Review of Otis (2008) by Kevin S — 04 Dec 2008

Hilariously fun, campy, horror-thriller. This dark comedy had a terrific music score, a great cast, a creepy anti-hero, sadistic revenge, and mistaken identity. A psychotic sociopath and pizza delivery man, Otis (Bostin Christopher), kidnaps girls that must physically resemble his sister-in-law (he calls them all Kim, his brother's wife's name) and attempts to play act an affair with them.

His fantasy must be played his way, or he discards and starts over. This time he just may have met his match. Ashley Johnson, as Riley, is lovely and just feisty enough to play the compliant victim without sellout.

Illeana Douglas, as the mom, is a formidable tigress. And Jere Burns is the extremely annoying FBI agent from hell, whose smarmy expertise is "needed" to figure out the 3-dimensional puzzle, but really is just plain clueless.

There are several laugh out loud moments and a heaping helping of gore. Not usually a fan of this genre, this one kept the viewer engaged right up to the closing credits. Prom Night will never again resonate with the same innocence.