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Features: Uncut, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, Spanish, French, Subtitled
Otis is a story of suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson (Ashley Johnson), goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate (Daniel Stern and Illeana Douglas), are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent (Jere Burns) takes charge of the case.But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis (Bostin Christopher), Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents. Fed up with the tragi-comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate and Riley's brother, Reed (Jared Kusnitz), decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands. But when Otis brother, Elmo (Kevin Pollak), shows up unexpectedly, the Lawsons find themselves mired in one of the more unusual and macabre consequences of vigilantism.
"Absolutely brilliant!" Paul Christensen, MovieWeb.com
"A truly original horror/comedy gem...A comedy so black and brutal, you'll feel guilty for laughing." Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com
Editor's Note
This dark comedy about a serial killer stalking a typical suburb is a cynical take on both American culture and family dynamics. When a young girl is taken prisoner by a sadistic killer, she uses her wits to escape. But her freedom is just the beginning of the gruesome, and oddly hilarious, downward spiral her family takes when they decide to get even with her abductor. It's a twisted ride that will leave audiences torn between laughing and covering their eyes.
| Features | Suite 16: The Home Movie Of Otis Fantasies Made By Otis Himself | | Alternate Ending With Introduction By Tony Krantz: A Starkly Different Ending In Both Tone & Finality, This Alternate Vision Shows Otis Exacting Sick & Twisted Revenge On The Lawson Family | | Audio Commentary With Director Tony Krantz & Writer Erik Jendresen - An In-Depth Discussion Regarding The Dark Comedy & Uniquness Of The Film | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Dubbed: Spanish | | Featurette: The Twisted World Of Otis - A Piece On The Dark Comedy Of The Film That Contains Interviews With The Cast & Crew, It Details How & Why Comedy Works Within The Confines Of The Film. Also Illustrates How This Element Separates Otis From Other Horror Movies Within The Genre. | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Trailers |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/30/2008 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 1000036048 | | UPC: 00883929005420 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Dread Central 8 of 10
Tony Krantz' second directorial effort...shows a filmmaker with an astute concept of what works in genre cinema and what's wrong with it as a whole...Otis is a black comedy of the darkest variety that's helped immensely by the ingenious casting. Christopher turns in a fantastic performance as Otis, a role that I'm sure wasn't easy to get just right. Stern and Douglas have great on screen chemistry and their relationship is just f***ed up enough to be believable. They work off one another well, as unlikely a duo as they may look from the outset, and their quipping during the protracted torture scene makes it all hurt a bit less...Krantz took an overdone idea and gives it a sick little spin so that the end result is something you're laughing with instead of at like, say, Captivity. Otis is smart, too. Like Sublime, Krantz made put in political subtext throughout to point out issues with our government and their tendency to overact without enough information. Unlike Sublime, though, the pokes aren't subtle at all, mainly coming from the behavior of Agent Hotchkiss, easily the most outwardly comedic role in the film. His bumbling efforts to find the killer before anyone else can are over the top and his dismissal of the feelings Riley's family has is exaggerated to an absurd degree, but it works in the context of the film and he ended up being my favorite character.
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