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Dr. Giggles

1992 · 95 min

A gleefully silly slasher that mixes gruesome hospital-themed kills with a giggling villain, offering cheap thrills and campy laughs.

Directed by: Manny Coto
Genres: Horror, Comedy
Starring: Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff DeYoung

Tagline: A new prescription for terror.
Overview: In 1957, Evan Rendell flees after his father is lynched for killing multiple patients in his effort to find a replacement heart for his ailing wife. After 35 years, Evan escapes from a mental institution and returns to town for revenge, killing off residents one by one. When Jennifer and her friends break into the Rendell house out of morbid curiosity, Evan notices Jennifer has a heart condition similar to his mother and decides to make her his final victim.

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Directed by: Manny Coto
Genres: Horror, Comedy
Starring: Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff DeYoung

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Tone: campystrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
madness
death
family
trauma
Places: small town
hospital
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	7
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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