‘Street Trash’ Returns in Gloopy 4K Glory With Limited Collector’s Edition Release

Street Trash melts back onto screens and shelves with a restored 4K release and VHS-style collector’s packaging.

There are certain movies that don’t just age—they rot in place, get rediscovered, and come back even nastier. Street Trash is one of those films, and now it’s getting the kind of release that leans all the way into what it is.

For UK readers, Lightbulb Film Distribution has announced that the 1987 cult-horror Street Trash is getting a Limited Collector’s Edition 4K UHD Blu-ray release on April 27, alongside a digital rollout. And this isn’t a light touch remaster. The film has been restored from the original negative, bringing all of that melted, neon-soaked chaos into a format that’s probably going to make it look even more unhinged.

Directed by J. Michael Muro and made on an estimated $100,000 budget, Street Trash sits in that very specific corner of horror history—the kind that helped define what people now call “melt movies.” It’s grimy, it’s excessive, and it doesn’t really try to clean itself up for anyone. The story follows two runaways living in a Brooklyn junkyard, but the real problem isn’t survival—it’s a batch of decades-old Tenafly Viper liquor that’s gone completely wrong, turning anyone who drinks it into something far worse than dead.

This new release understands exactly what fans want. The Collector’s Edition is limited to 2,000 copies and packaged inside a full VHS-style box, leaning into the era the film came from. It includes over five hours of new extras, freshly recorded audio commentaries, and exclusive artwork and inserts designed by Graham Humphreys, with additional material from Jason Impey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1YLZPyIM0M

To push it even further, Street Trash is also heading back to theaters across the UK and Ireland for select one-night screenings in May, including stops at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, CultPlex in Manchester, and Broadway in Nottingham.

Lightbulb’s Commercial Director Matthew Kreuzer made it clear this release is about going all in on the film’s identity, calling it a celebration of the movie in all its “gloopy, gunky glory,” and making sure the package delivers something fans can actually hold onto—not just stream and forget.

Street Trash hits 4K UHD and digital on April 27, with theatrical screenings rolling out in May. If you know, you already know what this is. And if you don’t, this is probably the messiest way to find out.