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Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Donna Cormack-Thomson, Suraya Rose Santos, Joe Vaz, Lloyd Martinez Newkirk, Shuraigh Meyer, Gary Green, Ryan Kruger, Warrick Grier | Written by Ryan Kruger, James C. Williamson | Directed by Ryan Kruger

While remakes in general don’t bother me, I have to admit I didn’t think remaking Street Trash was a good idea. The original is the kind of weird, offbeat film it’s almost impossible to sit down and deliberately write, it’s the kind of weirdness that has to come organically, something any number of deliberate attempts at creating cult films have proven.

I did find it encouraging that Ryan Kruger had been picked to direct it. If anyone could pull it off the maker of Fried Barry, a seriously Wtf comedy about a junkie’s encounter with aliens and its aftermath, stood a good chance of being the one to do it. I also...

Ryan Kruger has a filmmaking career built on pushing boundaries and exploring the darker corners of genre cinema. Known for his bold visual style and his unique voice, Kruger first made waves with the cult hit Fried Barry (2020), which earned numerous accolades and cemented his place as a visionary in the South African film industry. Now, with his latest project Street Trash(2024), Kruger takes on the challenge of revisiting a beloved cult classic—Street Trash (1987)—while simultaneously charting a new course with a fresh narrative, a unique 2050 setting, and a blend of intense gore and meaningful storytelling. The film is a loose sequel, offering fans a chance to return to the bizarre, melting mayhem of the original but with Kruger’s distinct directorial vision.

Street Trash 2024 follows the dark and twisted adventures of a new set of characters as they grapple with societal collapse and the malevolent forces surrounding them.

A wild and crazy spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic directed this time by Ryan Kruger (Fried Barry), Street Trash is now streaming exclusively on Screambox!

This Screambox Original splatterfest is a 35mm reboot of the ’80s cult classic following a group of homeless misfits in their fight for survival against an extermination plot.

Additionally, the original Street Trash (1987) can also be streamed on Screambox.

In the new movie, “In the year 2050, global economic turmoil has destroyed the middle class in Cape Town, South Africa, which is now divided between the ultra-rich and the displaced. Ronald and a group of fellow houseless friends uncover a plot by the local government to ‘wash away’ the houseless population with a sinister chemical agent called ‘V.’ Now, they must risk everything to expose the truth and resist a society that’s determined to erase them.”

Kruger also stars alongside Sean Cameron Michael,...

A horror cult classic from the 1980s has just been given an update. Written and directed by Ryan Krueger, the new Street Trash is now available on Digital and Screambox.

Street Trash is a new sequel to the 1987 film of the same name directed by J. Michael Muro. 37 years after its release, the film is known among horror fans as one of the decade's best "melt movies" alongside titles such as The Stuff and The Blob remake. The newly-released sequel similarly utilizes 80s-style practical effects to reimagine Street Trash in just as much of a revolting way, and as Kruger teased in a new interview with Horror Geek Life, it's resulted in putting a "sh*tload of gore" on display.

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Ryan Kruger's gory, goopy Street Trash sequel is now available on digital, and we caught up with Ryan for our latest Q&a! From the origins of the project, to practical effects, and shooting on 35mm, learn all about the making of the film below:

What was your first experience watching the original Street Trash, and why has the film stuck with you years later?

Ryan Kruger: It was sitting in my bedroom with friends watching it late at night and having it on VHS. I love so many great 80s horror and overall gory films. It was a big part of my childhood.

How did the opportunity come up to create a loose sequel to the original film?

Ryan Kruger: My first film premiered on Joe Bob's The Last Drive-In. While people were watching, it came up a lot of times that Ryan Kruger would be a...

First came Street Trash in 1987, a fun little Brooklyn-set cult classic that would become known as one of the rare "melt movies" in the horror industry, gooey and gory movies that include melting faces or bodies. Now there's the 2024 film of the same name, now available on digital though its director is here to tell you that it's not a remake. Rather, filmmaker Ryan Kruger's latest feature is an in-universe continuation of the foundation established in the original story, with new characters introduced to carry on the homeless heroes' legacy that was fleshed out in the source material.

One such addition to the Street Trash ensemble is Chef, played by Joe Vaz and if his physical presence strikes a nostalgic nerve in the minds of cinephiles, that's because he looks exactly like Stanley Kubrick from a certain era. Ever heard of him? This is no accident, and MovieWeb learned...

