I'm struggling to find a complete copy of this movie, but when I read the words "shot on video Greek remake of Maniac," I have to share some of it.
The Strangler of Syngrou was directed by Dimitris Tzelas and written by Alexandros Diamantis. It stars Apostolos Souglakos in the role that Joe Spinell made famous. Diamantis was a professional wrestler who didn't just moonlight as an actor. He also recorded two comedy rap albums.
He plays Angel, a man who was abused by his mother as a child who grew into a larger and more muscular man that got a job as a mannequin maker. He got married to a woman named Mary who sadly died and to keep her in his life, he creates a life-size doll of her that stays in bed all day and has now taken on the voice and behavior of his mother, belittling him and telling him what to do.
That "what to do" is kill women at night then leave behind a rose and make a doll of them that he keeps in his apartment along with Mary.
It also is packed with nudity - from men, women, transgender actors and Diamantis - and has its lead dress as a woman for several scenes.
So yes, while I can't find the full video - yet - I have some clips, including one that has disco dancing at a club filled with neon called Barbarella and Angel speaking in the ear of his doll lover. This one has three minutes of more disco dancing while another has two streetwalkers smoking and talking. I also found this English dubbed comedy trailer.
Making this even more interesting is that it outright rips off music like Vangelis' work on the Blade Runner soundtrack, Giorgio Moroder's Cat People soundtrack, Swiss synthpop singer Daphné Hendrickx AKA Do Piano singing "Again" and "Simply the Best" by Tina Turner. There's also a porn VHS within the movie called Mondo New Wave Harlots - alert Gregory Dark and the estates of Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara and Franco E. Prosperi - that are inserts, giving this movie hardcore scenes.
If you have this movie, please let me know. I don't know if anything has been more created for more consumption.
The Strangler of Syngrou was directed by Dimitris Tzelas and written by Alexandros Diamantis. It stars Apostolos Souglakos in the role that Joe Spinell made famous. Diamantis was a professional wrestler who didn't just moonlight as an actor. He also recorded two comedy rap albums.
He plays Angel, a man who was abused by his mother as a child who grew into a larger and more muscular man that got a job as a mannequin maker. He got married to a woman named Mary who sadly died and to keep her in his life, he creates a life-size doll of her that stays in bed all day and has now taken on the voice and behavior of his mother, belittling him and telling him what to do.
That "what to do" is kill women at night then leave behind a rose and make a doll of them that he keeps in his apartment along with Mary.
It also is packed with nudity - from men, women, transgender actors and Diamantis - and has its lead dress as a woman for several scenes.
So yes, while I can't find the full video - yet - I have some clips, including one that has disco dancing at a club filled with neon called Barbarella and Angel speaking in the ear of his doll lover. This one has three minutes of more disco dancing while another has two streetwalkers smoking and talking. I also found this English dubbed comedy trailer.
Making this even more interesting is that it outright rips off music like Vangelis' work on the Blade Runner soundtrack, Giorgio Moroder's Cat People soundtrack, Swiss synthpop singer Daphné Hendrickx AKA Do Piano singing "Again" and "Simply the Best" by Tina Turner. There's also a porn VHS within the movie called Mondo New Wave Harlots - alert Gregory Dark and the estates of Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara and Franco E. Prosperi - that are inserts, giving this movie hardcore scenes.
If you have this movie, please let me know. I don't know if anything has been more created for more consumption.
