Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- grotesque
- irreverent
- manic
- late night horror marathon
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard it as a crude, transgressive, darkly comic splatter cult film whose spirited practical-effects excess and social satire appeal strongly to genre devotees but whose shock tactics can overwhelm its substance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Viper causes its drinkers to melt in elaborate, messy bodily transformations realized through splatter effects.
The homeless residents, predatory junkyard owner, vicious cop, and traumatized veteran frame grotesque violence as a critique of 1980s social inequality.
The film foregrounds alcohol abuse, sexual violence, mutilation, necrophilia, and deliberately offensive black comedy in a junkyard-and-grindhouse setting.
A liquor-store owner sells Viper without knowing that the drink causes consumers to melt.
Films like Street Trash, and why
The Toxic Avenger
shared splatter-horror excess, dark comedy, and underground exploitation energy
Repo Man
shared punk-era urban grime, irreverent satire, and outsider anti-establishment tone
The Stuff
shared grotesque practical effects, outrageous humor, and low-budget cult sensibility
Class of Nuke 'Em High
shared transgressive splatter, black comedy, and deliberately offensive spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- J. Michael Muro
- Release Date
- 1987-02-22
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (342)
Cast
- Mike Lackey
- Bill Chepil
- Vic Noto
- Mark Sferrazza
- Jane Arakawa
- Nicole Potter
- Pat Ryan
- Clarenze Jarmon
- Bernard Perlman
- Miriam Zucker
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Night Flight Plus, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Eternal Family, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Street Trash about?
- A lurid junkyard splatter comedy turns lethal booze, homeless survival, and social rot into a riot of grotesque 1980s excess.
- What is Street Trash like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Street Trash as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Street Trash violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Street Trash as graphic.
- What did critics think of Street Trash?
- Critics broadly regard it as a crude, transgressive, darkly comic splatter cult film whose spirited practical-effects excess and social satire appeal strongly to genre devotees but whose shock tactics can overwhelm its substance.
- Which films are like Street Trash?
- Films with a similar feel include The Toxic Avenger, Repo Man, The Stuff, and Class of Nuke 'Em High.
- How long is Street Trash?
- Street Trash runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Street Trash?
- In United States, Street Trash streams on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Night Flight Plus, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Eternal Family, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel.