Ryan Kruger's drip-nasty return to 1987's Street Trash lore isn't a remake, but an overseas sequel. South African class warfare brings a rebellious spirit and geopolitical weight to vile body meltdowns, like George A. Romero's unsubtle commentary meets Astron-6's unpredictable shenanigans. Kruger's splatterpunk vibes in Fried Barry translate into a neon-juicy homage to J. Michael Muro's top-tier 80s goop, but it's a tangled Hydra of story tangents, and each head isn't being fed properly. Shock-slop silliness expands horizons yet rambles incoherently, failing to deliver a character-driven Street Trash that'll give you more than a cheap buzz.

Greenpoint's junkyard denizens swap for Cape Town vagabonds, modern peasants abhorred by corrupt Mayor Mostert (​​Warrick Grier). Should the elected tyrant's wishes be granted, struggling displaced folks like upbeat Roland (Sean Cameron Michael) and his companion Chef (Joe Vaz) would be eradicated. They aren’t, not yet at least, so...

Today’s the day! Fans of gonzo horror get ready for our brand new Street Trash, a wild and crazy spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic directed this time by Ryan Kruger (“Warrior,” Fried Barry).

From Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse, Street Trash is now available today on all Digital HD platforms ahead of our Screambox release later this year.

If you can’t wait, the original Street Trash (1987) has also just melted its way onto Screambox today!

In the new movie, “In the year 2050, global economic turmoil has destroyed the middle class in Cape Town, South Africa, which is now divided between the ultra-rich and the displaced. Ronald and a group of fellow houseless friends uncover a plot by the local government to ‘wash away’ the houseless population with a sinister chemical agent called ‘V.’ Now, they must risk everything to expose the truth and resist a society...

J. Michael Muro’s 1987 cult classic “Street Trash” is on the Mount Rushmore of “melt movies,” a sickening horror subgenre marked by bodies literally dissolving into goo, with skin peeling off and skeletons deconstructing as outlandishly as possible. In the film, homeless people are poisoned and killed by a mysterious liquor named Tenafly Viper. “Fried Barry” writer and director Ryan Kruger has helmed a same-name sequel (out today on digital via Cineverse) that keeps the gonzo practical effects as a group of charming homeless misfits battle against a fascist government actively trying to exterminate them with a gaseous version of Viper. Kruger, who also co-wrote the movie and shot it in his native South Africa with producers Not the Funeral Home, spoke to Variety about balancing the message in the movie while still having fun, the difficulty of mopping up melted bodies and the possibility of a sequel.

What made...

Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Donna Cormack-Thomson, Suraya Rose Santos, Joe Vaz, Lloyd Martinez Newkirk, Shuraigh Meyer, Gary Green, Ryan Kruger, Warrick Grier | Written by Ryan Kruger, James C. Williamson | Directed by Ryan Kruger

While remakes in general don’t bother me, I have to admit I didn’t think remaking Street Trash was a good idea. The original is the kind of weird, offbeat film it’s almost impossible to sit down and deliberately write, it’s the kind of weirdness that has to come organically, something any number of deliberate attempts at creating cult films have proven.

I did find it encouraging that Ryan Kruger had been picked to direct it. If anyone could pull it off the maker of Fried Barry, a seriously Wtf comedy about a junkie’s encounter with aliens and its aftermath, stood a good chance of being the one to do it. I also...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the horror film Street Trash, a brand new spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic, on Digital outlets tomorrow.

To get you juiced up, we’ve shared a new clip from the reimagining of the 1987 classic, directed this time by Ryan Kruger (“Warrior,” Fried Barry). Check it out below.

“In the year 2050, global economic turmoil has destroyed the middle class in Cape Town, South Africa, which is now divided between the ultra-rich and the displaced. Ronald and a group of fellow houseless friends uncover a plot by the local government to ‘wash away’ the houseless population with a sinister chemical agent called ‘V.’ Now, they must risk everything to expose the truth and resist a society that’s determined to erase them.”

Ryan Kruger co-wrote the film with James C. Williamson (Fried Barry), based on the original Street Trash movie by Roy Frumkes & Jim Muro.

Within the vastness of the horror genre, there are myriad subgenres which group together similar films, few as niche as 'melt movies.' The very limited genre is kind of like body horror that's specifically devoted to the gory melting of faces and bodies. Slime City, The Stuff, The Blob, The Incredible Melting Man, Body Melt these are some of the slime fests that have earned the infamous nomenclature over the years. This also includes Street Trash, a certain American cult classic from 1987 which was just reimagined by actor and filmmaker Ryan Kruger for an all-new feature that he produced in South Africa.

