Line #7 Film/TheGreasyStrangler


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"No, no, no! This poster simply isn't greasy enough!"'']]
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4	->'''Brayden:''' My dad can get cranky sometimes.\
5	'''Janet:''' He sure has a temper on him.\
6	'''Brayden:''' [[{{Jerkass}} He likes to shout.]] [[ThePollyanna I like to smile.]]
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8	''The Greasy Strangler'' is a comedy-horror film released on October 7th, 2016. The film is set in Los Angeles and follows Ronnie and his son, Brayden, who run a disco tour. When Brayden meets a woman named Janet on one of their tours, the relationship between father and son comes under threat as Ronnie and Brayden compete for the woman's affection. Meanwhile, a serial killer called [[TitleDrop the Greasy Strangler]] stalks the streets.
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10	Notable for being [[NauseaFuel very]] [[{{Squick}} very greasy.]]
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12	!!''The Greasy Strangler'' includes examples of:
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14	* BadLiar: Big Ronnie. He's certainly a "bullshit artist" but not a very good one.
15	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Janet seems to be playing Ronnie and Brayden against each other, or at the very least is so indecisive that she's willing to leave one for the other at the drop of a hat. She nods when Brayden asks her if she is a "bullshit artist" herself.
16	* BodyHorror: For one thing, the way the titular killer's victims' eyes pop out when he strangles them. Then there's the scene where [[spoiler:Oinker]] is revealed to have no [[TheNoseless nose]].
17	* BigBeautifulWoman: Janet is noticeably pudgy but is considered attractive by Brayden and Ronnie.
18	* CoveredInGunge: [[spoiler:Big Ronnie]] as the Greasy Strangler [[spoiler:and Big Brayden at the end.]]
19	* DirtyOldMan: Ronnie plays this role proudly, constantly objectifying women in his anecdotes and treating Janet like a prize to be won.
20	* EarAche: The death of [[spoiler:Ricky Prickles.]]
21	* EyeScream: What happens to the Strangler's victims; their eyes literally pop out of their sockets. Which he then eats.
22	* FanDisservice: Hope you like watching a wrinkly elderly man [[spoiler:and later an out-of-shape middle-aged man]] run around covered only in thick grease. And having sex. And [[ItMakesSenseInContext erotically fondling an oily grapefruit]].
23	* GagPenis: Big Ronnie lives up to his name. [[TeenyWeenie Big Brayden not so much]].
24	* GainaxEnding: Having [[spoiler:murdered Janet]], Ronnie and Brayden reconcile and decide to kill [[spoiler:Ricky Prickles, the guy who Ronnie's wife ran off with]]. After this, they run off into the woods where they witness [[spoiler:themselves being shot by a firing squad]]. The film ends with the two of them menacing the camera.
25	%%* {{Gasshole}}: Big Ronnie.
26	* GenreBusting: Website/TheOtherWiki refers to it as a "[[BlackComedy black comedy]] [[{{Horror}} horror]]" film. The Creator/YorgosLanthimos-style dryness and the [[GrossOutShow gross-out]] imagery make any classification seem reductive.
27	* GrossoutShow: It's about a guy who runs around covered a thick grease. How could it not be this?
28	* InformedAttractiveness: Janet carries no pronounced sexual characteristics other than just being [[BigBeautifulWoman a larger woman]]. Brayden and his dad, however, are absolutely lusting after her from her very first scene. The official description for the film even refers to her as "a sexy woman."
29	* MotorMouth: The Indian Tourist. But only when he says the word "potato".
30	* MyBelovedSmother: Big Ronnie is a paternal example.
31	* OverlyLongGag:
32	** POTATO!!
33	** Big Ronnie arguing with his tour group about free drinks.
34	** "Bullshit artist!"
35	** "Hootie Tootie Disco Cutie!"
36	* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Big Ronnie]] as the detective.
37	* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: It's mostly a comedy, if a very baffling, surreal, and uncomfortable one, where scenes that go on for a questionably long time are used to purposefully drive a joke into the ground rather than establish any kind of tension. Even the primary threat, the titular strangler, is so outlandish in his presentation and so cartoonishly over the top in how he strangles people, that his kills mostly elicit laughter.
38	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Well not so much a food item as a ''texture'': Big Ronnie wants his food as greasy as humanly possible. He wants enough grease to lubricate the world. This includes fruit.
39	* WellDoneSonGuy: Brayden, when he isn't pushing back on Ronnie's abusive behavior. [[spoiler:The film ends with Ronnie finally admitting that he cares about Brayden]].
40	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Janet hits it off with Brayden about as woodenly as anyone else, but what motivates her to dump him and start dating Big Ronnie is anyone's guess (well, there is [[GagPenis one thing]]). Brayden eventually persuades her back to his side with minimal effort.

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