2008 · comedy · horror · revenge
Otis
Directed by Tony Krantz1h 40m2008
After being captured and tortured by the psychopath Otis, teen cheerleader Riley Lawson escapes and informs her parents, who quickly sidestep sluggish FBI agents and take matters into their own hands. But the Lawsons' revenge plan hits a snag when Otis's unusual brother enters the picture.
Our read: Otis (2008) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive comedy · horror · revenge entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured comedy / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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