STREET TRASH (1987) - THE ULTIMATE MELT MOVIE IN SHOCKINGLY VIVID HD FROM 88 FILMS!

STREET TRASH (1987) 

Label: 88 Films 

Region Code: B

Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.78:1)

Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA, LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono with Optional English Subtitles 

Certification: 15

Duration: 102 Mins Approx

Director: James Muro

Cast: James Lorinz, Mike Lackey, Mark Sferrazza, Bill Chepil

88 Films has opened the Vaults and our latest release is a frequently far-too-forgotten gem from the VHS shelves – STREET TRASH!

Never gaining quite the love-fest that its most comparable colleagues such as Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste (1987) and Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead II (1987) achieved; fright-fans of the FANGORIA generation have nevertheless continued to argue that Street Trash more than deserves its place at the top of the pantheon of late eighties horror greats. Directed by Hollywood hot-shot Jim Muro, who went on to be one of Tinseltown’s most in-demand Steadicam operators (with credits that include Terminator 2: Judgement Day [1991], Titanic [1997], Red Dragon [2002] and X-Men: The Last Stand [2006]) Street Trash focuses on a clan of homeless down-and-outs in New York who discover a crate of mysterious alcohol dubbed ‘Viper’. Unfortunately for our loveable inner-city denizens this particular tipple carries more than just a horrendous hangover! Indeed, taking a mouthful of Viper results in the human form being trans-mutated into a gruesome pile of goo… and Street Trash is only too happy to show us such horrors in all their colourful prosthetic-perfection!
Written and produced by Roy Frumkes, who had gained his genre stripes as an assistant to Wes Craven and George Romero, there is no denying that Street Trash is full of good-humoured gore, sanguine-splashed special effects and politically incorrect gags galore! Yet, it is for these reasons that the provocative pot-boiler became a midnight movie favourite, often mentioned alongside the likes of Stuart Gordon’s classic Re-Animator (1985), before hitting the video cassette shelves and captivating a fresh generation of splatter movie devotees. Hailed as a modern day masterpiece by the late great genre critic Chas Balun (of Deep Red magazine) and long-rumoured to be a favourite of pop singer Elton John (hey, Elton – if you are out there please confirm!), Street Trash has been crying out for a British BluRay bow and the retro-maniacs at 88 Films are pleased to come to its belated HD rescue!

Unleashed as part of our acclaimed 88 Vault Collection, which has already shocked and surprised viewers with such grindhouse grime and VHS-era slime as I Drink Your Blood (1970), the South African apartheid blaxploitation flick Joe Bullet (1973), Pigs (1973), Creepozoids (1987) and One Dark Night (1982), Street Trash arrives on BluRay absolutely packed with gut-bursting special features. Pre-orders from the 88 Films web site will gain a special limited slipcover and collector’s booklet from Calum Waddell but be careful – we expect these to go quickly! Now available for direct order, you would need to be on a Viper-level comedown not to want to add Street Trash to your 88 Films collection!

Special Features: 
- Restored Uncut and Uncensored HD master from the Original Negative
- 5.1 Surround Remix
- Original Uncompressed Mono Soundtrack
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary with Director James Muro
- Audio Commentary with Writer / Producer Roy Frumkes
- Introduction by Producer Roy Frumkes
- Original 16mm Student Film - Street Trash
- A Conversation between Roy Frumkes and Tony Timpone
- Meltdown Memoirs - Feature Length 'Making-Of' Documentary
- Jane Arakawa Interview
- Deleted Scenes and Out-takes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Teaser Trailer

ABOUT 88 Vault:
The home of grindhouse grime and VHS-era slime, the aim of 88 Vault is to offer fans a veritable collection of obscure and/ or largely less-remembered genre gems from the 1970s  through to the butt-end of the rental period. These are the classics you forgot about – from I Drink Your Blood through to Street Trash and Creepozoids – finally brought back to British shelves – or even the obscurities you might be discovering for the very first time, such as South Africa’s Joe Bullet (1973) and 42nd Street-evoking murder-mystery Pigs (1973). Also including the shock-horror of One Dark Night (1982) and the nature-run-amok madness of Dogs (1976), 88 Vault will continue to surprise followers in 2018 with the release of forgotten sequels, anthology insanity and madcap animal-massacres! We have a lot more planned for this amazing line!