I've wanted to see Street Trash ever since it figured in Empire Magazine's 'Top Ten Goriest Moments' list some time ago...and now that I finally have, I've been left with mixed feelings. The movie gets off to a promising start, which sees a shop owner find a box of old booze (called 'Viper'), which he decides the local bums will lap up for a dollar a bottle. It's not long until the first gore scene - which sees an unlucky drunken tramp take a sip of the drink, and finds himself melting down the toilet (not before pulling the chain!), but then the movie doesn't know what to do with itself; and although the unappetising drink makes up the main plot; it doesn't figure very often, and James Muro's film doesn't really know where to go from there. The rest of the plot focuses around a bunch of bums who live on a rubbish dump. Just like high society, low society has its rules and regulations; and the main focus is on two brothers (one who wears a silly hat), as they struggle against local law enforcement, shop keepers and of course, other bums.
James Muro actually does a good job with the atmosphere on this film, as it's always downtrodden and dirty, and very much suits the tramp underbelly that Street Trash captures. The fact that this movie is about tramps does give it a certain degree of originality, as there aren't many movies that take place in this area of society. Of course, the reason that most people will see this movie is because of the gore. The gore effects are extremely stupid and impossible to take seriously; but then again, you can't go into a movie called 'Street Trash' expecting it to be serious. The set pieces don't show a great deal of originality, but there is something captivating about seeing someone melt away inside their clothes. Street Trash is supposedly the 'king' of "melt movies" - so I hope I don't ever see a 'bad' one. The acting is pretty awful; but the movie does feature one great performance, from Frankenhooker star James Lorinz in the role of 'doorman'. I really wish this guy would get more roles - he's hilarious! In a movie about people melting, the best scene is one that involves him talking to a copper...
James Muro actually does a good job with the atmosphere on this film, as it's always downtrodden and dirty, and very much suits the tramp underbelly that Street Trash captures. The fact that this movie is about tramps does give it a certain degree of originality, as there aren't many movies that take place in this area of society. Of course, the reason that most people will see this movie is because of the gore. The gore effects are extremely stupid and impossible to take seriously; but then again, you can't go into a movie called 'Street Trash' expecting it to be serious. The set pieces don't show a great deal of originality, but there is something captivating about seeing someone melt away inside their clothes. Street Trash is supposedly the 'king' of "melt movies" - so I hope I don't ever see a 'bad' one. The acting is pretty awful; but the movie does feature one great performance, from Frankenhooker star James Lorinz in the role of 'doorman'. I really wish this guy would get more roles - he's hilarious! In a movie about people melting, the best scene is one that involves him talking to a copper...