english title | Oily Maniac |
original title | 油鬼子 |
year | 1976 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | horror |
duration | 84 mins |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Famous director Ho Meng-hua, who gave Jackie Chan and smmo Hung breaks in his early kung-fu films, broke new groung with his horror hit Oily Maniac. Based on a story about a creature that kills people at night and covers them in oil, it stars young actor Danny Lee (a.k.a. Li Hsiu-hsien who hit superstardom in John Woo's The Killer) as the oily maniac.