Toxic Avenger, or as long-time fans know him, "Toxie."

Blair remembers being morbidly curious about the B-movie franchise after coming across its video r

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