The Greasy Strangler

Weirdest movie i have ever seen. Cannot be recommended but i cannot not recommend it either. I don't condemn anybody who gives it a rating of 1 out of 10 but i can see how it could get a 10 out of 10 too. From the bat**it crazy soundtrack to the gratuitous full on male nudity that peppers the entire movie you are in for an experience if nothing else. Do not go into this without being warned, you will hate it and love it (delete as applicable) It's a horror movie with some weird gross out scenes, a love story with some weird gross out sex scenes and a comedy movie with some weird gross out scenes. It's funny in a kind of "never seen that before" way - you will tell your buddies about it. Watch it because you'll be glad you had, even if you hate it, if that makes sense.

A middle-aged social misfit is forced to confront the possibility that his abusive father is the local serial killer in this outlandish black comedy. This is not the easiest film to warm to with deliberately over-the-top performances, repetitive dialogue and the two male leads constantly wandering around nude, however, the pure wackiness on display has a certain charm. There are also several very funny moments as Michael St. Michaels keeps complaining "you probably think I'm the greasy strangler!" when everyone from hotdog vendors to his own son refuses to put more grease on his food, and as he dons bizarre outfits without giving a second thought to how he looks. Not all of the jokes work, with far too much toilet humour in the mix, but it is an amusing film from start to finish with all its weirdness. What's more, the film even spins an at-times touching tale of father and son coming to understand and appreciate one another in the backdrop. This is certainly not a movie for all tastes, but in between the pitch perfect electro funk music score, the imaginative costumes and the surprisingly decent makeup effects, there is a lot here to like. The film admittedly goes a little off the deep end towards the end and gets a little too weird for its own good, but this might otherwise be the most refreshingly unusual horror-comedy since 'Otto; or Up with Dead People'.

I tried describing this film to a friend. It's labeled a horror comedy, but I didn't find it scary or funny. The latter is not meant to be an insult, because there's a definite unique style that would work for some people.

The most apt analogy I can make is that it's a live action Beavis and Butthead world done by the cast of Shameless.

Characters that would be considered as a weird outlier in any other work seems to be par for the course here. Everything is weird, awkward, and unsettling but not in a creepy way.

I rate it a 6 because after I was done watching all I could really say was "Yup. I watched that." but it's very easily either the best film you'll ever see, or one of the worst, depending on what you want from it.

Imagine if Napoleon Dynamite and Junji Ito's Glyceride somehow had a baby - the offspring would be The Greasy Strangler.

In this un-thriller, a thoroughly unattractive father and son navigate their strained relationship while dealing with a rash of murders in their town that have been committed by a not-so-mysterious killer who carries out said murders while coated in a thick layer of sopping, crusted grease. Don't worry about gory effects making you feel ill during this film, those are hilarious. The copious amounts of K-Y jelly and other unidentifiable greasy substances throughout the film do a fine job of squicking the viewer out instead. Despite the stomach-churning visuals, the script, delivery and several sight gags contain enough surreal humor to make this film enjoyable for those who are partial to that kind of thing.

If you have a weak stomach, I do not recommend eating snacks like pizza or anything with a lot of olive oil during the course of this film.

And the award for most consistently messed up, incomprehensibly bizarre, totally bonkers and disgustingly greasy movie ever made goes to….***drum roll***… The Greasy Strangler, directed by Jim Hosking, the man who gave us the incredibly warped 'G for Grandad' segment from ABCs of Death 2. Cue applause from fans of f••ked-up cinema all over the world…

The Greasy Strangler stars Sky Elobar as Big Brayden, a tubby lank-haired loser who still lives at home with his father, Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels), a grease obsessed disco tour guide who, in his spare time, likes to coat his naked body with oily goop and strangle people until their eyes pop out. When Brayden meets and falls for Janet (Elizabeth De Razzo) during one of his father's tours, Ronnie does his best to spoil the burgeoning romance.

It would take an age for me to list all that is wrong (or right, depending on your point of view) with this film, but I think that I only need to mention that old man Ronnie has a massive pointy pecker that he proudly displays at most opportunities in order to illustrate my point. Even his purple disco suit has a special netting panel to keep his todger in plain sight. If this kind of shock tactic appeals to your sense of bad taste, then dive on in, 'cos there's plenty more where that comes from.