The basic ingredients can still be found in the 2024 version of the same name, which will be released on digital on Nov. 19, 2024. Protagonists from the homeless community, characters melting in horrific fashion, severed privates, and anti-totalitarian rebellion all run rampant in Kruger's Street Trash, a tried and...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the horror film Street Trash, a brand new spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic, on Digital outlets beginning November 19.

While you wait, we’re debuting an exclusive clip that gives you a nasty taste of the body horror meltdowns on display in the new Street Trash movie. The original cult classic is known for its colorful gore, and this modern day reimagining is doubling down on the gross-out insanity!

Watch the clip below and find the previously released trailer underneath.

The original Street Trash (1987) will also melt its way onto Screambox on November 19.

A reimagining of the 1987 classic, Street Trash is directed by Ryan Kruger (“Warrior,” Fried Barry), who also co-wrote the film with James C. Williamson (Fried Barry), based on the original Street Trash movie by Roy Frumkes & Jim Muro.

Kruger also stars in the film alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Donna Cormack-Thomson,...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the horror film Street Trash, a brand new spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic, on Digital outlets beginning November 19.

As part of the marketing campaign for Street Trash, we’ve taken to the streets of Los Angeles to recreate the iconic melting bodies scenes in multiple iconic horror movie filming locations!

A horrifying discovery has been made across multiple locations in LA—grisly remains of melted bodies! In each scene, a melted arm clutches a bottle of booze, surrounded by a grotesque, colorful ooze. It appears the streets are infected with the aftermath of Tenafly Viper—a cheap, lethal booze that liquefies anyone who dares drink it into a ghastly, melting mess…

Each location is connected to houses featured in iconic horror movies. The locales include:

A Nightmare on Elm Street – Springfield High School Insidious – House They Live – Fight Alley Night of...

Last year, it was announced that the 1987 cult classic horror comedy Street Trash (buy it Here) would be getting a remake from Ryan Kruger, the director of the 2020 body horror film Fried Barry! Kruger’s take on the concept, which moves the story from Brooklyn to South Africa, is now ready to make its way out into the world, as Cineverse holds the North American distribution rights and they’re planning to give the film a VOD release on November 19th. It will then reach the Screambox streaming service sometime in December. With the release date swiftly approaching, Kruger sat down for an interview with our friends at Bloody Disgusting – and during this conversation, he revealed that he considers the new Street Trash to be a sequel to the original movie, not a remake of it.

The original Street Trash was directed by J. Michael Muro from a screenplay by Roy Frumkes.

Fried Barry director Ryan Kruger gives a new spin on the 1987 cult classic Street Trash, relocating the melt madness to Cape Town, South Africa, where the growing divide between rich and poor has changed the world as we know it. But Kruger will be the first to eschew the “remake” label, referring to his new film as a standalone sequel.

The filmmaker wrote Street Trash to be accessible for newcomers, while slyly referencing details and events from the original to make this new movie a continuation of the goopy, melty world introduced by director Jim Muro in 1987. Kruger took painstaking measures to even recapture the ’80s aesthetic, both through practical effects and shooting his reimagining on 35mm. It also helps that Kruger grew up as a massive fan of Street Trash.

“As a kid growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, Street Trash was one of those films that my...

If you're a fan of cult '80s horror movies, there's a good chance you'll have seen or at least heard of Street Trash. The notorious body horror black comedy was directed by J. Michael Muro (credited as Jim Muro), and features some infamously gross-out moments.

A new take on Street Trash - described as a "spiritual sequel" - directed by Ryan Kruger is heading to Digital on November 19, and Bloody Disgusting and Cinerverse have now debuted the first red band trailer.

The original movie was set in Brooklyn, and deals with the fallout of a liquor store owner selling decades-old booze to homeless people, who hideously melt away when they drink it. Kruger's version will take place in South Africa, and update the story to focus on the government taking extreme measures to solve the country's homeless crisis.

“Our reimagining of Street Trash takes place in Cape Town, South...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the horror film Street Trash, a brand new spiritual sequel to the 1980s cult horror classic, on Digital outlets beginning November 19.

A reimagining of the 1987 classic, Street Trash is directed by Ryan Kruger, who also co-wrote the film with James C. Williamson (Fried Barry), based on the original Street Trash movie by Roy Frumkes & Jim Muro.

Kruger also stars in the film alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Donna Cormack-Thomson, Joe Vaz, Lloyd Martinez Newkirk, Shuraigh Meyer, Gary Green, and Warrick Grier.

“In the not-too-distant dystopian future of South Africa, the homeless crisis has reached such a critical level that the government has decided to liquidate the problem (literally).

