Nice! I'll see if I can find it, and check it out.
The whole movie is on YouTube (at least for now, with Spanish subs but the normal English voice acting) LOL. Just search Street Trash.
Nice! I'll see if I can find it, and check it out.
Jesus man.......what did you make me watch here!! Lol!Might have already been posted but this one is not only great effects (body horror) but pretty funny too boot. The concept of what's happening though is pretty frightening.
Jesus man.......what did you make me watch here!! Lol!
Street Trash (1987)-
(trailer in linked post above)
.......so this one is a mess. Low-budget '80s NYC area horror.
A bunch of homeless people steal and start drinking some really old alcohol, which makes them melt into a puddle of goo. Eventually they r*pe, steal, do some necrophilila, play catch with a dude's wang, more r*pe, more stealing, crazed psych cop fights crazed psych homeless king, etc, etc. You get the picture.
This is just barely a movie. Some awesome low budget melting fxs, but other than that.......
The bad:
*Very little plot.
*Everything and everyone is dirty, ugly, and dispicable.
*A couple actors might be mediocre, but most are just bad.
*Really bad ADR. I mean, I have a pretty high tolerence for bad dubbing, but I started watching this and thought it was a really bad Italian production! When I found out it was made in the USA, I was shocked.
*The dialogue. I don't know which would be worse, if someone actually wrote a script for this, or if it was just really badly improvised.
The good:
*The fxs. There are 6 or 8 pretty fun body meltdown/explosion scenes, and a pressurized gas flask decapitation that is quite good!
So as I mentioned, this was an 80s NYC area production, which is famous for the likes of Frank Hennenlotter (Basketcase, Brain Damage, Frankenhooker, which I just reviewed), and the rather infamous Jersey based Troma Films (The Toxic Avenger, Cannibal: A Musical, Tromeo and Juliet). Unfortunately, Street Trash would be low quality for a Troma film, and that is pretty f'ing low. It was intentionally written to offend on every possible level so maybe they succeed on that?
The director was a favorite cameraman of James Cameron, and worked on many big budget films.
I did recognize a couple of the actors as the lead dude from Frankenhooker makes an appearance, as does the fat mayor from The Toxic Avenger.
This one is a bit of a cult classic, and gets generally decent ratings and reviews. I have heard of it before when talking about early body melt scenes, but I've seen many earlier melting fxs, so I'm not sure what sits this one apart. But I have to go against the grain as I personally can't in good conscious go more than about a 3 outta 10 for the cool fxs. I can't even recommend it as a Sobad, it's good flick as it mostly baffled and bored me.
I feel like I need a shower after watching it! Lol!
Lol!Your review and overall take has me dying of laughter.
Lol!
Did you watch it? It was rather painful!
If you did, do you have any thoughts to add?
......so it was intentional torture on your part!Oh I have (hence why I linked it). The entire dialogue, acting, audio, etc. is absolutely ridiculous and horrible. There's racism, sexism (both of which were not humorously/cleverly done), completely unlikeable characters and it looks like a borderline High School/College project.
And God help me, that's why I found it somehow it's own flavor of ridiculous and amusing. Maybe I'm really street trash as well
You had me at bums drinking alcohol, but then you sold me with playin catch with a dude's wang.A bunch of homeless people steal and start drinking some really old alcohol, which makes them melt into a puddle of goo. Eventually they r*pe, steal, do some necrophilila, play catch with a dude's wang, more r*pe, more stealing, crazed psych cop fights crazed psych homeless king, etc, etc. You get the picture.
Thanks man!Gotta give a shoutout to @returnofjakedog . Keep up the fantastic work my man!
I've grown quite reliant on his reviews in here as a means to keep my "head in the horror game". Life has been throwing me 1 too many curveballs lately and I haven't been able to enjoy the genre I love most... Hopefully soon I'll get back on track & helping provide some great content in here.
In the meantime, I hope @Sharkonabicycle keeps making an appearance because I often start wheezing from laughter...