The 1992 horror comedy slasher Dr. Giggles (watch it HERE) is getting a Blu-ray release courtesy of Scream Factory on March 21st – and copies can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK!
Dr. Giggles was directed by Manny Coto, who rewrote the original screenplay by Graeme Whifler so extensively that Whifler was able to take the original script and get another movie out of it. (The original Dr. Giggles script became the 2005 film Deadly End, a.k.a. Neighborhood Watch). Dr. Giggles ended up with the following synopsis: It has been 35 years since the small town of Moorehigh discovered why Dr. Rendell kept losing his patients: he was ripping their hearts out in a twisted attempt to save his ailing wife. The townspeople stoned Rendell to death, but they never found the young son with the hideous giggle who helped his deranged father perform the operations. Now, over three decades later, Dr. Rendell’s son returns to gain revenge on Moorehigh’s residents, and he’s not shy about making house calls.
Larry Drake plays the title character and is joined in the cast by Holly Marie Combs, Cliff DeYoung, Glenn Quinn, Keith Diamond, Richard Bradford, Michelle Johnson, John Vickery, Nancy Fish, Doug E. Doug, and William Dennis Hunt.
Sadly, Drake passed away in 2016, but Scream Factory was still able to assemble some solid special features for their Dr. Giggles Blu-ray release – and even located a never-before-seen archival interview with Drake! Here’s the list of special features:
NEW 2K Scan From The Interpositive (2.39:1)
Audio: 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio
NEW “Laughter Is The Best Medicine: Making Giggles” – A New Interview With Director Manny Coto And A Never-Before-Seen Archival Interview With Actor Larry Drake
NEW “Melodies Of Madness – The Film Scores Of Brian May” – An Interview With Film Music Historian Randall D. Larson
Vintage Featurette
Theatrical Trailers
VHS Teasers
TV Spots
Coto hasn’t done a lot of directing since making Dr. Giggles, but remains a prolific writer – and even wrote multiple episodes of both American Horror Story and American Horror Stories last year. It seems a bit of a shame that he didn’t record a commentary for this release of Dr. Giggles, but at least they got an interview with him.
Are you a fan of Dr. Giggles, and will you be buying a copy of the Scream Factory Blu-ray release? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