“It’s up to a ragtag group of homeless individuals to fight back before the entire population of homeless people is rounded up and liquefied.”

“Our reimagining of Street Trash takes place in Cape Town, South Africa...

Amy Green and Gary Green hosted probably one of the best events of summer 2023 – the inaugural Footprint of Life Gala at their residence in Bridgehampton.

The family-run The Green Vision Foundation curated a star-studded night to bring together like-minded organizations to collectively support and bring much-needed awareness and raised in excess of $600,000.

The jungle-themed “50 Shades of Green” soiree benefitted the charity partners’ work to preserve and protect the natural world, promote community upliftment, and most importantly support conservation programs across Africa. The inaugural event is anticipated to pave the way for many more events to come that will center around communities throughout the world.

The glamorous night had many captivating aspects including cocktails, curated food stations, a live auction, musical performances by Jan Blomqvist, Grace Vanderwaal and DJ Ruckus. Additionally, work by David Yarrow, recognized as one of the best fine art photographers in the world, was prominently displayed.

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Amy Green and Gary Green are set to host the exciting inaugural Footprint of Life Gala at their residence in Bridgehampton on August 24th.

The family-run The Green Vision Foundation has curated a star-studded night to bring together like-minded organizations to collectively support and bring much-needed awareness.

Notable special guests set to attend include Erin Lichy of “The Real Housewives of New York City”, supermodel Karolina Kurkova and husband Archie Drury, Monica Chang, David Yarrow, Sasha Benz and husband Oli Benz, Hassan Pierre, Francoise Sarkozy, Peter & Alba Cook, Candace Bushnell, Ramona Singer, Countess Luann de Lesseps, Julia Haart, Batsheva Haart and Chris Burch.

Generous sponsors for the night include Nobu, Macallan, Ferrari, Sip Channé, Faith Tribe, Chef Meze, Princess World Jewelers and Hamptons Magazine.

This isn’t just another gala. It’s a movement.

The jungle-themed “50 Shades of Green” soiree is set to benefit the charity partners’ work to preserve and protect the natural world,...

World leaders have been honored as Ambassadors of Freedom for their exceptional role in making “Sound of Freedom” the most popular and impactful movie of the year.

This powerful film, based on true events, centers on the rescue of children from the harrowing clutches of child trafficking. Released on July 4th, the movie marks the anniversary of the rescue of one of the children depicted, making it even more poignant in its message.

Thousands of Ambassadors of Freedom played a pivotal role in the astonishing success of “Sound of Freedom,” driving the movie to achieve remarkable milestones:

The #1 Movie in the United States on July 4th, the anniversary of the rescue of one of the children depicted in the movie Generated nearly $130 million at the box office Seen by over 10 million people Earned a perfect audience rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes Achieved “mission impossible” by beating “Indiana Jones” and “Mission Impossible...

Ray Shulman, a co-founding member and bassist of the influential prog-rock band Gentle Giant, has died at the age of 73.

According to his brother and bandmate, Derek, Ray passed away on March 30th after “he bravely battled a long illness.”

Having grown up in a musical family, Ray and brothers Phil and Derek started their first band together in the early 1960s. Performing as Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, the band quickly earned a record deal with Emi and achieved a top 10 single with their song “Kites.” At one point, their lineup even featured a young piano player named Reginald Dwight, who went on to find fame as Elton John.

Simon Dupree and the Big Sound’s existence was short-lived, as the Shulman brothers became disillusioned by the music industry and being seen as one-hit wonders. After unsuccessfully attempting to release music under the moniker The Moles, the group broke up.

On Friday, August 19, 2022 Amy and Gary Green are hosting an evening fundraiser at their home in Bridgehampton, New York to support the philanthropic and conservation efforts of the African Community & Conservation Fund (Accf) and Tusk, a UK-based charity headed up by Royal Patron, Prince William.

The “Karibu Africa” soireé will raise money to help Accf’s and Tusk’s many community outreach programs, wildlife protection and anti-poaching efforts, including initiatives to improve livelihoods and combat rising food poverty in East & Southern Africa, particularly Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Covid-19 devastated jobs and livelihoods across the African continent, and with few economic recovery resources, decades of conservation and community upliftment success has been put at risk. Moreover, Russia’s war in Ukraine has collaterally created a global food crisis, as wheat and other grain shipments to Africa have been cut off or dangerously delayed.

