 Synapse Films // Buy from Amazon.comIn the sleazy, foreboding world of winos, derelicts and drifters in lower Manhattan, two young runaways Fred (MIKE LACKEY) and his young brother, Kevin (MARK SFERRAZZA), live in a tire hut in the back of a vast auto wrecking yard. Life is hard for these two, but by far the most lethal threat to the boys is the case of Tenafly Viper in Ed's liquor store widow. Ed found the cheapo wine behind a wall in his basement. The stuff's forty years old, and its gone bad... real bad! Anyone who drinks it melts within seconds! And it's only a dollar a bottle!! The bums are lining up for their deaths like moths at a flame, and Fred is standing right there among them. STREET TRASH is the subversive cult classic horror-comedy that rode the last wave of super-gore in the late '80s before the curtain fell on such outrageous material and we entered an era of safe, 'R' rated horror flicks and endless, unoriginal remakes. Synapse Films is proud to present STREET TRASH in a fully-uncut High-Definition transfer from the original camera negatives. "Street Trash" was not a film that was ever available for rent in my local video stores growing up, so the first time I ever got to see it was when I sat in front of my gorgeous widescreen tv for this review. With a promising premise (cheap booze literally melts the winos who drink it), I was sure this was going to be b-movie-riffic... Wow, was I surprised. Not only was I entertained, but I was fantastically grossed-out by the special effects! Seeing a man literally melt into a toilet, seeing a man explode into a million pieces, seeing a flying CO2 canister fly through the air and take off a man's head and center-chest-area - these are small samples of what you can expect from this crazy, zany, gore-soaked film. With a nonsensical script, z-grade acting, and some unsettling non-PC dialogue, this isn't a film for the faint of heart. But if you like your blood & guts truly spectacular, this is a must-see film for you! Video Synapse has taken a film that was previously only availble on well-worn, crappy fullscreen VHS and remasted in stunning 16x9 anamorphic widescreen transfer that leaps off your screen. For a low-budget film, the filmmakers were able to create a surprisingly-nice looking picture and this DVD finally delivers it to the home viewer in razor-sharp detail. Gorgeous! Audio Dolby 2.0 mono mix is solid - clean & clear dialogue, music and effects, with no obvious hiss or defects. Extras Closing Thoughts True 80s cult classic finally on DVD + minmal extras (2 disc SE coming soon) = truly excellent DVD from the b-movie fans at Synapse! :: This review originally appeared on CalgaryMovies.com :: |
