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18 September 1976 (Hong Kong) morePlot:
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero. | full synopsisUser Comments:
A True Cult Classic.. moreCast
(Credited cast)| Ping Chen | ... | Lin Chung Yue | |
| Alan Chui Chung San | |||
| Hsia Hsu | |||
| Lun Hua | |||
| Pei Chi Huang | |||
| Feng Ku | ... | Lin Yang Ba (Chung Yue's father) | |
| Chiu Lee | |||
| Danny Lee | ... | Shen Yuan (as Li Hsiu-hsien) | |
| Sau Kei Lee | |||
| Lily Li | ... | Xiao Ly | |
| Wen-wei Lin | |||
| Hui-Ling Liu | |||
| Terry Liu | |||
| Chen Tien Loong | |||
| Fat Tsui | |||
| Lin Tung | |||
| Chiang Wang | |||
| Han Chen Wang | |||
| Hsieh Wang | (as Wang Hsia) | ||
| Hung Wei | |||
| Shi-Kwan Yen | |||
| Chien Yu | (as Angela Yu Chien) | ||
| Cheung-Yan Yuen | |||
| Corey Yuen | |||
| Woo-ping Yuen |
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Oily Maniac (Hong Kong: English title) (original subtitled version)The Oily Maniac (International: English title)
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I watched this bad boy last night and I simply loved it!
If you are looking for usual Shaw Brothers' martial arts extravaganza you better to skip this one. There's only couple fighting scenes and they ain't nothing special. Oil Monster likes more to stomp, pound and strangle peoples to death than bust some kick-ass kung fu moves.
But if you are B-movie fanatic like me and you like flicks with monsters in the bad costumes, you will love this movie too! Story is based on the old Chinese folk tale.. Crippled man learns magic spell from his uncle who is sentenced to be executed The spell turns him into a Oil Monster and it's payback time! Monster starts to kill bad guys like there's no tomorrow..excellent!
'You gui zi a.k.a Oily Maniac' ain't horror, I would categorize it as a cheesy superhero tragedy. Yeah, that's right..
Monster itself is like when Superman meets Mr. Hyde and Swamp Thing. This Chinese Toxic Avenger is really cheap looking in bad costume with shining yellow eyes and heart stuck to the chest. Special effects are hilariously poor, especially when Oil Monster turns pool of oil and starts to move around.
'Oily Maniac' has lots of nudity and lots of sexual violence. Every Female character shows their boobs, except Lily Li. Don't show this film to your feminist girlfriend because there's plenty of rape scenes that she couldn't handle.
This movie could be more entertaining with more gore. There's couple of smashed skulls, but nothing more. This might be filmed at same time with Black Magic (by same director Meng Hua Ho), as many of the locations looks pretty similar. The plot is entertaining and acting isn't bad, actually pretty decent. Danny Lee shines in this as usually.
In overall, if you want to see piece of Chinese b-movie cult cinema you need to check this one out.
I also recommend Meng Hua Ho's King Kong -rip off 'The Mighty Peking Man'.
I give 'You Gui Zi' a.k.a 'The Oily Maniac' 7 1/2 oil-stained corpses out of 10