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Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film, Fried Barry from Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Rlje Films will release

Fried Barry on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-Ray on October 5, 2021. Check out the trailer:

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An extraterrestrial picks a junkie to inhabit in this seedy, inconsistently acted but often sharply comic urban tale

This gleefully lurid, picaresque journey through a few days in Cape Town for an alien inhabiting the body of a skeevy junkie named Barry (Gary Green) won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. But scattered among the gross-out scenes – involving violence or bodily fluids or both, the bouts of softcore shagging, and innumerable garish “trippy” bits where the protagonist and his acquaintances do drugs – there’s actually some reasonably sharply comic, surprisingly touching and straight-up well-acted moments.

Presumably, the key variables are the improvising performers that first-time director Ryan Kruger, fluffing up what was originally a short into feature length, collaborated with for each scene. Some, like Chanelle de Jager, who plays Barry’s longsuffering wife and is given to long profane rants in Afrikaans about Barry’s uselessness, have real...

Stars: Chanelle De Jager, Gary Green, Bianka Hartenstein, Sean Cameron Michael, Jonathan Pienaar | Written and Directed by Ryan Kruger

I know of Ryan Kruger from some of his short film work things, such as 2014’s The Golden Rule and, of course, his 2017 short thing, Fried Barry. I was pleased as punch, you could say, when I heard about the feature length motion picture thing named, well… Fried Barry that would be hitting the screens in 2020. Kruger certainly has an eye for the absurd, but he is also able to adapt and write emotional view-points and tell stories with more than just skin. He can give some real flesh, muscle and blood to what he creates, so I was on board for this peculiar flick.

The first thing that hit me, right in the jaw, about Fried Barry is just how damned creative it is. I love when a weird oddball...

You can’t help but have high hopes for a film called Fried Barry so thankfully expectations have been massively exceeded. Writer/director Ryan Kruger extends his 2017 short of the same name into a phenomenal mind-f**k masterpiece that transcends nano-budget B movie trappings.

The script doesn’t let up as we’re swiftly introduced to Barry (brilliantly played by Gary Green), a perpetually frazzled, financially struggling, drug addled dad/scumbag, who looks like a hybrid of Lee Van Cleef, Julian Beck (Kane from Poltergeist 2) and Dieter Laser from The Human Centipede films.

After walking out on his wife and young son, Barry goes pub, gets tousled on heroin and is then either possessed by extra-terrestrials or has the type of frighteningly heightened hallucination that would suggest he’s been cajoled onto a toad licking frenzy by a psycho Shaman from Mars.

We’re then swiftly booted face first into Barry’s odyssey,...

Who would have predicted that the biggest surprise of the night would come from Gary Green?

Gary, Sara, and the rest of the Legends went right to work after the captain of the Waverider got abducted by aliens on DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 1.

It was a fantastically fun hour with the introduction of a new team member, a proposal, seriously cool aliens, and character moments for just about everyone. But no one really expected anything different from this show, did they?

DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 promised to be jam-packed with aliens, and they definitely did not disappoint us.

The aliens that took Sara are gross, fierce, and everything you would expect from an extraterrestrial creature. And, shockingly, one of them was Gary.

The geeky agent from the Time Bureau had us fooled all along. He was originally sent to Earth to find the quintessential human and bring...

An alien abduction leads to a deadly night in Cape Town in Ryan Kruger's feature directorial debut, Fried Barry, which has been acquired by Shudder and will be streamable in multiple countries beginning Thursday, May 6th:

Press Release: New York – March 23, 2021 – Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired South African film Fried Barry for release in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, May 6. The feature directorial debut from award-winning music video director Ryan Kruger and starring newcomer Gary Green, the genre pushing, acid-washed, sci-fi horror has been praised by critics and embraced by fans around the world.

Fried Barry, a Ryan Kruger thing, follows the story of a drug-addled degenerate who, after yet another bender, gets abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as his alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town.

Exclusive: AMC Networks’ genre streamer Shudder has picked up South African horror-thriller Fried Barry for domestic and a host of international territories.

The film is the feature debut from music video director Ryan Kruger and stars newcomer Gary Green as a drug-addled degenerate who takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. The film is an extension of Kruger’s 2017 short of the same name.

Shudder will debut the movie in North America, the UK and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand on May 6.

The pic had its world premiere at the 2020 Cinequest Film Festival and also screened at Sitges, Fantasia, Grimmfest and Fantaspoa. It is produced by James C. Williamson and Kruger and executive produced by Nicolai Fuglsig. Williams and Kruger combined on the screenplay. Also in the cast are Bianka Hartenstein, Sean Cameron Michael, Chanelle de Jager,...