Grotesque is a 1988 American horror film by Joe Tornatore, and starring Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, and Donna Wilkes.

[3] Film special effects artist Orville Kruger brings his daughter, Lisa, and her friend, Kathy, to the family's remote country house in the San Bernardino Mountains.

En route, Lisa and Kathy are harassed by a gang of punks driving a Volkswagen van, led by Scratch, who is planning to rob the Krugers' home.

Lisa subsequently dies during an emergency operation; with the only witness to the crime now dead, Scratch and Shelley are due to be released by police.

Rod tells authorities that the deformed and deranged Patrick was abandoned as a child and raised by the Krugers, who kept him contained to ensure he would not hurt anyone.

[4] Stuart Galbraith IV, writing for DVD Talk, said that "the picture is a time-wasting jumble of half-baked ideas, overcooked performances (the actors playing punks are ridiculously overwrought throughout), and herky-jerky pacing".

[3] Grotesque was released in a DVD set with three other low-budget films – Lady Frankenstein, The Velvet Vampire, and Time Walker.