Growing up in a small town in California in the 1980′s and into the 90′s with nothing to do, I existed on a steady diet of TV and books. Street Trash is one of those movies that would show up occasionally and piqued my interest because it seemed like something of the Troma variety. In fact, one could look at it as the best film that studio never made. I do recall the film looking rather grungy and beat up, so seeing it uncut and presented so beautifully was a bit of a shock. Who knew this little movie could look this fantastic? Let’s take a trip to the junk yard, shall we?
The biggest bum fest this side of John Waters’ Desperate Living, Street Trash tells the happy tale of a liquor store owner just trying to make a living and a group of local homeless people trying...
The biggest bum fest this side of John Waters’ Desperate Living, Street Trash tells the happy tale of a liquor store owner just trying to make a living and a group of local homeless people trying...
- 11/8/2013
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
When you hear the term “street trash” a few things may come to mind; filth, degradation, poverty, obscene, and mentally handicapped – just to name a few. So it’s not surprise that a film carrying the term as its title has many of these attributes as well as a few of its own to create one of the most vile and unexpectedly enjoyable cult film of the 80s.
For those who are not familiar with the plot of Street Trash, get out from under the rock, and listen up; the film follows a pair of brothers who have fallen down on their luck, living at the local dump under a pile of cars with a community of vagrants who share a common trait; they’re scum. One of the brothers dreams of getting out of the dump and back into life, making it big, while the other is content with...
For those who are not familiar with the plot of Street Trash, get out from under the rock, and listen up; the film follows a pair of brothers who have fallen down on their luck, living at the local dump under a pile of cars with a community of vagrants who share a common trait; they’re scum. One of the brothers dreams of getting out of the dump and back into life, making it big, while the other is content with...
- 8/24/2013
- by Chris MacGibbon
- The Liberal Dead
Synapse Films president Don May Jr. wrote a detailed update on the site's blog explaining that their long-awaited Blu-ray “Meltdown Edition” release of James Muro's 1987 cult classic Street Trash, originally slated for June 11th, has been delayed slightly due to technical issues in the restoration and HD remastering process. Street Trash was transferred in high-definition from the original camera negative, which had many physical flaws to be addressed – flaws which were not visible in the earlier standard definition DVD release – and May says those issues were not addressed to his satisfaction by the authoring facility involved. “For me personally, this project is currently in a state that I refuse to release,” he writes. “I have discussed it with my business partner, Jerry Chandler, and we both agree that the delay, to fix the issues at hand, is more important than to release a botched product to our fans, and to the marketplace,...
- 5/6/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Street Trash... If you've seen it already, then you know exactly how much of a crazed low-budget masterpiece this film actually is. From melting winos to playing catch with a detached hobo cock, it really doesn't get much weirder, and now the good folks at Synapse Films are delivering the goods in 1080p!
Look for James Muro's cult classic on store shelves beginning on June 11th.
The disc will feature:
- High-Definition Transfer (1080p, 1.85:1) from the Original Camera Negative
- 5.1 Surround Remix Created Specifically for Home Theatre Environments
- Two Audio Commentaries Featuring Producer Roy Frumkes and Director James Muro
- "The Meltdown Memories" – Feature Length Documentary on the History and Making of Street Trash
- Original Promotional Teaser
- Original Theatrical Trailer
All-new Blu-ray exclusives include:
- Jane Arakawa Video Interview and Deleted Scenes
- Create Your Own Bottle of ‘Tenafly Viper’ Wine with the Enclosed Label Sticker
Synopsis
In the sleazy,...
Look for James Muro's cult classic on store shelves beginning on June 11th.
The disc will feature:
- High-Definition Transfer (1080p, 1.85:1) from the Original Camera Negative
- 5.1 Surround Remix Created Specifically for Home Theatre Environments
- Two Audio Commentaries Featuring Producer Roy Frumkes and Director James Muro
- "The Meltdown Memories" – Feature Length Documentary on the History and Making of Street Trash
- Original Promotional Teaser
- Original Theatrical Trailer
All-new Blu-ray exclusives include:
- Jane Arakawa Video Interview and Deleted Scenes
- Create Your Own Bottle of ‘Tenafly Viper’ Wine with the Enclosed Label Sticker
Synopsis
In the sleazy,...
