Street Trash

Street Trash
Theatrical poster
Directed byJ. Michael Muro
Written byRoy Frumkes[1]
Produced byRoy Frumkes[1]
Starring
CinematographyDavid Sperling
Edited byDennis Werner
Music byRick Ulfik
Production
companies
Distributed byLightning Pictures
Release date
  • September 16, 1987 (1987-09-16)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Street Trash is a 1987 American black comedy body horror film directed by J. Michael Muro (credited as Jim Muro). It won the Silver Raven at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film. The film has acquired a status as a cult classic independent horror-comedy and is one of a number of films known as "melt movies".[2]

In the film, a liquor store in Brooklyn starts selling cheap alcoholic beverages to local hobos. The beverages date to the 1920s, and are actually poisonous. While a local cop investigates the series of unexplained deaths, homeless veterans of the Vietnam War group together as a dangerous gang.

  1. ^ a b Stimpson, Andrew (2012-10-07). "25 Years On: Street Trash Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  2. ^ Jones, Gareth (2010-01-06). "Street Trash (UK DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2016-07-08.