The Oily Maniac (1976)
May 13th, 2011 by Mr. C
Director: Ho Meng Hua
Produced by Shaw Brother Studios (1976)
Actors: Danny Lee, Chen Ping, Lily Li, Hua Lun
Genre: Horror, exploitation
Make sure to secure your quarts,gallons,and drums of engine oil, y’all! The OILY MANIAC is coming ‘atcha! This movie is another fine example of a Shaw Brother produced horror & exploitation joint at its best or worst depending on your point of view! How can you deny boobs, blood, & oil, I say?! Danny Lee plays the character of a lawyer on crutches stricken with polio. (And YES, this is the same Danny Lee that plays the good cop in John Woo’s, “The Killer”). His uncle who owns a coconut garden oil factory is framed for murder when a dirtbag business conglomerate fashions a plan to try and take over the company as well as some prized female possessions! While the Uncle is destined for death, Danny Lee’s character begins to unravel the truth behind the shenanigans which involves a crooked lawyer taking bribes from both parties while taking advantage of his clients & the defendants under the horrid circumstances. Danny would meet with his Uncle one last time as uncle Bah Ba passes on a secret spell that is tattooed on his back which will ultimately give birth to the wd40 monster, the OILY MANIAC! Danny cannot hide his emotions any longer when his love interest gets taken advantage of which then progresses further by her sleeping with the enemy! This quadrupled with Danny’s undressing of the conspiracy theory with uncle bah ba’s misfortunes & further frustrations of his polio disease leads to the inspiration of the Oily Maniac casted from this secret spell! He uses the oil slicked monster to take revenge on the evil doers as he morphs from human to monster when he douses & drowns himself in oil! While in monster format, he can also turn into a pool of oil to mask himself as he travels from scene to scene often magically reappearing in liquid format in local plumbing pipes to the bathtub to the ceiling to the ground before morphing into the well oiled 15w40 monster! His powers include possessing extraordinary strength & the ability to regenerate his body parts! With the intention of using the well oiled monster for good killings?, his rage gets the best of him when he starts to use the power to kill for love or the lack thereof! You may or may not be surprised on the method of his demise! The special effects & costume of the Oily Maniac is suspect almost hilarious, but the acting, story, & overall production of the movie is pretty darn entertaining! I guess you can say THE OILY MANIAC is a mashup of THE BLOB & the TOXIC AVENGER…chinese style! Saying yes the Oily Maniac is saying yes to breasteses, blob, blood, & oil! You will never look at an ordinary quart of oil in the same way again!
Tags: chen ping, danny lee, exploitation, ho meng hua, horror, hua lun, lily li, oily maniac, shaw brothers
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