Kris and Donna return from their summer hiatus with an episode recorded pre-hiatus about “Street Trash” (1987), a classic melt movie about a homeless community experiencing a rash of mysterious and gruesome deaths by way of toxic booze.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Homeless Exploitation/Stereotypes, Substance Abuse, Alcoholism, Body Horror, Gore, Ableism, Vietnam War, PTSD, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual Assault, Implied Necrophilia, Genital Mutilation, Vomit, Homophobic Slurs, Transphobia, Antisemitic Slurs

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Street Trash": Prime, Shudder, Youtube.

Watch the original short: Youtube.

Watch the deleted dance scene: Youtube.

“Street Trash (1987),” IMDB.

“Street Trash,” Wikipedia.

“[Butcher Block] Melt Movie ‘Street Trash’ Aims to Offend,” Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting, May 6 2019.

“17 Things We Learned From the ‘Street Trash’ Commentary,” Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects, July 18 2013.

“EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ROY FRUMKES (STREET TRASH),” Devin Faraci, CHUD.com, November 3 2006.

“Vietnam era and Vietnam combat veterans among the homeless.,” R Rosenheck, P Gallup, and C A Leda, May 1991.

“Combat Stress, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Service Use Among Homeless Vietnam Veterans,” Robert Rosenheck, Catherine Leda, and Peggy Gallup, February 1992, Published Online April 1 2006.

“Combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and severity of substance abuse in Vietnam veterans.” M E McFall, P W Mackay, D M Donovan, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1992.

“Why Were Vietnam War Vets Treated Poorly When They Returned?,” Dante A. Ciampaglia, History.com, November 8 2018.

“Vietnam Veterans,” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Retrieved June 6 2021.

“Lynching in America: Targeting Black Veterans,” Equal Justice Initiative, 2017.