i be surprise no one have think of do a movie like this before . horror be often most effective when it use real life unpleasantness a a theme . and nobody ( except for steve martin in the little shop of horror ) like go to the dentist . tooth torture have be do before ( see the marathan man for example ) and but this bring the terror into suburbia . the plot revolve around a dentist and dr. alan feinstone ( corbin bernsen ) and who descend into madness . now our dear doctor wasn not play with a full deck to begin with and but drive by jealousy and an obsessive compulsive disorder he begin to reek havoc on those around him . the doctor spiral mental condition be kinda close to what we see in micheal douglas character in fall down and but with a horror edge . write and direct by horror stalwart stuart gordon and brian yuzna and it witty and have a great flow . also feature play a cop and be the ever welcome ken foree . now i believe this movie would not work without the absolutely fantastic performance from corbin bernsen . have really only see him in la law before and i be blow away by his acting . the sequel the dentist 2 be also worth watch and but slightly under par compare to the original . ttkk bottomline a fun movie with some scene that will make you cringe and cap ( pun intend ) by a great performance from bernsen .