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The Greasy Strangler (2016)
I love it and I don't know why
This movie is so weird, it left me baffled the first time. But I kept thinking about it, somehow it captivated me. So I watched it the second time, this time with friends, and they too were disappointed at first but couldn't help thinking about it the next day.
It's a bad movie, one would say, but the truth is, it makes you question what even makes a movie bad in one's book. It's gross, the plot is ridiculous, you couldn't care less about the characters, and still! The soundtrack is really catchy, it makes you laugh, it keeps you entertained, the photography is phenomenal at times (the scenes at night really give off an eerie felling) and it sticks with you. I'd rather watch this, a hundred times this, than the umpteenth Netflix flick or generic Hollywood blockbuster. At least The Greasy Strangler has passion. It's self-ironic. And I really love it for what it is: A movie that doesn't want to be a masterpiece, because it knows that it's not the ultimate goal of a movie to be one.