Taglines: It’s time for your checkup… pray it won’t be your last.
The Dentist movie storyline. Dr. Alan Feinstone is a successful dentist. However, everything changes on the day of his wedding anniversary, when he discovers his wife Brooke is cheating on him with the poolman, Matt. After they finish, Alan retrieves his pistol and follows Matt in his car. He is led to Paula Roberts’s house, a friend of Brooke’s. Alan invents a story about a surprise party for Brooke and watches Paula invite Matt inside. Paula’s dog attacks Alan, and he shoots it in self-defense. After returning to his car, he drives to work.
At his dental practice, Alan’s first appointment goes poorly when he hallucinates a child has rotten teeth and accidentally stabs him. As Detective Gibbs investigates the death of Paula’s dog, Alan sees his second patient, April Reign, a beauty queen. Alan hallucinates she is his wife, and, while she is unconscious, takes off her pantyhose and fondles her before choking her.
As she wakes, Alan snaps out of it and hides her pantyhose. Alan tells his manager, Steve Landers, she is still dizzy from nitrous oxide. When Steve realizes what really happened, he returns, punches Alan, and threatens a lawsuit. Alan ends the day early and sends his staff and patients home, including Sarah, a teenager who wants to have her braces removed.
The Dentist is an 1996 American horror film directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon, and Charles Finch. It stars Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Michael Stadvec, Ken Foree, Molly Hagan, Patty Toy, Jan Hoag, Virginya Keehne, Christa Sauls, Lise Simms and Joanne Baron. It was followed by the sequel The Dentist 2, in 1998.
The Dentist (1996)
Directed by: Brian Yuzna
Starring: Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Michael Stadvec, Ken Foree, Molly Hagan, Patty Toy, Jan Hoag, Virginya Keehne, Christa Sauls, Lise Simms, Joanne Baron
Screenplay by: Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon, Charles Finch
Production Design by: William V. Ryder
Cinematography by: Levie Isaacks
Film Editing by: Christopher Roth
Costume Design by: Warden Neil
Art Direction by: Robyn Coburn
Music by: Alan Howarth
MPAA Rating: R for graphic violence including scenes of dental torture, sexuality and some language.
Distributed by: Trimark Pictures
Release Date: October 18, 1996
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