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How the ‘Unreleasable’ ‘Toxic Avenger’ Made It to Theaters

How the ‘Unreleasable’ ‘Toxic Avenger’ Made It to Theaters

Photo: Yana Blajeva/Legendary Pictures Whither the B-movie? Movies like The Toxic Avenger (1984) — an unbridled superhero spoof that mixed together black comedy and body horror in its mockery of everything from wellness culture to the U.S. government — don’t really get made anymore, which is probably part of why The Toxic Avenger (2025) had such a hard time getting …

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The Toxic Avenger Director Rejects 2024’s “Unreleasable” Report

The Toxic Avenger Director Rejects 2024’s “Unreleasable” Report

Macon Blair has had a charmed run since 2013’s Cannes Film Festival.  That’s when he and childhood best friend Jeremy Saulnier turned heads with their micro-budget revenge thriller, Blue Ruin. In 2015, Saulnier directed Blair in yet another critically acclaimed thriller known as Green Room. The following year, Blair moved into the director’s chair on I Don’t Feel at Home …

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