Odds and Ends

The other day, I watched the gory cult classic "Street Trash". I have the DVD, but haven't watched it in maybe five years. It's a classic exploitation gem from the '80s. I won't get too far into it here, but basically the story revolves around a seedy liquor store owner that finds a case of sixty year old booze hidden away in his basement. Wanting to make cash quick, he charges the local bums a dollar a bottle for the rot-gut he's discovered.

But the booze has gone bad, and anyone that imbibes in a nip either melts, falls apart in chunks, or explodes. As you can imagine, it's super nasty. Unprepared viewers will need to take a shower afterwards. But one of the coolest and most intriguing things about this movie is that for YEARS it was a hard to find crown jewel in the VHS enthusiasts' circle. You couldn't find it anywhere. But that all changed when Synapse Films graciously re-mastered this classic and put it on DVD, a copy of which I'm fortunate enough to have.

So I pop the movie in and enjoy for the first time in half a decade. When finished, I open up the case to put the DVD away (Any good movie buff needs to have their collection organized). And then I notice the STICKERS that Synapse put in with their DVDs of "Street Trash". I had TOTALLY forgotten about these! They're stickers made to look like the labels of the melty booze Tenafly Viper, which you could put on anything you please. Fucking awesome!

I also noticed, during the credits of "Street Trash", this strange line left by director J. Michael Muro, "Thanks, Anita, for taking me to see I Drink Your Blood when I was six."

I decided to investigate, and also give you guys an insight of what goes through my head and the train of thought I have when someone mentions a movie to me. I had never seen or heard of "I Drink Your Blood", but upon this movie being given a nod I remembered I have many, many, books on horror flicks. Among them, old copies of John McCarty's Official Splatter Movie Guide.

I wondered what the hell "I Drink Your Blood" was about. In the first volume of this series, I found the entry of what I was looking for. All this took seconds. No need to boot up the computer and go on Google. No need for a smartphone. Just creepy old tomes on horror films. I'm the movie equivalent to Professor Armitage. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? You be the judge.