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Dr. Giggles
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by Universal Home Video
Sales Rank: 23964
Price: $19.99
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Strictly for horror buffs with an appetite for gratuitous gore and bloodshed, <i>Dr. Giggles</i> is appropriately titled, since the title character (played by Larry Drake, best known as Benny from TV's <i>L.A. Law</i>) is a psychotic killer who chuckles uncontrollably as he eviscerates his victims. Having escaped from a mental hospital, he returns to the town where he was raised to seek bloody revenge on those responsible for the death of his mad doctor father. His chosen payback method is a lot of unnecessary surgery. But then he takes pity on a teenaged girl who desperately needs a heart transplant. Of course, he's got plenty of involuntary donors! That should tell you enough to know if you'd actually want to watch this movie, which is actually worth a few laughs--or at least a few giggles--if you're into this kind of thing. Drake puts everything he's got into his performance, and you have to admire his effort in the service of a lost cause. <i>--Jeff Shannon</i>
Viewer Reviews
At a mental hospital, a patient nicknamed Dr. Giggles (Larry Drake) because of his giggling whenever he kills someone has escaped. His father was considered a great doctor as now he follows his footsteps by wearing a doctor coat and has a medical kit full of stuff like stomach-pump, scapal, bonesaw, syringes filled with chemicals etc. as he uses them to terrorize a small town's folk to kill them, he also stalks a beautiful young girl with a bad heart as he needs her for a sick experiment.
Well made and funny splatter slasher comedy from Dark Horse productions who would later give us "The Mask", "Sin City" and "Hellboy 1 & 2". The film does offer some cringe-inducing sequences of murder like a probe up some lady's nose then into the brain and a stomach-pump sequence that will gross you out. The acting is decent and the make-up effects are chilling, but there is some dark sick humor presented in the motion picture. Fans of slasher flicks should give this one a try as it's one of the most overlooked and enjoyable horror entries of the 90's.
This DVD does have great picture and sound but there's no trailer or other extras, oh well at least it's back on DVD.
Also recommended: "The New York Ripper", "American Psycho", "The Hills Have Eyes (2006)", "Scream Trilogy", "Saw Series", "Hostel 1 & 2", "The Untold Story", "A Nightmare on Elm Street Saga", "Friday The 13th Series", "Freddy Vs. Jason", "Sleepaway Camp Series", "Halloween Series and 2007 remake", "Maniac (1980)", "Terror Train", "The Devil's Rejects", "House of 1000 Corpses", "Re-Animator", "Candyman", "Misery", "The Shining", "Inside (2007)", and "The Toxic Avenger".
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