The townspeople found out the father and son duo had been ripping out the patients' hearts — in an attempt to resurrect the doctor's dead wife.

In Moorehigh, 19-year-old Jennifer Campbell, her boyfriend Max Anderson, and their friends are planning their summer break.

Dr. Giggles returns to his childhood home, goes through Evan Sr.'s files, and gathers a list of names.

He realized that Rendell had cut open his wife's body, stuffed his son in and sewn it shut.

When he woke up, Rendell's wife's corpse had been re-sewn, and all traces of the event at the morgue had been wiped clean.

Officer Magruder goes to investigate Jennifer's house and finds her father there, lying in a pool of blood.

Dr. Giggles breaks the fourth wall, staring at the camera and weakly asking, "Is...there a...doctor in the house?"

[6] Whifler would later revisit the original script for Mr. Giggles and adapt it himself as writer and director for the 2005 film Neighborhood Watch.

[8][9] Following writing and directing Dr.Giggles, Coto created some more original stories about the character for a then upcoming comic-book series from Dark Horse.

Its consensus reads, "Larry Drake's deranged performance as the titular doctor is just about all that distinguishes Dr. Giggles from its slasher brethren.

[12] Vincent Canby also criticized the script in his review for The New York Times, stating, "The screenplay is stitched together from variations on cliches used by or about the medical community.

"[13] The Washington Post wrote, "Manny Coto turns to co-writer Graeme Whifler time and again for punchlines in a desperate attempt to revive a script that begins in critical condition and ends up DOA.