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Evil has been vanquished, his mop is clean, and his heart feels… empty. Depressed and emotionally adrift, a psychiatrist with questionable motives encourages him to reconnect with his long-lost father in Japan. But this heartfelt journey is merely a charade, as Apocalypse Inc. lures Toxie overseas in order to blast him with Anti-Tromatons, corrupting his superhuman senses.\n\nBlinded to the forces of evil, Toxie returns home and becomes a corporate puppet for infernal forces bent on enslaving Tromaville… and the world! Can the Toxic Avenger reclaim his soul and save Tromaville once again, or is the hero of the people doomed to become the very monster he always feared?\n\nAs most Troma fans know, The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III were originally written and shot as one movie, but directors Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz ended up with so much footage that they broke it up into two installments. 36 years later, the filmmakers' initial vision for the sequel has been reconstructed under its original title, Mr. Melvin.\n\nAndrew L. Miller, Kaufman's assistant, and Adam Peltier, star of Troma's upcoming film The Power of Positive Murder, unearthed the original script and edited footage from the two films together as originally intended.\n\nToxie actor Ron Fazio provided some new voiceover for Mr. Melvin. He stars alongside Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, John Altamura, Rikiya Yasuoka, and Lisa Gaye.\nClocking in at around two hours, the Mr. Melvin cut will premiere as part of Troma-Thon 2025 at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater in Lehighton, PA on July 18-19.\n\n\"I always dreamed of reconstructing The Toxic Avenger Part II and III into the single epic we originally intended before the MPAA sliced it up like week-old sashimi,\" Kaufman tells Bloody Disgusting.\n\n\"I'm extremely delighted this is finally happening before I croak, and it's even given me a reason not to blow my fucking brains out! It's a very happy ending, and I'm proud to say Michael and I are leaving our mop in toxeriffic hands.\"\n\n\"Honestly, it looks fantastic. The story makes way more sense, and in my opinion it's a much better film than the other two individually,\" says Miller.\n\n\"We're going to be premiering the Mr. Melvin cut at Troma-Thon this year at The Mahoning Drive-In, our annual drive-in Troma movie marathon, and I think it's going to be a really great experience for people to see this cut for the first time at the drive-in, the way it should be!\"\n\n\"This isn't a restoration. It's a resurrection. We're taking Parts II and III and making them whole—one film, one story, told the way it was originally intended. After this, you won't want to watch them any other way,\" adds Peltier.\n\n\"Lloyd Kaufman is a true auteur. His work is important. It has meaning. I hope Mr. Melvin gives people—especially the naysayers—another chance to actually look at what he's been doing all these years. Because Mr. Melvin isn't just a goofy sequel—it's a complex piece of work.\"\n\nPeltier continues, \"It's as much about Toxie trying to figure out his place in the world once there's no more crime to fight as it is about Lloyd grappling with what to do after creating a surprise cult hit. Both of them—Toxie and Lloyd—are facing the same question: do I sell out to the corporate overlords, or do I keep fighting the good fight?\"\n\nSong: \"Turn To Me\" by Phoebe Legere\n\"Mr. Melvin\" Editor-Producers Adam Peltier and Andrew L. 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