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Films like Street Trash.

Street Trash (1987) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / comedy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Brain Damage (1988) poster
1. Brain Damage1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cemetery Man (1994) poster
2. Cemetery Man1994

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

From Beyond (1986) poster
3. From Beyond1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Basket Case (1982) poster
4. Basket Case1982

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Visitor Q (2001) (2001) poster
5. Visitor Q2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Singapore Sling (1990) poster
6. Singapore Sling1990

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Butcher Boy (1997) poster
7. The Butcher Boy1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Creepshow (1982) poster
8. Creepshow1982

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Nowhere (Gregg Araki) (1997) poster
9. Nowhere (Gregg Araki)1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Sweet Movie (1974) poster
10. Sweet Movie1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) poster
11. Twilight Zone: The Movie1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) poster
12. Fudoh: The New Generation1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Street Trash’s neighbours — where are yours?

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