Street Trash(1987)
1987 · J. Michael Muro · 100 min
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor and the killer.
Comedy · Horror
6.1340 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
5/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Street Trash scares
It kicks off fast with a gross, over-the-top death and never really slows down from there, moving through one absurd, disgusting set-piece after another instead of building any real dread. The 'horror' here comes from shock and slime rather than fear — bodies melt, explode, and dissolve in ways that are more like a gross-out cartoon than anything that will make you scared to be alone. There's a mean streak of violence running underneath the gags, but it plays broad and campy, aimed at making you laugh-groan rather than feel unsafe. This is a party movie for people who like their horror silly, filthy, and shameless rather than tense or upsetting.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Street Trash rates psychological 1/5, visceral 2/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 5 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 80 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A gross-out, gleefully sleazy romp that keeps popping off in bursts of chaos rather than one steady climb, building to an unhinged, splattery finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is Street Trash?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Street Trash rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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