Films Outside the Loop Jeanne Chappé

You DO have to see "The Dentist" before seeing this sequel. Like most sequels, this is not quite as good BUT it is definitely 'horror in cheek' (so to speak). You must be a horror fanatic in order to enjoy this movie and you will still cover your eyes at several points! What is scarier than going to the dentist? I have the answer...going to THIS dentist.

Brian Yuzna directed both the original movie and this sequel and his style is unmistakable. I have great admiration for his way of making me laugh at spurting blood and there is a LOT of spurting blood! He produced "Re-Animator" and produced and directed "Re-Animator II". Both are horror classics.

Corbin Bernsen once again plays Dr. Feinstone brilliantly. He escapes from the mental hospital where he is being 'treated'...taking his psychiatrist with him. Her car is found in Arizona. Dr. Feinstone apparently had set up another identity years ago in the town of Paradise, Missouri and that is where he ends up. The psychiatrist apparently ends up in the Grand Canyon. Just a hunch.

Dr. Feinstone tries to start over in Paradise as Dr. Lawrence Caine. He wants to escape "the moral decay that passes as sophistication" in Los Angeles. He mutilates himself to escape his dreams and hallucinations. A little housework also relaxes him. I could really use him here. When he loses a cap while eating chicken fried steak at The Paradise Cafe, his dental floss starts to unravel. The current dentist in Paradise (Dr. Burns) recements his cap with library paste. He is a "Drill 'em, fill 'em, bill 'em" dentist which enrages Dr. Caine as this is totally unacceptable to him. Dr. Burns yells "It's not the cap --- you're a fruitcake!". Then Dr. Burns is dead and Dr. Caine is the new town dentist.

Dr. Caine rents a cottage from Jamie (Jillian McWhirter) and almost immediately falls in love with her. Jamie bears a striking resemblance to his tongueless wife. This was his wife's price for going down on the tattooed pool man. Like I said, you have got to see the first one!

Okay...back to Los Angeles. Dr. Feinstein's tongueless wife (played again by Linda Hoffman) has a private investigator on his tail. The investigator eventually tracks Dr. Feinstone aka Dr. Caine to Paradise. There is also a resident of Paradise who is very suspicious of Dr. Caine and is doing her own investigation on the Internet. This is Bev (Susanne Wright) but she unfortunately makes a dentist's appointment. Uh oh! A new use for duct tape.

The 'dry wall guy', Robbie (Lee Dawson) has been in love with Jamie from the time they were children. Robbie uses a nail gun. I would love to own a nail gun. Of course...Dr. Caine (novacaine, procaine, xylocaine - take your pick) is not pleased with this. How is he supposed to deal with all of this pressure? He can't. All hell breaks loose and I dearly love the end........

Do I predict a "Dentist III"? I really hope so as Corbin Bernsen is so much fun to watch as this character! Talk about chewing the scenery? He literally swallows it!

Runtime: 1:39

This film is available on DVD, VHS, cable or satellite.

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