Episode 152 The Greasy Strangler
If you can imagine a weathered Napoleon Dynamite, directed by Tim & Eric, and slathered in tasteless John Waters-style shock, you might be close to how The Greasy Strangler (2016) comes across. Overstuffed with unappetizing food, designedly grotesque nudity, and rake-in-the-face repetition comedy, this movie made Matt retroactively nauseous over a meal he’d eaten hours before watching it. We’re several weeks into self-isolation and the cracks are starting to show as we consider the merits of censorship, Lou Reed’s take on Police Academy, and Fairuza Balk’s drama bomb this week on Ex Rated Movies!