Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 10/21/1998
SubTitles: Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: 2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
In this spoofy
horror outing from veteran genre director
Brian Yuzna,
L.A. Law vet
Corbin Bernsen plays
Dr. Feinstone, an anal-retentive Beverly Hills dentist with an amusement park of an office replete with Planet Hollywood-worthy, themed exam rooms, piped-in
opera music, and a crisp, efficient staff. When
Feinstone finds out that his lovely wife,
Brooke (
Linda Hoffman), is fellating the pool boy, he becomes unhinged -- haunted by visions of filthy mouths and faithless spouses. Inviting
Brooke back to the office on their anniversary and begging her to indulge him in his hobby of cleaning her teeth,
Feinstone performs a little unorthodox oral surgery and soon uses his now-disfigured sweetie to lure her boyfriend into a backyard trap. Revenge doesn't cure
Feinstone's homicidal urges, however, and soon his violence and sexual obsessions spill over into his practice -- especially after creepy IRS investigator
Marvin Goldblum (
Earl Boen) shows up for a little "I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine." Soon, patients and staff members alike are interacting with drills and laughing gas in ways they never expected. Filmed for, and originally shown on,
HBO,
The Dentist did not receive a U.S. theatrical release.
Yuzna,
Bernsen, and
Hoffman reunited two years later for
The Dentist II: Brace Yourself.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
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