O Dentista

Título original: The Dentist

1996
R
1 h 32 min

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Depois de descobrir que sua esposa o trai, um dentista perde progressivamente o equilíbrio, passando a torturar seus pacientes e funcionários de sua clínica, com sua excessiva preocupação co... Ler tudoDepois de descobrir que sua esposa o trai, um dentista perde progressivamente o equilíbrio, passando a torturar seus pacientes e funcionários de sua clínica, com sua excessiva preocupação com limpeza.Depois de descobrir que sua esposa o trai, um dentista perde progressivamente o equilíbrio, passando a torturar seus pacientes e funcionários de sua clínica, com sua excessiva preocupação com limpeza.

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Curiosidades
The real-life serial killer dentist, Glennon Engleman (1928-1999), was not the inspiration for the story of the film. The idea for the movie came from Mark Amin, and was written by Charles Finch, Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli. However, Corbin Bernsen had played a character inspired by Engleman in Encontro com a Morte (1993), which has nothing to do with this movie.

Erros de gravação
The light equipment can clearly be seen in Dr. Gibbs glasses a few times.

Citações
Dr. Alan Feinstone: I am an instrument of perfection and hygiene, the enemy of decay and corruption. A dentist. And I have a lot of work to do.

Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
Lead Assistant ... Shea "Blood Guy" Clayton.

Versões alternativas
In order to get a "Not under 18" rating in Germany, the German version was cut by nearly two minutes to tone down the violence in most of the death scenes. The uncut version was later released on DVD unchecked by Laser Paradise; however, due to the "glorification of violence," the movie later got confiscated and outright banned entirely across Germany in 2010. Only in October of 2024 was the banishment lifted. Days after the banishment was lifted, the FSK granted the uncut version of the movie a "Not under 16" rating through re-examination.

Conexões
Featured in Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001)

Trilhas sonoras
Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
(uncredited)
from "Tosca"
Music by Giacomo Puccini

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6/10

Not "Society," but Pretty Darn Good

I really enjoyed Yuzna's "Society," which I view as a rather clever send off to the 80s: A satire of sorts in which an outsider teen chases the unobtainable girl, engages with his wacky friends and confronts a family that is increasingly alien to him. The tropes were John Hughes; but the special effects were Stan Winston: straight out of the animatronics and puppet cabinet of that time. It was very clever (and rather gross!)

"The Dentist" is not that film. There is almost no social commentary; and frankly it plays rather straight forward: Corbin Bernsen's "Alan" is the titular main character who becomes unhinged when his trophy wife takes up with the pool boy. There is a pretense that Alan is obsessed with ridding the world of dirt and decay (get it?!) Thus his wife's actions set loose a screw that has long been barely secured inside of him. But that's pretty thin as plot devices go.

So, original? Certainly not. But the cast is wonderful, and the dark humor make it worth the watch (like "Society," this film includes some running gags and camera work that presage the likes of "Scrubs" and "Malcolm ITM." Look for "Sarah" and the IRS agent.)

So why is "The Dentist" listed in IMdb as straight horror? Got me. It is definitely horror-comedy as far as I am concerned. Yes, it is gory, but a great deal of that is centered on the good doctor lapsing into a psychological rage as he works. Anyone who has ever visited a dentist will cringe.