- 4/1/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Synapse Films has released some great cult classics over the years and has announced that 1987′s Street Trash will be getting the Blu-ray treatment. Blu-ray.com reports that the movie will be available on June 11th and includes a pretty decent set of special features:
“In the sleazy, foreboding world of winos, derelicts and drifters in lower Manhattan, two young runaways – eighteen-year-old Fred (Mike Lackey) and his younger brother, Kevin (Mark Sferrazza) – live in a tire hut in the back of an auto wrecking yard. Life is hard, but the most lethal threat to the boys is the mysterious case of “Tenafly Viper” wine in Ed’s liquor store window. The stuff is forty years old… and it’s gone bad. Real bad! Anyone who drinks it melts in seconds, and it’s only a dollar a bottle.
The subversive cult classic/horror comedy Street Trash rode the last wave...
“In the sleazy, foreboding world of winos, derelicts and drifters in lower Manhattan, two young runaways – eighteen-year-old Fred (Mike Lackey) and his younger brother, Kevin (Mark Sferrazza) – live in a tire hut in the back of an auto wrecking yard. Life is hard, but the most lethal threat to the boys is the mysterious case of “Tenafly Viper” wine in Ed’s liquor store window. The stuff is forty years old… and it’s gone bad. Real bad! Anyone who drinks it melts in seconds, and it’s only a dollar a bottle.
The subversive cult classic/horror comedy Street Trash rode the last wave...
- 3/28/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Once in a blue moon, a movie comes along that provides like no other. It can contain in-depth analysis into the human psyche, a romantic tryst that inhibits the world from rotating on its axis, profound intellectual human emotions on galactic levels, and/or redemption that sustains your inner wisdom from feeling remorse or guilt.
Street Trash has None of these!!
Where other films deliver on the abovementioned goods (bads?), Street Trash emits a giant “Fuck You”, and then sodomizes you while simultaneously belittling you for contributing to the human race! Never has a film raped the corneas, as well as the silver screens, of the world with such gusto and abhorrent negligence. Okay Straw Dogs did a similar thing for its generation as well, but did Straw Dogs have derelict-melting “Thunderbird”, a crazed (yet Very funny!) Mafioso hell-bent on burying his (even more hilarious!) entrance usher, a junkyard Colonel...
Street Trash has None of these!!
Where other films deliver on the abovementioned goods (bads?), Street Trash emits a giant “Fuck You”, and then sodomizes you while simultaneously belittling you for contributing to the human race! Never has a film raped the corneas, as well as the silver screens, of the world with such gusto and abhorrent negligence. Okay Straw Dogs did a similar thing for its generation as well, but did Straw Dogs have derelict-melting “Thunderbird”, a crazed (yet Very funny!) Mafioso hell-bent on burying his (even more hilarious!) entrance usher, a junkyard Colonel...
- 6/11/2011
- by Ray of the Dead
- The Liberal Dead
Hot on the heels of our review of the brand new UK Street Trash DVD, the esteemed individuals at Arrow Video and The Associates have kindly graced us with three copies to give away to a few lucky readers!
Synopsis:
Prepare to witness a molten hobo holocaust as the homeless denizens of New York City's skid row and its nearby junkyards fall foul to the irresistible taste of Tenafly Viper, an alcoholic delight that brings a whole new meaning to the term "gut rot". When a local liquor store owner discovers a case of out-of-date Viper in his basement, little does he know that selling it off cheap to the bums who frequent his store will have the devastating effect of turning those who even sip the brew into a exploding and melting, Day-Glo masses of liquefied flesh and bone. And a lot of them want to sip it!
Special...
Synopsis:
Prepare to witness a molten hobo holocaust as the homeless denizens of New York City's skid row and its nearby junkyards fall foul to the irresistible taste of Tenafly Viper, an alcoholic delight that brings a whole new meaning to the term "gut rot". When a local liquor store owner discovers a case of out-of-date Viper in his basement, little does he know that selling it off cheap to the bums who frequent his store will have the devastating effect of turning those who even sip the brew into a exploding and melting, Day-Glo masses of liquefied flesh and bone. And a lot of them want to sip it!
Special...
- 1/9/2010
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
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