thesar-2 Well, this film's trivia bit sums up the movie very nicely:Vic Noto (Bronson) was cast a day before principal photography commenced (less than 12 hours.) "I didn't know what the hell I was doing," he said, "nor did I EVER understand who Bronson was. I did scene by scene not even knowing what the movie was about. I didn't read the script until three months AFTER (the movie) was wrapped. I STILL don't know who Bronson was."This "movie" is all over the place and yet, still (mostly) works. It's also simultaneously intentionally and unintentionally funny and effective in scares, but that might just be me: decades-old, low budget horror has frightened me since I was a lad.Not sure what the intention of this film was, but they sure as hell crammed in a ton of ideas. An antihero bum, a crazy Vet and toxic alcohol all play central themes, but so does horrible rape, sexual harassment, a gangster vs. a comedian and tons and tons of both full-frontal male and female nudity.I guess the death drink is prime, though it only shows up for a fraction of the movie. Basically, a liquor store owner finds a carton of old liquor and without thought, sells it for a buck a pop (kinda low, even for mid-80s time) and within seconds of drinking, or even touching, the victim is reduced to the same fate as that toxic-gang member towards the end of Robocop (same summer as this film. Must've been a theme or fear of the time.)But, there are many more subplots as we really follow the antihero homeless man through many misadventures. It's thoroughly nuts and yet watchable. I seriously doubt anyone was serious here and they were, indeed, out to have a fun and humorous time despite the few, though effective, gore scenes. Recommended for die-hard trashy-80s low budget "horror-comedies," like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, The Toxic Avenger and other Troma film fans. Though, unbelievably, this was shot much better than those other disturbing, but "fun," films.***Final thoughts: You show me full-frontal male nudity within seconds of the film opening, and you got me hooked. Nice touch, so to speak, to not just feature the gals.

Woodyanders Two derelict brothers struggle to survive in an automobile junkyard that's ruled by dangerously deranged Vietnam veteran Bronson (fiercely played with fearsome intensity by Vic Noto). In addition, a batch of toxic hooch causes anyone unfortunate enough to drink it to melt into hideous gooey puddles.Director Jim Muro makes great use of the grimy junkyard main location, maintains a blithely sordid and warped tone throughout, and pulls out the show-stopping stops for several spectacularly messy and revolting over-the-top gore set pieces. Better still, Muro and screenwriter Roy Frumkes obdurately refuse to sentimentalize the homeless characters who populate this movie; these bums for the most part are quite vile, mean, and despicable. The uncompromising pitch-black humor pulls zero punches: We've got uproariously ultra-offensive jokes about rape, shoplifting, and necrophilia as well as an unforgettable sequence involving a game of toss with a severed penis. Moreover, it's acted with considerable zest by an enthusiastic cast: Jane Arakawa adds plenty of spunk as the feisty Wendy, Bill Chepil cuts a formidable figure as brutish cop Bill, Pat Ryan contributes a hilarious turn as irate junkyard owner Frank Schnizer, and James Lorinz steals every scene he's in as a smartaleck doorman. David Sterling's fluid and vibrant cinematography boasts loads of neat smooth and sinuous gliding Steadicam shots. A supremely scuzzy treat.

Harold Boss I watched this because I saw it compared to Peter Jackson's early films. Unfortunately there's something not quite on the money with Street Trash. The film starts off great with a couple of hilarious melt-deaths. Then the horror dries up and it becomes a fairly unpleasant tale about a bunch of hobos living in a junkyard. There's not really any likable characters and a vague misogynistic undercurrent. The movie could really benefit from having a strong female lead but there's only victims to be found. There's a nympho-type who gets gang-raped and murdered. There's a van full of prostitutes. There's a deranged hobo girl who seems desperate for sex. The only half decent female character is an Asian girl who fends off the molestations of her necrophiliac boss. But she doesn't seem to be angry enough about it. I would have preferred to see her out for revenge or at least call the police. Basically the middle section of this film is sexist trash. There's also a scene were a penis is chopped off and thrown all over the junkyard like a football match. But somehow that didn't make me laugh it just felt downbeat and creepy. That said you should definitely hang in there for the final third of the movie. The last gore- deaths are amazing and ridiculous. And the way the Vietnam vet finally gets his due is very impressive. There's some great stuff in this final section. The scenes featuring James Lorinz (think Frankenhooker) are also pretty funny and lively.

atinder After seeing the trailer for first time on Friday had to see this movie, i got my hands on it yesterday,. i have seen it today.The movies dose not take long to start at all, there are some really good gooey gory scenes in this movie get in the mood of the cheesy effect.There some scene are funny at first, then they make the joke drag on a little to long make the jokes fade wade away.The acting at the start of the movie was really appalling but as the movie carried on the acting skill improved just a little, enough to suit this kind of movie.There were really funny moment that worked really well and some really good over the top gory death scenes.I could have done without the silly 1st fight scene, which has to be one of the worst fight scene i have ever seen in a movie.Overall, I thought it was crap-tastic 5 out of 10