Dr. Giggles
Dr. Giggles is a 1992 American slasher film directed by Manny Coto, starring Larry Drake as Evan Rendell Jr., the eponymous Dr. Giggles, and Holly Marie Combs as Jennifer Campbell. The film co-stars Cliff DeYoung and Glenn Quinn. It is based on the comic book series of the same name published by Dark Horse Comics. It was released on October 23, 1992.
Plot
In the town of Moorehigh in 1957, the patients of Dr. Evan Rendell keep disappearing. The townspeople find out that Rendell and his son (Evan Jr.) has been ripping out the patients' hearts in an attempt to resurrect the doctor's dead wife. The townspeople, in an uproar, take matters into their own hands by dragging Dr. Rendell out of his house and stoning him to death in the town streets. The townspeople also search for Evan Jr., but he has inexplicably disappeared.
More details
| author | Manny Coto |
|---|---|
| director | Manny Coto |
| editor | Debra Neil-Fisher |
| events | revenge serial killer |
| genre | comedy crime horror live-action |
| keywords | breaks the fourth wall broken heart childhood home cut dead wife even fish tank force fourth wall giggle heart condition hospital staff house kill kiss mental asylum plan police station resurrect resurrection stalk stone wound |
| musicBy | Brian May |
| producer | Stuart M. Besser |
| productionCompany | Dark Horse Entertainment JVC Entertainment Largo Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | action black comedy comedy horror exploitation satirical serial killer slasher |