The Oily Maniac

1976 [CHINESE]

Action / Crime / Horror

4
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 1119 1.1K

Plot summary

A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.

Director

Meng Hua Ho Photo
Meng Hua Ho

Top cast

Angela Yu Chien Photo
Angela Yu Chien as (Guest star)
Corey Yuen Photo
Corey Yuen
Han Chiang Photo
Han Chiang
Lily Li Photo
Lily Li as Hsiao Li
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
807.3 MB
1280*532
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.46 GB
1916*796
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Clarkashton756 7 / 10

Much better than it looks

This is a great alternative to the crazy "Toxic Avenger", best acted with better actors and also makes you laugh more without all that nonsense vulgarity.Shaw Brothers are a guarantee if you want to spend an hour and a half having fun in front of a good, completely recreational audiovisual product and above all without getting bored for a second.Very well written, well acted, great photography, the monster is a bit of a cardboard, but it creates its mystical atmosphere all the same.Undoubtedly best of all the various Troma, Jess Franco and other pieces of junk that today are acclaimed by fans for no reason.
Reviewed by christopher-underwood 6 / 10

fantastic having a 1976 Hong Kong exploitation movie look so good but here even 84 minutes seems a long time.

This would probably amuse a young adolescent male, what with the rampaging oil covered monster interrupting fairly explicit sexual goings and other non consensual abuses. Just about of interest too as an example of the myths and legends out of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, where some of this is filmed. For the general viewer, this is problematic, not due to any lack of cinematic skills, the Shaw brothers tend to know their audience and be able to cater for it but their is a distinct lack of focus. The oily maniac is pretty well done as far as the effects department go and whether it is the life size monster or the mere puddle that can slide under doors all is fairly satisfactory (especially helped by Jaws like rip off music to accompany each rampage) but there is no consistency as to his actions and those around him. Whilst all the girls who have their tops torn off are lovely the support acting is generally poor and with so much running about without anyone (us included) knowing why, those eyelids begin to drop. Fun in places and fantastic having a 1976 Hong Kong exploitation movie look so good but here even 84 minutes seems a long time.
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