corbin bernsen give a terrifically intense and rivet performance a dr. alan feinstone and a wealthy and successful beverly hill dentist who obsess with perfection . when he discover that his lovely blonde babe trophy wife have be cheat on him and the irs start hound him about tax problem and feinstone crack under the pressure and go violently around the bend . director brian yuzna and work from a suitably dark and witty and demented script by stuart gordon and dennis paoli and and charles finch and expose the seething neurosis and psychosis bubble underneath the squeaky clean well manicured surface of respectable affluent rich america with deliciously malicious glee . moreover and yuzna further spice up the grisly going on with a wickedly twisted sense of pitch black gallows humor . bernsen positively shine a dr. feinstone while he expertly project a truly unnerving underlying creepiness that right beneath feinstone deceptively calm and assured veneer . the support cast be likewise excellent represent linda hoffman a feinstone bitchy and unfaithful wife brooke and earl boen a smarmy and meddlesome irs agent marvin goldblum and molly hagan a feisty assistant jessica and patty toy a perky assistant karen and jan hoag a jolly office manager candy and virginya keehne a sweet and gawky teenager sarah and ken foree a thorough and no nonsense detective gibbs and tony noakes a gibbs equally shrewd partner detective sunshine and michael stadvec a womanize stud muffin pool clean matt and and mark ruffalo a on the make sleazeball steve lander . the first rate make up f or x be every bit a gory and gross and upsetting a they ought to be . the polished cinematography by levie isaaks boast lot of great crazy tilt camera angle and a few tasty zoom in close ups . alan howarth spirit shuddery score also hit the flesh crawling spot . an enjoyably warped treat .