The Greasy Strangler

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The Greasy Strangler

Released Oct 7, 2016

1h 33m

Horror

Comedy

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Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) runs a disco walking tour along with his browbeaten son, Brayden (Sky Elobar). When a sexy, alluring woman named Janet (Elizabeth De Razzo) comes to take the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also brings about the appearance of an oily, slimy, inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent-soon dubbed the Greasy Strangler.

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Critics Consensus

The Greasy Strangler definitely isn't for everyone, but filmgoers in step with its off-kilter stride are in store for a singular cinematic experience.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Blue Lenses

You embrace The Greasy Strangler for what it is: surrender to its vile idiocy and have the time of your life, or walk away, dull, boring and oh-so-clever.

Aug 25, 2018

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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Complex

Despite its repulsiveness, The Greasy Strangler has a dreamlike quality about it: It's so un-life-like, that you're transported to a fantasy world that's unmistakably a cinematic creation.

Feb 23, 2017

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Andy Webster

New York Times

Its willful determination to be outré proves its undoing.

Oct 27, 2016

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

Definitely should have been a short film.

Rated: 4/10

Apr 26, 2021

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May Leitz

Nyx Fears

Make this the greasiest feast since that goose you cooked on Christmas...a good time for all, and a great excuse to let loose and become your most primal self.

Mar 11, 2021

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

The Greasy Strangler becomes an exhausting slog. Such paltry ambitions make the film the exact opposite of everything it's longing to be. In a word, it's boring.

Jan 5, 2021

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Vince S

Hilarious. HORRIBLE but Great! Don't take it too seriously and you'll enjoy it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/01/25

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Emily R

Bullsh!t artist 💯 fast forward to the mundane, rewind to the absurd.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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BM M

I don't write reviews but for this one I had to. That was the most original movie I have seen in awhile. Other people mentioning Napoleon Dynamite, it definitely has that vibe but on a way different level of absurdity. I will be revisiting this at some point. It's not for everyone, but for those film lovers with an open mind and a bit of a warped sense of humor this is for you.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/12/25

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laura S

it sure was different lol

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Bob L

Napoleon Dynamite with a twist.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Rich C

Loved this film! Worth the watch!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Jim Hosking

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Big Ronnie

Sky Elobar

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Synopsis

Ronnie (Michael St. Michaels) runs a disco walking tour along with his browbeaten son, Brayden (Sky Elobar). When a sexy, alluring woman named Janet (Elizabeth De Razzo) comes to take the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also brings about the appearance of an oily, slimy, inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent-soon dubbed the Greasy Strangler.

Director: Jim Hosking
Producer: Elijah Wood, Tim League, Ant Timpson, Andrew Starke, Josh C. Waller, Daniel Noah
Screenwriter: Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard
Distributor: FilmRise
Production Co: SpectreVision, Rook Films
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.7K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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