Dr. Giggles

A slasher movie can be fun if there is some character development, some suspense, a reasonable story line and maybe a little humor. Unfortunately all those things are lacking in the grotesque Dr. Giggles which is billed as a horrific tongue-in-cheek thriller— “an exciting, fast and frequently hilarious collision of gore and gags!” (Los Angeles Times). The story is about a small town doctor, who rips out his patients’ hearts in a vain attempt to save his ailing wife. The townspeople stone him to death but his son (L.A. Law’s Larry Drake) with the hideous giggle escapes, only to return 35 years later to seek revenge on the whole town in scene after scene of gristly murder mixed with wisecracks about doctors.