And gruesome special effects?
Yes, its gotplentyof those.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
© Cineverse
How did your involvement in the remake come about?
It was a part of growing up.
So when the producers approached me to do this movie, I knew exactly what the film was.
Ryan Kruger directingStreet Trash. © Cineverse
I wanted to leave it alone, as a fan of the original.
I didnt want to replicate that.
But for me, I wanted to make a sequel.
© Cineverse
For the original fans, people like me, its more of a sequel.
It was very important to capture the prosthetics, and have that gore, have that multicolored goo.
Youve got to have a good story and youve got to have these characters.
© Cineverse
I never thought I would ever be making aStreet Trashmovie, thats for sure!
What made you want to widen the scope like that?
Kruger:For one, it was to get more creative and to do something different.
I think the main thing about the original is the gore, you know what I mean?
If you took the gore out of the film, I dont think everybody would love it as much.
As a fan, thats how I feeland thats what other people have said to me.
Ive always been a fan of any film that doesnt look like modern day because its just boring … 2-Bit had the red dungarees and yellow gloves, which was Roger Rabbit.
We had Chef, [who looks like] Stanley Kubrick.
Hes got the glasses, hes got the jacket, the fur and all that.
The character Alex was Ripley fromAlien.
And then you got Slade and Clover fromEscape From New York.
So there were all these references and little nods.
Some people will get it.
Some people might pick it up on the second time [they watch it].
It was the same thing withFried Barry.
How did you plan out all the special effects?
Kruger:I think theres five major melts in the original film.
And with this we had at I think seven major melts in it, six or seven.
But it was more than the original.
Obviously I wanted to push that.
The makeup effects are all practical, all in-camera.
But its always mixed with like half visual effects … and its really quick and its really fast.
[In the 80s], we were watching it.
Its not cutting away quickly.
I always talk about in [the first]Terminatorwhere hes taking his eye out in the mirror.
It was a lot of fun.
…And thats the thing.
It should be fun.
But at the same time, if youre not having fun, then you shouldnt be making it.
[If youre not having fun], the films going to look boring and feel boring.
io9:Street Trashis coming out through Cineverse, which is also behind theTerrifiermovies.
Whats it feel like to be part of this new wave of low-budget but super-gruesome horror?
Kruger:Its awesome.
I just watchedTerrifierthe other day.
It was a lot of fun.
I love the gore, and the gore is fucking great.
Or if they havent seenFried Barry, it makes them also go watchFried Barry.
So yeah, its amazing to be part of it.
And I appreciate that.
It makes me feel like Im actually doing something right.
I just want to keep making movies.
Thats what I do.
But thats what makes me happy.
Also, I love different genres, so I dont want to be stuck doing just one thing.
It would be cool to branch out and do other types of films as well.
Street Trashis out on digital today, November 19.
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