steveoboyle
Apparently the guy who made this movie was heavily influenced by "The Young Ones" and David Lynch.
This was neither as funny as the former and much less weird than the latter.
Exactly what it was trying to achieve I am unsure, but it did leave me feeling a little queasy, if that was the director's mission.
I was left thinking how, as a horror, gross-out movie or comedy, it really failed to be any of those things.
It's like it was trying too hard to shock, yet completely forgot to entertain.
A Troma rip- off that fails to deliver.
JÄnis Locis
Definitely a very weird movie, most people will absolutely hate it and turn it off in the first couple of minutes. Is it great? Not really, but it is something very bizarre and has some shock value to it.Nowadays it is extremely hard to surprise the audience with something incredibly grose, bizarre and just flat out obscene. This movie achieves that perfectly, it is insanely weird and paired with the funky over the top weird music this movie has an incredibly awkward and disturbing vibe. I will give this film props for creating a feeling of this sort for me as it is usually impossible to surprise me anymore.Do not watch this if you expect any clever plot twists or anything of that sort. This film does not have any of that, in fact it has no premise at all and next to no plot. Watch this if you want to something unseen, unique and totally screwed up. The movie showcases the most bizarrely awkward father - son relationship you will ever see in your life, guaranteed.
sol-
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'.
Pumpkin_Man
How The Greasy Strangler didn't get Nominated for Best Picture, I'll never know. All I know is that it's probably the weirdest, silliest, funniest, sexiest, dirtiest, greasiest horror comedy I've ever seen. I only call it a 'horror comedy' because there is a naked killer all covered in grease and kills people. I put this movie right up there with Tommy Wiseau's The Room, another one of my all-time favorite films. The father/son team duo are so quirky and awkward, you can't help but laugh.Big Ronnie and his son, Brayden give a disco tour for a living. A girl named Janet takes the tour and starts flirting with Brayden. They start a weird relationship, then Ronnie gets jealous, so he makes the moves on her too. Meanwhile, there is a naked killer stalking the streets, covered in grease and strangling anyone who gets in his way. If you love weird offbeat quirky dark comedies, you'll love THE GREASY STRANGLER!!!
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