The Dentist is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon, and Charles Finch. It stars Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Earl Boen and Ken Foree. It follows a successful but mentally unstable dentist in Los Angeles who begins committing murder. It is the first installment in The Dentist film series, followed by The Dentist 2.
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This could easily be reclassified as a psychological thriller as well as a slasher film. I enjoyed watching the dentist descend into absolute madness as the film marches along.
It starts out with basic paranoia, he thinks his wife is having an affair, and that’s what is driving his delusions. Obviously it gets worse and the dentist starts acting on his delusions, assaulting a model, forgetting anesthesia, firing his best hygienist, and some animal cruelty for good measure.
This all reaches a climax at a fancy dinner with his wife one night, and well, you can about guess how this one ends. It’s definitely a different take on a slasher movie.
My Rating: ★★★
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