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An escaped mental patient poses as retired dentist Dr. Caine in Paradise town. His new life seems perfect until jealousy over his landlord Jamie triggers his murderous urges, just as figures... Read allAn escaped mental patient poses as retired dentist Dr. Caine in Paradise town. His new life seems perfect until jealousy over his landlord Jamie triggers his murderous urges, just as figures from his past arrive.An escaped mental patient poses as retired dentist Dr. Caine in Paradise town. His new life seems perfect until jealousy over his landlord Jamie triggers his murderous urges, just as figures from his past arrive.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Rende Rae Norman
- Dr. Genevieve Cussler
- (as Rendé Rae Norman)
Greg Bronson
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Gina-Raye Carter
- Sidewalk Cafe Owner
- (uncredited)
Spencer Kayden
- Sidewalk Café Woman
- (uncredited)
Michael Stadvec
- Matt
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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This movie is basically the same as the first. He falls in love with girl, girl finds another guy, dentist takes revenge!! I'm not saying it wasn't any good but I am saying if you hated the first than you'll probably hate this one because there is not much difference but if you loved the first one then you'll love this one. Although his wife got her tongue cut off in The dentist I she is still alive and does she still want revenge in the dentist 2? Well find out and see The Dentist II. It gets ** stars out of 4.
In 1996 we were introduced to our psychotic dentist played by Corbin Bernsen, a man drove insane by the stresses of his job and catching his wife blowing the pool boy.
Two years later he breaks free from the asylum, switches state, changes his name and starts all over again.
But before you know it his inner darkside is unleashed and he torments his victims in the way that only he can.
This is a slight improvement on the first but still not exactly impressive stuff. The one standout thing that it does have is just how grisly and hard to watch the death scenes are. I mean seriously, it's pretty bad.
Harmless enough watch for fans of the original but as a franchise its hardly worth the effort especially as part 3 was cancelled.
The Good:
Direct sequel
The Bad:
Not the easiest of viewing
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I may never go to the dentist again
Two years later he breaks free from the asylum, switches state, changes his name and starts all over again.
But before you know it his inner darkside is unleashed and he torments his victims in the way that only he can.
This is a slight improvement on the first but still not exactly impressive stuff. The one standout thing that it does have is just how grisly and hard to watch the death scenes are. I mean seriously, it's pretty bad.
Harmless enough watch for fans of the original but as a franchise its hardly worth the effort especially as part 3 was cancelled.
The Good:
Direct sequel
The Bad:
Not the easiest of viewing
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
I may never go to the dentist again
Yeah I know, I like watching bad movies, I think they're pretty funny, and when they have gore, I find it even better, because I love gore. And "The Dentist 2" brought both of them. It has some jokes that remind of "Dr.Giggles"'s.
This film had, in the line of what bad movie lovers enjoy, some stupid one-liners, a psycho schizophreniac dentist, some quite sadistic acts of violence (against an idiot fat lady, and many other characters played by so-so actors), a weird and lame ending, a pretty stupid scenario, and some pretty gruesome sequences of dental torture.
The story is about a maniac dentist who was put in a mental ward after he had turned crazy and went on a killing spree. That man escapes from the mental ward (and it's a very easy and stupid escape) and hides in another small town, where he becomes the town's dentist. But this man lives with the constant memory of his wife who had cheated on him (and that's what made him insane in the first episode of "The Dentist"). And it haunts him...and the insanity's back in his head, and he's on another killing spree.
This is a survivor of the "gore" genre. This film is directed by Brian Yuzna, who also brought us "The Dentist", "Faust:Love of The Damned", "Return of the Living Dead 3", and "Progeny". He's not a great director at all, but in the gore genre, he's one of those rare guys who hang on. Corbin Bernsen is not that bad as the insane dentist, but the rest of the cast is pretty bad. The gore effects are really disgusting, there are zooms of mouths being mutilated, and if you're already afraid of going at the dentist, don't see this.
Well, overall, it's a nice movie to watch as a stupid bad movie. It has some funny parts (and it's not always meant to be funny), very disgusting scenes, and a psycho dentist...it says it all...
I give it 7/10 (in the cheese meter) 4/10 (as a normal movie)
This film had, in the line of what bad movie lovers enjoy, some stupid one-liners, a psycho schizophreniac dentist, some quite sadistic acts of violence (against an idiot fat lady, and many other characters played by so-so actors), a weird and lame ending, a pretty stupid scenario, and some pretty gruesome sequences of dental torture.
