Matando gueros !!!
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
"Shaw Bros" Bizarre Flix 2/3 - You gui zi aka The Oily Maniac - Meng Hua Ho - HK - (1976)
Plot from Imdb: "A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero."
Second entry in our "Shaw Bros." Bizarre flix week, this one is a weird one. Obviously inspired by the American monster movies from the 50's and by the "Swamp Thing" comic , it deals with magic and corruption. Sleazy in its depiction of the corruption, it's great, and only, interest resides in the monster itself as I had never seen anything like it: An Oily Monster ? C'mon !! The most hilarious parts are when the hero needs to transform asap, as he has to get in contact with oil. Great scenes of him plunging into an oil barrel or pouring oil on himself from a gas station follow...The rest is b-movie like: ridiculous fights with a man in a suit, stupid and romantic involvement of the hero with a young innocent girl, bad guys, more evil than the devil himself. You get the picture.
At the end of the day, a great little gem from HK, for the lover of strange monsters and the those who have an hour or so to kill....
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