OVERALL: R2

The German 84 Entertainment 3-disc DVD has both cuts of the film with some exclusive extras.

Information on the differences between the two cuts can be found at Movie-Censorship.

CUTS:

• R0 21st Anniversary Golden Edition America- Troma Video - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut. Features more explicit gore, most notably when Bozo runs over the kid on the bicycle and in the death of the drug dealer in the health club.
• R0 Director's Cut America- Troma Video - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut (82:08 NTSC) plus mandatory introduction by Lloyd Kaufman (0:52). Features more explicit gore, most notably when Bozo runs over the kid on the bicycle and in the death of the drug dealer in the health club.
• R0 The Japanese Cut America- Troma Video - No cuts. Japanese Cut. Which is 4 minutes longer than the Unrated Director's Cut.
• R0 Director's Cut - 21st Anniversary Golden Edition Australia- Stomp Visual - No cuts. Unrated Director's Cut. Features more explicit gore, most notably when Bozo runs over the kid on the bicycle and in the death of the drug dealer in the health club (82:21 NSTC).
• R0 The Toxic Avenger Tétralogie France- Bach Films - No cuts - Unrated Cut (82:13 NTSC->PAL).
• R0 United Kingdom- 88 Films - No cuts - director's cut (82:06 PAL)
• R0 United Kingdom- Troma Digital Video - Yes. 8 mins cut. There is no gore apart from the scene near the end where Melvin rips the mayor's heart out - and that scene is also heavily cut. (running time 76 mins. approx).
• R2 France- Sony Music - Yes. 3 mins of violence and gore (79 mins PAL).
• R2 Germany- One World Entertainment - No cuts - Japanese Cut (91:23 NTSC->PAL).
• R2 Blu-ray+DVD Limited Edition Germany- 84 Entertainment - No cuts - Includes two versions of the film:
  - Unrated Cut (78:51 PAL)
  - Extended Japanese Cut (91:25 PAL)
• R2 Limited Edition Germany- 84 Entertainment - No cuts - Includes two versions of the film:
  - Unrated Cut (78:51 PAL)
  - Extended Japanese Cut (91:25 PAL)
• R2 Japan- Creative Axa - No cuts. Director's Cut. Features more explicit gore, most notably when Bozo runs over the kid on the bicycle and in the death of the drug dealer in the health club.
• R2 Norway- Another World Entertainment - No cuts - Japanese Cut (91:18 NTSC->PAL)
• R2 Spain- Vella Vision - Yes. 3 mins of violence and gore (79 mins PAL).
• R4 Australia- Tribe Distribution - No cuts. Director's Cut. Features more explicit gore, most notably when Bozo runs over the kid on the bicycle and in the death of the drug dealer in the health club (82:13 PAL).

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 22/05/02
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 02/10/23

UPDATE LOG:

15/12/12: Addition of the R0 US Japanese Cut release.
01/04/14: Corrected release year.
08/08/14: Added 88 Films release.
06/10/14: Added DVDBeaver review.
19/05/16: Added Norway.
20/02/17: Added Germany.
20/12/18: Updated US DC.
06/06/20: Added France Bach, Germany 84 x2.