Director: Tony Krantz
Writers: Erik Jendresen, Thomas Schnauz
Cast: Bostin Christopher, Ashley Johnson, Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollak
Suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson, goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate, are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent takes charge of the case.But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis, Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents. And, fed up with the tragi-comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate, and Riley's brother, Reed decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands. But when Otis's brother, Elmo, shows up unexpectedly, the Lawsons find themselves mired in unusual and macabre consequences of vigilantism.
"Otis Otis he's our man if he can't do it no one can." You know once the titles kick in (they're a mock COPS styled reality crime show) this films gearing up for something a little bit more inventive than your usual genre offering. Its a dark comedy horror about Otis a lonely stalker who captures girls to play out dates with them. Only when he kidnaps Riley Lawson he meets his match, she escapes telling her mum, dad and brother who instead of trusting the sleazy agent heading her case Agent Hotchkiss, they go about getting their own revenge on Otis. Sharp inventive plot which comes across much more clever than you'd expect of a film of this subject matter, very well acted thanks to the richness and comic depth of the characters and their dialogue. The film also sports a fine retro soundtrack with the likes of Talking Heads,Devo and Blue Oyster Cult. Has a little gore though nothing too strong. Only thing I don't get is why Warners went STV with it and didn't chance a small theatre run as I'm sure it would of got great hype from film festival goers. Its only Tony Krantz second feature after the under rated 'Sublime' (the black nurse from Sublime as a very subtle walk on part in Otis) here's looking forward to his third offering as director and hope he sticks to the horror genre."
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