The Greasy Strangler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/The_Greasy_Strangler_poster.jpg/220px-The_Greasy_Strangler_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Greasy Strangler" border="0" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/The_Greasy_Strangler_poster.jpg/220px-The_Greasy_Strangler_poster.jpg" title="The Greasy Strangler" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Greasy Strangler is a 2016 American exploitation black comedy horror film directed by Jim Hosking and written by Jim Hosking and Toby Harvard. The film stars Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Abdoulaye NGom, and Holland MacFallister. The film is scheduled to be released on October 7, 2016, by <a href="http://filmrise.com/">FilmRise</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Middle-aged schlub Brayden (Sky Elobar) lives with his cantankerous father, Big Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels). Together they run the family business, leading “Disco Tours” of nondescript sites that boogie kings of yesteryear allegedly once visited. Ronnie likes his food swimming in grease — and despite his unasked-for frequent denials, is clearly the titular fiend who runs around killing people while covered in fat and oil. When hapless Brayden somehow attracts the romantic interest of tour-goer Janet (Elizabeth De Razzo), Dad becomes jealously competitive for her attentions. Meanwhile the father and son’s few clients and acquaintances keep falling victim to greasy deaths, leading Breydan to suspect the obvious.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The film’s range of humor is fully disclosed within the first few minutes, and it quite insistently repeats them ad nauseum: unappealing nudity, closeups of unappetizing food, men dressed in tacky retro women’s clothing, childishly crude dialogue, deliberately cheesy gore f/x. The result will efficiently clear a room of those inclined toward taking offense, while leaving most others bored. Comparisons can be drawn to John Waters and Harmony Korine, among others, but they do not flatter “The Greasy Strangler.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The performers gamely dedicate themselves to their own humiliation, and hopefully were well compensated. In contrast to the general infantilism of its outre bad-taste content, the feature is reasonably crafted in tech and design aspects, with careful attention to garish detail in costume and production design, while Marten Tedin’s lensing is a few notches better than the film deserves. On the other hand, Andrew Hung’s dweezly, Residents-influenced score underlines a sense of absurdism that stubbornly remains on the peepee/caca level.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qDEYDZD5hgc/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDEYDZD5hgc?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

The Greasy Strangler

The Greasy Strangler is a 2016 American exploitation black comedy horror film directed by Jim Hosking and written by Jim Hosking and ...

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