Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Motompa Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

punishmentpark Rich, fraudulent, jealous, mentally ill and severely mysophobic dentist creates a mini-Armageddon for his wife, the pool guy, staff and clients (and a neighborhood dog). Yuzna is no great storyteller, but he knows the tricks in the (horrorfilm) book and uses them well, and even the build-up is pretty okay.It all happens in the course of just two days (mostly at his practice), and the viewer doesn't get to see any pre-history. This man is simply not well, and seeing his wife cheat on him with the pool guy turns him into a monster. Although he is just fantasizing at first, and really trying to keep it together, you know: don't get mad, get even. To no avail...The biggest plus is all the (cheesy) horror(gore) that makes several individual scenes stand out. The second biggest plus is Bernsen, who portrays quite a decent (ha ha) nasty psycho.

Toronto85 Dr. Alan Feinstone has everything! A beautiful wife, an amazing job, he's rich. There's just one little problem; he's absolutely insane. After seeing his wife seduce the pool boy, he goes on a hygiene mission to rid the world of "moral decay". He does this by ruining his patients molars, extracting their teeth, and killing a few members of his staff. When a young girl shows up to have her braces removed, she finds she is the only one at the dental office. It isn't too long before she discovers that Alan is nuts, and she has to find a way to escape his evil dental plans.The Dentist is a very good horror movie with quite a few comedic moments. Watching Alan go on rants about moral decay and his one liners said to the patients before he starts ruining their teeth. There are of course many cringe worthy moments. Almost everyone hates going to the dentist, so to see and hear the drill sounds is bad enough without the fact that he is using it to hurt the patients. The acting and filming location are two strong points to The Dentist as well. Corbin Benson plays the loony dentist to perfection , and the rest of the cast does very well. The dental office setting is very good as well because of the various rooms he hides his victims in, and you would never think of a clinic being an unsafe place. Good stuff. The ending wasn't all that great for me, a bit disappointing. And there was never an explanation as to why he was so crazed. He snaps completely when he see's his wife Brooke cheating, but clearly he had problems way before that. Overall a very good campy horror movie that has just the right level of gore and laughs. Check it out.7/10

Spikeopath Dr. Allan Feinstone witnesses his beautiful wife having an affair with the pool cleaner, thus sending his mind out of control. Plotting revenge on the offending couple is merely the start of a gruesome regime of dental terror.So it looks cheap and Corbin Bernsen in the lead role of Feinstone is hardly a top performer, but as horror pictures go, The Dentist certainly hits a nerve {ahem!}. Director Brian Yuzna is perfect for this type of piece, nicely fusing Feinstone's off kilter visions with genuine scenes of horror, and there is no denying that the horror witnessed in the chair here is seriously messed up!. Outside of that the film really doesn't add up to much, it actually feels more like an 80s film than one from the mid 1990s, such is the cheese feel of the surroundings. Yet The Dentist is something of a must see for horror aficionados, whilst simultaneously acting as a further reason for those who fear the dentist chair to steer well clear of dental problems!.Bloody and at times squirm inducing, The Dentist is an above average genre piece that is just about recommended to those of a similar mind. 5.6/10

Woodyanders Corbin Bernsen gives a terrifically intense and riveting performance as Dr. Alan Feinstone, a wealthy and successful Beverly Hills dentist who's obsessed with perfection. When he discovers that his lovely blonde babe trophy wife has been cheating on him and the IRS start hounding him about tax problems, Feinstone cracks under the pressure and goes violently around the bend. Director Brian Yuzna, working from a suitably dark, witty and demented script by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, and Charles Finch, exposes the seething neurosis and psychosis bubbling underneath the squeaky clean well-manicured surface of respectable affluent rich America with deliciously malicious glee. Moreover, Yuzna further spices up the grisly goings on with a wickedly twisted sense of pitch black gallows humor. Bernsen positively shines as Dr. Feinstone; he expertly projects a truly unnerving underlying creepiness that's right beneath Feinstone's deceptively calm and assured veneer. The supporting cast are likewise excellent: Linda Hoffman as Feinstone's bitchy, unfaithful wife Brooke, Earl Boen as smarmy, meddlesome IRS agent Marvin Goldblum, Molly Hagan as feisty assistant Jessica, Patty Toy as perky assistant Karen, Jan Hoag as jolly office manager Candy, Virginya Keehne as sweet, gawky teenager Sarah, Ken Foree as thorough, no-nonsense Detective Gibbs, Tony Noakes as Gibbs' equally shrewd partner Detective Sunshine, Michael Stadvec as womanizing stud muffin pool cleaner Matt, and Mark Ruffalo as on the make sleazeball Steve Landers. The first-rate make-up f/x are every bit as gory, gross and upsetting as they ought to be. The polished cinematography by Levie Isaaks boasts lots of great crazy tilted camera angles and a few tasty zoom-in close-ups. Alan Howarth's spirited shuddery score also hits the flesh-crawling spot. An enjoyably warped treat.