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Street Trash

dir. J. Michael Muro · 1987

Feature
Moral Ambiguity
Mood
Dark / Comedic
Look
gritty, saturated colors with a low-budget aesthetic, emphasizing decay and disarray
Structure
episodic with intertwining character arcs
Plot

When a liquor store owner finds a case of "Viper" in his cellar, he decides to sell it to the local hobos at one dollar a bottle, unaware of its true properties. The drinks causes its consumers to melt, very messily. Two homeless lads find themselves up against the effects of the toxic brew, as well as going head to head with "Bronson" a Vietnam vet with sociopathic tendencies, and the owner of the junkyard they live in.

Why watch

A liquor store owner stumbles upon a case of "Viper," a toxic brew that turns its drinkers into puddles of goo. As the homeless community grapples with the consequences of this deadly concoction, they also face the violent wrath of Bronson, a sociopathic Vietnam vet. Watching this film is like being thrust into a fever dream where absurdity and horror collide, leaving you both horrified and amused.

Cultural context
1980s New York Cityrise of independent horror-comedycritique of societal neglect towards the homelesscountercultural movements
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