Ronnie, a pathological liar who fabricates stories about disco groups like the Bee Gees, runs a disco-themed walking location tour in his town, alongside his son Brayden, who aspires to be a space fantasy author.

At night, Ronnie completely covers himself in grease and strangles residents of the town, soon becoming dubbed "The Greasy Strangler".

After his killings, he cleans himself of the grease by standing in a car wash run by a blind man named Paul.

Jody concludes that the oil is meaningless circumstantial evidence, and demands that they end all inquiries about Ronnie having committed the murders.

In a surreal turn of events, they then witness themselves being executed by firing squad, watching as confetti and champagne explode from their heads.

The site's consensus states: "The Greasy Strangler definitely isn't for everyone, but filmgoers in step with its off-kilter stride are in store for a singular cinematic experience.

[7] Peter Bradshaw, also of The Guardian, described the film as providing "uncompromising yuckiness" as well as laughs, in a three-star review.

[8] In contrast, Wendy Ide of the Guardian’s sister paper The Observer gave it zero stars, stating “there’s nothing to this relentlessly inane horror comedy once you get past all the genitals” and describing it as “Like an early John Waters movie but without the sophistication”.

[9] More than seven years after the original review, in a column of critics reappraising their zero-star reviews, Ide doubled down on her scathing criticism: “I probably could have tolerated […] all the artless, attention-seeking gross-out antics and the barely veiled contempt for the characters and the audience – if the film wasn’t also so thuddingly tedious.”[10] James Franco wrote an article about The Greasy Strangler for his 'James Franco's Movie Column' in Indiewire: "Fake Penises Aren't the Only Funny Thing About The Greasy Strangler.