strangler handling of deadpan and grotesque cruelty and black humour be somewhat similar to the mixture alex de la iglesia would perfect in his movie a decade later . the tonal shift from horror to humour and back again be do well and with only an occasional unevenness and but the film artificiality ( voiceover narration and intertitles and grotesque exaggeration and etc . ) may alienate some viewer . sijan be to be commend for his courage in parody a genre that have never be too popular with serbian moviegoer in the first place . strangler thematic and stylistic subversiveness be part of the fresh air in serbian cinema at the time and inspire by the new wave movement represent a wide front of artist and critic base around belgrade student cultural center and involve in alternative rocknroll and literature and art and the movie . the picture be show at the san francisco international film festival in the mid 80 and and i be surprise to meet an american poet there who could recite memorable line from strangler a full twenty year later ( some of them in serbian . ) . it be a testament to this film last power which and unfortunately and remain limited only to serbian filmgoers since an english dubbed dvd be still nowhere in sight .