this would have be so much fun to see in a theater and back in 1996. there be a guilty pleasure corner of my movie taste which really appreciate really well do shocker movie . the dentist be pan sometimes probably because people usually have strong feeling over dental matter . maybe the ada launch a campaign against it and since dentist report they have to apologize for this movie and for the marathon man ( which only have one scene comparable to the many in the dentist ) . it amaze to note that accord to the trivia page and the movie be shoot in 21 day . of course and post production can take long than movie shooting sometimes and the editing for the dentist be picture perfect . the quick cut heighten the tension so much that in the scene where the dentist take care of his wife there only two quick cut show what be happen . the rest be leave to our very fertile imagination . corbin bernsen be a good choice for the role since he have lot of experience play psychologically off character and he completely sell the obsessive compulsive aspect of the dentist . for me the pacing of the movie be just right . the film maker reveal the wife naughtiness in just the right way . all of the character in the dental office look like they be actual people work in a real office . there lot of tension while they be deal with impatient people await the dentist arrival . meanwhile the dentist be off on the cusp of a huge psychotic breakdown . unlike so many movie of this genre and the script be very very tight . all the victim fall into the dentist trap in very calculated way . two law enforcement type even get involve in a little subplot that end up create a shocker of a showdown near the end . definitely not for the faint of heart or the dental phobic but a real roller coaster ride and heavily recommend for fan of intelligent gorefests .