Dr. Giggles

You may not have heard of this film. I stumbled upon it late one night while with a group of friends. It ended up being one of the most entertaining film viewings I've ever had. Although the laughs weren't delivered on purpose, the shock certainly was.

Dr. Giggles is exactly what it appears to be. A horror film about a crazy doctor. Pretty straight forward stuff. However, it does throw in a few curve balls. One in particular that has led me to review it on this site. While going back to show us why Dr. Giggles is the way he is there is a scene that was pretty crazy. I'm pretty sure out of all of us there, I was just 1 of 2 people who kept their eyes on the screen during it.

Dr. Giggles' father, umm...Dr. Giggles, Sr.? Is a crazy doctor as well. Back in the day when his wife was dying of a heart condition he started taking people's hearts to give to her, blah blah. The police caught on, yada yada. Then, the Giggles boys hatch an insane plan. They cut open the dead mother and sew the young Giggles into his dead mother (we don't see this part). Later, when on the table in the coroner's office, he cuts himself out of her. We see a little boy cut and crawl his way (pretty much naked) out of his dead (and totally naked) mother. It was a rather unbelievable site and what I think has earned this film the status of shock.

The rest of the film is just the doctor going around this town killing people with medical instruments and horribly hilarious medical related puns. The puns were arguably the best part as my friends and I turned it into a game of who would guess correctly what the next pun would be. We cheered as if we were watching the Super Bowl.

It was a very enjoyable experience, and one of the key elements was that it didn't take itself seriously. If you're looking for medical violence and a lot of laughs, I highly recommend it.

Shock or not? Shock

Film: 3/5
Shock:3/5