Dr. Giggles(1992)
1992 · Manny Coto · 95 min
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.
Horror · Comedy
5.5181 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Dr. Giggles scares
Dr. Giggles leans hard into campy slasher fun, with a wisecracking killer doctor who delivers puns right before offing his victims with medical tools. The pace moves quickly between kills, favoring gory, over-the-top death scenes over slow dread or mind games. It's a grounded human killer, not anything supernatural, and the movie clearly wants you laughing as much as jumping. Good pick if you want a silly, gross, self-aware slasher for a group watch rather than something that actually unsettles you.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Dr. Giggles rates psychological 1/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 70 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 10 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A goofy setup gives way to a steady string of comic-book style kill scenes that ramp up to a chaotic, blood-soaked finish.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Dr. Giggles?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Dr. Giggles rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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