Street Trash - Meltdown Edition
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Movie Reviews of Street Trash - Meltdown Edition
Movie Review: "What's The Matter? Can't Hold Yer Liquor?"
Summary: 5 Stars
In just the first two minutes of the awesomely awful Street Trash, we are treated to instances of bad acting, shaky editing, implausible plot, garish title credits, and horribly hokey, electronic music. And none of it matters, because Street Trash is the most unapologetically glorious and ghoulish film the good folks at Troma never made (but probably wish they did).
With a diabolical sense of humor and hilariously hard-boiled (and highly quotable) dialog, Street Trash is also quite possibly the dirtiest movie ever made - and I'm talking about dirt in the "dug out of the earth" sense, not dirty in a sexual sense (although there is a bunch of nudity, a dash of necrophilia, and a touch of wiener-tossing for good (or bad) measure (the last of which brings a more literal meaning to the word "dismemberment")).
Featuring fantastic sets (including quite possibly the greatest junkyard hideout in cinematic history) and authentic Skid Row New York locations, the grime is so gratuitously applied and supplied to places and faces that some of the actors' lips seem glow-in-the-dark bright by comparison. The grossout effects are also surprisingly good for such a low budget filth fest (they were realistic enough to make me cringe, anyway). For sure, a lot of this film's fun comes from watching each person having their, shall we say, colorful meltdowns...
Street Trash features the first work of such eventual cinematic luminaries as Jim Muro, the cinematographer of Crash (as well as The Last Mimzy!) and X-Men and Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer. Equally notable is James Lorinz' hysterical first acting outing as the outrageously disrespectful doorman. Plus one of the greatest end credits songs of all time, performed by Sopranos' stalwart Tony Darrow.
Stay away from this film if you're weak of stomach, but definitely feel free to use this delightful piece of cinematic grotesquery as a dieting aid, as this movie will do such a good job of making you lose your appetite that you'll be looking for it for days! Ultimately, I think the best indication of the raunchy, sleazy ride you're in for with this flick is expressed by one of the last acknowledgements in the end credits, which reads: "Thanks, Anita, for taking me to see 'I Drink Your Blood' when I was six."
Yup, that about sums it up. Thanks, Anita!
Movie Review: The name says it all
Summary: 5 Stars
How could I possibly give this any less than five stars? Street Trash is easily one of the most monumentally tasteless movies I've ever seen, and frankly I applaud it. Considering that this is strictly B-movie material, it's surprisingly well made and can easily ranks as one of the best of it's kind that I've ever seen.
Although Street Trash is virtually plotless, the main focus follows the story of an ages old case of Tenefly Viper that Ed the liquor store owner finds stored away behind a wall in his basement. While most would toss the stuff out, Ed decides he'll try turn a bit of profit by selling it to the local hordes of homeless folk for a buck a bottle. Little does he know that the Viper hasn't aged very well, and that a mere swig of it causes the consumer to melt into a puddle of multi-colored ooze, or explode in one case. Meanwhile we follow our main characters, two homeless brothers, as they struggle to find comfort in their junkyard home. We also meet a cop who is out to get the junk yard ruler, a crazed and tyrannical vietnam vet named Bronson who wields a knife fashioned from a human femur bone.
There's a lot going on in Street Trash regarding the "story". Some of it comes together in the end, some remains pointless, but who really cares? The movie keeps you entertained from start to finish with excessive gore, outlandish characters, and low brow humor. It also makes swipes at the obese, a number of races and ethnicites, women, and much more. The gore effects look excellent, especially the melting scenes and the final show down with Bronson. Street Trash also makes a top notch tutorial if you are ever looking for new ways to incorporate the F word into every day language, it is used here in ways some have probably never thought possible.
If you're looking for gore riddled campy fun with weird synth music, Street Trash is one of your all around best bets. If you're easily offended, this will probably cause you to have a stroke. That being said, enjoy!
Movie Review: this is cinematic gold.
Summary: 5 Stars
i don't care what anyone says. this movie pushed the limit with the horror/comedy subgenre. and the very fact that was even released in theatres amazes me. it was only released because it was made during the eighties, a period that mostly ignored "political-correctedness" in the media. the way race, women, and the poor are shown is completly differnent from what a movie would be like in 2006. and i think movies back then showed more truth in life, to the way things really are. i don't think something like this would even be considered for a movie today. the storyline is outragous, it follows no plot. and people would probably be hesistant to even act in it, might they offend somebody and recieve a lawsuit. their are many sterotypes displayed in this cinematic gold, but who cares? i hate that now writers and actors will stunt their creativity to fit some kind of greater political agenda, which we face now under the current administration. movies like this make me want to cry for the way things used to be.
i kid you not. and don't drink the vipor.
Movie Review: Take a swig of this 'VIPER'
Summary: 5 Stars
Truly one of my favorite B-Horror flicks out there! I don't think there's even one time I don't bring this movie up when talking about crazy movies. You've got the dirty streets of New York filled with hobos and weirdos crawling all over! A liquor store owner has just discovered an old crate filled with alcohol titled, 'VIPER'!!! Wait till you see what affects this stuff has on the locals! That's all I'm gonna say.
Synapse did a really good job with this two-disk edition with having tons of extras that include: behind-the-scenes footage, commentary with actors/actresses, and really nice art work inside the keepcase! I'm trying to compare this flick with another but having a hard time haha. This one is truly original! I would say this is up there with 'Bad Taste' or 'Dead Alive' as far as off-the-wall craziness goes! If you've enjoyed those two horror flicks I've mentioned, than this is bound to be a real treat for you!
Movie Review: Gore-a-licious!?
Summary: 5 Stars
Street trash is one of the all-time American Horror/Comedy classics! This is a gem that more people should be aware of, and it deserves more recognition then it gets.
I think that Street Trash kind of has two sides to it. One side is about an achoholic drink called Tenefly Viper thats makes anyone who drinks it melt or explode in a very slimy, oozy, gory fashion.
The other side to the film is more about the homeless people and their shameless antics through the alleys and gutters of the city using the mindless slapstick formula.
This movie contains: Nudity, LOADS of gore, a dismembered phallus keep-away game, necrophelia, and one scene of a person literally exploding that makes the exploding head scene in Scanners look like Disney/Pixar Cars.
Street Trash is a sleazy/cheesy movie that I recommend to any 80's Horror/Comedy fan, if you haven't seen it yet, GO BUY IT NOW!