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Erik Jendresen (writer)
Thomas Schnauz (writer)
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Plot:
Suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teen... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Bostin Christopher ... Otis Broth

Ashley Johnson ... Riley Lawson
Daniel Stern ... Will Lawson

Illeana Douglas ... Kate Lawson

Kevin Pollak ... Elmo Broth

Jere Burns ... Agent Hotchkiss

Jared Kusnitz ... Reed Lawson

Tarah Paige ... Kim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Burt Bulos ... Agent Nogi

Angelo Custino ... Scott
Ellie Gerber ... Kim #1

Brett Golov ... Trace Tech.

Ashley Greene ... Kim #4
Ashley Greene ... Kim #4

David Hill ... TV Cameraman
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs ... Orderly

Gary Kraus ... Mr. Warner

Jamie McBride ... Police Officer

Shenita Moore ... Nurse

Nicole Nogrady ... Sketch Artist

Tracy Scoggins ... Rita Vitale / Anchorwoman

K.T. Thangavelu ... Doctor
Kristen Trucksess ... Mrs. Warner
Yoda Ushery ... FBI Agent
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100 min | Greece:96 min
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Every pizza order in the film costs $19.84. more
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Reed Lawson: Rectum? Damn near killed him! more
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References "Nancy Grace" (2005) more
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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
The Missed Birthday Party, 17 January 2009
6/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The twisted forty year old idiot Otis Broth (Bostin Christopher) delivers pizzas and is a pedophile serial killer. When he abducts a teenager, he calls her Kim and fantasizes that she is his sweetheart and date of the high school prom. After killing his last victim, Otis kidnaps the smart suburban teenager Riley Lawson (Ashley Johnson) and brings her to the basement of his house, hiding the girl from his brother Elmo Broth (Kevin Pollak). Their desperate parents Kate (Illeana Douglas) and Will Lawson (Daniel Stern) have friction with the arrogant and silly FBI Agent Hotchkiss (Jere Burns) that is in charge of the investigation. When Riley escapes from Otis's house and calls her family, Kate convinces Will and their son Reed (Jared Kusnitz) to seek revenge and punish Otis. However, the vigilantes confuse Elmo with Otis in their rampage getting into trouble.

"Otis" is almost a masterpiece of sick dark humor, with magnificent performances of the unknown Bostin Christopher and Illeana Douglas, very well supported by the great cast. The plot makes jokes with dramatic situations and is a sort of parody of the countless movies of torture that have been recently released. Unfortunately the weak open conclusion is not satisfactory and is disappointing. For my surprise, in the Extras of the DVD, there is an excellent alternate ending called "The Birthday Party" and in accordance with the explanation of the director, this would be the original conclusion of this movie. I really did not understand why this brilliant ending was not used. My vote is six.

Note: With the original "The Birthday Party Alternate Ending", my vote would be eight.

Title (Brazil): "Otis, o Ninfomaníaco" ("Otis, the Nymphomaniac")

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