The Dentist
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- Directed by
- Brian Yuzna
- Written by
- Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon, Charles Finch
- Produced by
- Pierre David, Mark Amin, Robert Lansing Parker, Sheri Bryant, Noël A. Zanitsch, Phillip B. Goldfine
Why it’s HorroRated
The Dentist works because Corbin Bernsen plays it completely straight. A dentist losing his mind over his patients is a premise built for camp, but Bernsen treats it as a character study and the horror lands better for it. Brian Yuzna directs with confidence and the dental procedure sequences are memorably uncomfortable. Better than it has any right to be.
Synopsis
The Dentist works because Corbin Bernsen plays it completely straight. A dentist losing his grip is a premise built for camp, but Bernsen treats it as a character study and the horror lands better for it. Brian Yuzna uses the inherently uncomfortable dental setting to give every procedure scene a specific kind of unease.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- June 7, 1996
- Runtime
- 1 hour 32 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Violence and peril
- Disturbing themes
