The Dentist (1996)

Mediocre horror movie that tries to make one chuckle and make you cringe at the same time. Unfortunately, it made me cringe a couple of times, but not really chuckle as the humor falls flat for the most part. The movie is not really scary either, the only thing about this movie that really made me cringe was the teeth pulling stuff in it, and that would make me cringe in a documentary too. However, it passed the time and it had a somewhat good acting by Corbin Berson as the dentist who in the blink of an eye snaps and starts out just doing rather inappropriate things like getting fresh with a patient who is under gas, but soon turns to murder and graphic teeth pulling as he goes further and further down the path of madness. People of course begin to suspect his bad behavior, but they are usually one step behind the crazed dentist. If they had not tried so hard to interject humor into this one and done a few more gruesome things this one may have scored more points with me. Still, I think as gruesome as tooth pulling is, I think there is just to limited a scope for a movie so it gets stretched thin and unnecessary plot points are introduced. Sadly, they thought this concept could be stretched into another movie and thus the Dentist II would be born.

A dentist (Corbin Bernsen) goes mad when he discovers his wife is cheating on him with the pool boy. Of course, it doesn't help that he already had an unnatural obsession with cleanliness. But he's being tracked by both the IRS and two detectives, including one played by the genre favorite Ken Foree.This film attracted my attention by being brought to us by the creators of "Re-Animator". Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon are a pretty incredible team, and I've thoroughly enjoyed their body of work. Sadly, I think this one falls short of their other projects. Aside from the girl who plays Sarah, the acting is cheesy and over-the-top, the film quality is poor, and the general plot is just weak, with some sort of opera tie-in that doesn't really make sense.The real strength of this film is in the special effects and makeup. While some of the scenes aren't exactly realistic (such as the molar destruction scene), the effects crew went out of their way to be disgusting and gory, which is what makes this film memorable at all. Many people dislike tooth trauma in horror films, so this is going to leave them feeling very uncomfortable. I don't like teeth being pulled or knocked out with hammers, but the way this film presented it, I found the gore more enjoyable than disturbing.For the most part, "The Dentist" is a forgettable film and not something you need to see or own. I haven't seen "The Dentist 2" yet, but I suspect that one isn't much better. Perhaps you'd be better off with "Dr. Giggles" or "Novocaine".

I felt myself enough adult,and educated,to watch this,and after I finished the first watch,I don't know why but today I've seen this again.It was maybe the 4-th time I've watched this,but this film still works very well.This is a real 90-s,USA-classic,a must see for all drama,and horror-crime-thriller interested person.It was award winner,but this is not as well know movie as some others.With only 2-and a half million as budget,this was low budget,but all of the main creators put passion to this.Corbin Brensen keeps the eye of the viewer,but I also loved the others,all of them in this film.You have enough reasons to see this movie,do not miss the opportunity.9/10

I am never going to the dentist again unless I see his wife beforehand. If he has some delicious piece of candy like Linda Hoffman, I'll pass.Corbin Bernsen played a demented dentist to perfection. he wasn't demented at the start, only after he caught his precious wife with Matt (Michael Stadvec) the pool boy.Then he used his dental powers to torture his patients, and his wife, in revenge.Really gory, especially if you don't like dentists anyway, and really hot when Linda Hoffman was on screen.It was a fun experience.