1976 · horror · shaw-brothers · monster
Oily Maniac
Directed by Ho Meng-Hua1h 24m1976
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
Our read: Oily Maniac (1976) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive horror · shaw-brothers · monster entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured horror / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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“You want sleazy 70s Hong Kong body horror about an oily monster's brutal revenge.”
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