Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff DeYoung

The psychopathic son of a mass-murdering doctor, escapes from his mental institution to seek revenge on the town where his father was caught. The giggling doctor kills his victims with a surgical them...( read more  read more... )e. His goal being to give one of the townfolk a heart transplant.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Manny Coto

Release Date: October 23, 1992

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DVD Release Date: September 22, 1998

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  • August 10, 2009
    When I saw this as a kid, boy was I scared out of my wits! lol I would like to watch it again someday. I'll give it 3 stars for scaring me.
  • March 21, 2009
    Apart from the awesomely creepy laughter, this film's nothing special.
  • March 27, 2008
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  • July 30, 2007
    Larry Drake plays a demented Doctor who causes a lot of death. It's violent, but not overly gorey. It's not very suspenseful or scary. It's not very funny either. I didn't see anything special about it.
  • September 14, 2006
    Gory, slick film tried to revive the slasher genre in the early 90s. It didn't work but it's not really any worse than most of the 80s slasher drivel. If only it were made about five years later...
  • August 16, 2009
    Sorry...the Doctor is in...sane
  • August 14, 2009
    One of my favorite overlooked slasher movies! lots of dark humor and gory brutal violence makes this a must see horror comedy.
  • August 11, 2009
    Now here's a doctor that you certainly wouldnt want to go to if you was sick. SICK of course being the operative word as this is a sick bloody gory horror that nods an homage to Re-Animator. Some of the deaths are well done in execution and effects and Larry Drake does make a cre...( read more)epy chilling psychopath who's wish when he was a kid was to be a doctor. Many years later, Dr. Giggles is in and patients are dying to see him LITERALLY. Charmed actress Holly Marie Combs cuts her teeth in this debut as a teenager with a heart condition and the sinster doctor's heart melts as he feels like he can help her but not before dispatching her friends and yes even her parents in various yet imaginative bloody ways. Dr Giggles is a fun little horror that will make a boring night into a fun filled 80's style horror finale. If you like horror thats twisted, give the Dr. a call.
  • July 28, 2009
    a great old school ( fun) horror
  • July 15, 2009
    More silly slasher than horror comedy but not utterly terrible. The constant giggling is the most memorable part (except where the "Dr." forgot for a bit while on a murderous rampage). A throwback to the 80's slasher genre with even a bit of backstory as to why he kills and gigg...( read more)les while doing so. B-movie (or is it C?) that was worth 1 viewing if you like the April Fool's Day, Prom Night type of flick.

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