Elijah Wood Producing New Horror Movie THE GREASY STRANGLER

According to Entertainment Weekly, Elijah Wood's SpectreVision is partnering with Drafthouse Films, Rook Films and Timpson Films to produce the upcoming horror flick THE GREASY STRANGLER.

The film follows a character named Ronnie who "runs a Disco Walking tour in L.A. along with his browbeaten son, Brayden. When a sexy, alluring woman comes to take the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also signals the appearance of an oily, slimy inhuman MANIAC who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent, soon dubbed 'The Greasy Strangler.' "

Jim Hosking will direct the film, which is set to begin filming in LA later this year.

"When Ant Timpson sent us Jim and Toby's script, we all agreed that it was the most disgusting, vile, and all-around grotesquely hilarious piece of cinema we'd ever read, with imagery we will likely never dislodge from our tender, greasy brains," Wood said, per EW. "And that is why it must exist!"

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