Cheap booze turns Brooklyn’s homeless into puddles of technicolor goo in this cult horror-comedy meltdown.
STREET TRASH
Things in New York are about to go down the toilet...
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor and the killer.
Quick Answer
Street Trash is a 1987 American comedy-horror film directed by J. Michael Muro about a batch of toxic liquor that causes Brooklyn's homeless to melt away, while two brothers and a deranged Vietnam veteran inhabit a junkyard rife with chaos.
Programmer's Pick
Only in the world of Street Trash does a bottle of rotgut become a weapon of mass liquefaction. Come for the psychedelic meltdowns, stay for the anarchic junkyard politics and a cop who’s had enough of Brooklyn’s most bizarre crime wave.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- J. Michael Muro
- Writer
- Roy Frumkes
- Release
- 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Also Known As
- Horror in Bowery Street - Street Trash, Уличный мусор, Corps à vidanges, Haki-dame no akuma, Uliczny chlam, Trash: basura, Violencia en Manhattan (Street Trash), Violencia en Manhattan
Why This Matters
Street Trash is a cult classic of independent horror-comedy, notable for its place among the splatter subgenre known as 'melt movies' and for winning the Silver Raven at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.
Cast & Crew
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Watch as unsuspecting characters literally melt into multicolored goo after sipping the notorious Tenafly Viper.
A deranged Vietnam vet rules a community of homeless misfits from his junkyard throne, adding a wild power struggle to the chaos.
The film blends grotesque horror with irreverent, dark humor, including a notorious game of catch with a severed body part.
Set in the gritty streets and junkyards of Greenpoint, the urban squalor becomes a character in its own right.
Scene Gallery
Threat File
Liquor store owner sells old toxic booze
Tenafly Viper toxic liquor
Drinkers melt into multicolored goo
Brooklyn junkyard and streets
Questions from the Vault
When was Street Trash released? +
Street Trash was released in 1987.
Who directed Street Trash? +
Street Trash was directed by J. Michael Muro.
How long is Street Trash? +
Street Trash has a runtime of 100 minutes.
What genre is Street Trash? +
Street Trash is a comedy-horror film.
Where can I watch Street Trash? +
Street Trash is available to stream on SassyFlix.
What happens when someone drinks Tenafly Viper? +
Anyone who drinks the Tenafly Viper melts away in a hideous, multicolored fashion.
Who controls the junkyard community? +
A deranged Vietnam veteran has proclaimed himself king of the junkyard, ruling over a group of homeless veterans as his henchmen.