Massacre Mafia Style (also known as The Executioner or Like Father, Like Son) is a 1974 independent film written, directed, produced by, and starring Italian-American crooner-actor Duke Mitchell.

"[1] Massacre Mafia Style was written, produced, self-financed and directed by Duke Mitchell, and was accumulated from all of his real-life run-ins with similar characters and mob stories.

[2][3] Duke Mitchell was an actor and singer (providing the singing voice of Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones cartoons)[4][5] and was once part of a comedy duo with partner Sammy Petrillo who together starred in the 1952 cult film Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla with Bela Lugosi of Dracula fame.

[7] Mitchell went on to become a well-known crooner and nightclub act in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and as such, was known as the “King” of Palm Springs and ran in some of the same circles as pal Frank Sinatra.

Several of Mitchell's projects never saw the light of day, including his next film Gone with the Pope which only existed as a work print when it was found in a garage by Grindhouse Releasing’s Bob Murawski and Sage Stallone.

Mimi, having been affected by the death of his wife shortly after conceiving a son, seeks to make ends meet by intending to resume the family business in Los Angeles and get the "pimps and bookmakers".

Mimi heads to the Hollywood area in Los Angeles, where he seeks the help of his longtime friend and mafioso, Jolly Rizzo (Vic Caesar), who works as a bartender.

Now having satisfied most of his goals and being at a loss for the death of his associates, Mimi returns to Sicily to reunite with his son and the Padrone for a family gathering.

Mitchell was said to have been inspired by 1972's The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola and makes a reference to the famous movie in his dialogue, without naming it specifically.

It has been edited and restored by cult film distributor Grindhouse Releasing which has also re-released Massacre Mafia Style on Blu-ray and DVD.

[3] Nathanial Thompson of TCM (Turner Classic Movies) Underground called the film “mind-bending” adding that “with Duke Mitchell's cult following steadily building on what seems to be a daily basis, one can only wonder how far and wide the legacy of this entertainment jack of all trades will go.”[2] Josh Hurtado of Twitchfilm commented that it's “the rare film that is BETTER than its trailer... a great forgotten gem.”[11] The reviewers at the Las Vegas Sun noted that Massacre Mafia Style is “a virtual torrent of bloodshed” and that it “makes the GODFATHER movies look like Sunday school picnic outings!”