The story is about a maniac dentist who was put in a mental ward after he had turned crazy and went on a killing spree. That man escapes from the mental ward (and it's a very easy and stupid escape) and hides in another small town, where he becomes the town's dentist. But this man lives with the constant memory of his wife who had cheated on him (and that's what made him insane in the first episode of "The Dentist"). And it haunts him...and the insanity's back in his head, and he's on another killing spree.
This is a survivor of the "gore" genre. This film is directed by Brian Yuzna, who also brought us "The Dentist", "Faust:Love of The Damned", "Return of the Living Dead 3", and "Progeny". He's not a great director at all, but in the gore genre, he's one of those rare guys who hang on. Corbin Bernsen is not that bad as the insane dentist, but the rest of the cast is pretty bad. The gore effects are really disgusting, there are zooms of mouths being mutilated, and if you're already afraid of going at the dentist, don't see this.
Well, overall, it's a nice movie to watch as a stupid bad movie. It has some funny parts (and it's not always meant to be funny), very disgusting scenes, and a psycho dentist...it says it all...
I give it 7/10 (in the cheese meter) 4/10 (as a normal movie)
Corbin Bernsen returns as the hilariously homicidal Dr. Feinstone in THE DENTIST 2.
Upon escaping from the mental institution, Feinstone sets up shop in the small, rural town of Paradise. This is made easier by the "accidental" death of the town's dentist. Now, the unwary folks have no idea who it is that's poking around in their mouths!
This time, Feinstone finds love with a local woman, only to have her cheat on him, just like his wife did. As in the first film, Feinstone goes into orbit, setting off a murderous cascade. Meanwhile, his now vengeful, ex-wife tries to track him down.
While not as insanely fun as the first film, this sequel is still worthy of repeat visits. This is due entirely to Bernsen putting in another sublime, crackpot performance!
Watch for Clint Howard and the amazing Wendy Robie!...
Upon escaping from the mental institution, Feinstone sets up shop in the small, rural town of Paradise. This is made easier by the "accidental" death of the town's dentist. Now, the unwary folks have no idea who it is that's poking around in their mouths!
This time, Feinstone finds love with a local woman, only to have her cheat on him, just like his wife did. As in the first film, Feinstone goes into orbit, setting off a murderous cascade. Meanwhile, his now vengeful, ex-wife tries to track him down.
While not as insanely fun as the first film, this sequel is still worthy of repeat visits. This is due entirely to Bernsen putting in another sublime, crackpot performance!
Watch for Clint Howard and the amazing Wendy Robie!...
Debuting on HBO like the first surprise, this is a pretty good sequel that brings that lunatic dentist (Corbin Bernsen) back in business after escaping a mental hospital and hiding in a quiet town, where he murders the dentist around the town because the guy did a poor job at filling one of his teeth in. He impresses the people in town and woos a lady he's madly in love with, but then goes psycho and takes his madness out on his patients when he finds the girl he loves kissing a guy. There are scenes that make you laugh and dentist torture scenes that will make you cringe. Corbin Bernsen is great as the dentist and delivers a lot of good lines. Between the first and second half, the pace moved a bit slow, but if you liked the first one and can take watching close-ups of teeth being either drilled or yanked out, you should enjoy this strange, campy film.
Did you know
- TriviaTrimark greenlit another sequel; The Dentist 3, but was never made. Director Brian Yuzna was too busy starting up Fantastic Factory.
- GoofsWhen Dr. Feinstone asks Robbie if he could be quiet for a while you see clearly the shadow of the camera.
- Quotes
Dr. Lawrence Caine: New game, Bevvie... truth... or tooth!
- Alternate versionsThe 1999 UK video was cut by 51 seconds by the BBFC "to remove sadistic details". Deletions were made to close-ups of bloody detail and degrading/sadistic dialogue during the "Truth or Tooth" torture scene. The 2001 DVD featured the same cut print.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s (2019)
- SoundtracksDrinking Life All Wrong
(uncredited)
Written by Danny Kirsic
Performed by Danny Kirsic
Played as background music of Dr. Feinstone's dinner date and over Dr. Burns's radio in his room
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- The Dentist 2
- Filming locations
- Rossmore Ave. Los Angeles, California, USA(exterior 450 El Royale Motel)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m(100 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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