In another town, Jennifer Campbell (Holly Marie Combs) and her friends are celebrating the end of the school year. Jen has troubles of her own though. She has a bad heart, a bit uncommon for someone her age, but that means that she has to avoid all those typical fun activities that her friends are planning. On her way home, Jen passes by the large abandoned house at the end of her street and hears something like hammering in there, but she goes on home forgetting all about it. Little does she know that Dr. Giggles has returned home to get his revenge on the town that killed his father, Dr. Rendell.
Being typical teenagers that have just gotten out of school for the summer, her friends have decided to go to the abandoned house and try to find the son that was never found when Dr. Rendell was captured. They decide to lock two of the group in there together to try and get them to hook up, not realizing of course that those two are going to become the town's first victims of Dr. Giggles. They will be joined by plenty more quite shortly though as the good doctor wastes no time in starting on every house in the area. When Dr. Giggles gets to Jen's house and finds out that Jen has a heart condition just like his mother died of, he is determined that he must find her next and operate on her to save her. Can Jen survive the doctor's treatment and even if she does, will there be anyone else left alive to help her?
One of a family's worst nightmares is to have a family member kidnapped. When the Lawson family's daughter, Riley (Ashley Johnson), is kidnapped, parents Will (Daniel Stern) and Kate (Illeana Douglas) and their son Reed (Jared Kusnitz) are stuck in the middle of that nightmare. But Otis is unlike any other movie you've seen before. Here, Riley saves herself and gets out of the cluches of the kidnapper. So what does the family do then? Do they tell the police where to find this serial killer? Or do they take matters into their own hands?
Your first instinct, of course, is to tell the police. There is an FBI agent working directly on the case, so he'd be the logical choice. But Agent Hotchkiss (Jere Burns) isn't really the most competent FBI agent I've ever seen. He's no Special Agent Seeley Booth for sure and nowhere near Agents Scully and Mulder either. Hotchkiss just isn't an agent that you'd have confidence would get justice for your daughter. Instead, the Lawson family decides to take matters into their own hands and deal with Otis on their own. They have his address, so what more could they need to exact the perfect revenge?
Otis (Bostin Christopher) is a fascinating character. I love the dichotomy between his brother Elmo's (Kevin Pollak) treatment of him and his treatment of "Kim." Otis is determined to relive a past that was never his to begin with, so he kidnaps women that look like the woman he had a crush on back then, Kim. All of his victims have to assume her identity if they want to survive. Bostin Christopher does an amazing job with the role. He's a serial killer, of course, but you almost feel sorry for him!
While I can't figure out exactly why they chose to put these two movies together on a set, other than the fact that they both have some very creative torture/kill scenes, I do like having both of them on Blu-ray. There are no special features on either disc, but you do get the great quality and sound that you expect from a Blu-ray disc. Also, if you let them play all the way through until the movie is over, it'll automatically take you to the menu for the other movie, which is just a nice shortcut. While it is an odd combination of a slasher flick and a very dark humor horror movie, I do love both movies. If you're a fan of horror, I recommend picking up this Blu-ray combo to add to your collection.
