The Dentist 2
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| The Dentist 2 | |
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 The Dentist 2: Brace yourself DVD cover. |
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| Directed by | Brian Yuzna |
| Produced by | Mark Amin Corbin Bernsen Pierre David Noël A. Zanitsch Bruce David Eisen Ken Sanders Robert Lansing Parker |
| Written by | Richard Dana Smith Stuart Gordon Charles Finch Dennis Paoli |
| Starring | Corbin Bernsen Jillian McWhirter Jeff Doucette Susanne Wright |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 11, 1998 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself is an American horror film released in 1998. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Richard Dana Smith, Stuart Gordon and Charles Finch. The film stars Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Alan Feinstone, Jillian McWhirter as Jamie Devers, Jeff Doucette as Jeremy Wilkes and Susanne Wright as Bev Trotter.
The Dentist 2 followed The Dentist 1996, also starring Corbin Bernsen as the titular doctor.
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[edit] Plot
At the end of The Dentist, we saw the murderous Dr. Alan Feinstone being sentenced to life in a maximum security mental hospital. At the opening of this movie, we see him in the same hospital talking to the facilities Psychiatrist. He is remembering the murders he committed in his own mind, while convincing the doctor that he doesn’t really remember the man who did those evil things.
The doctor is so wrapped up in his story that she doesn’t notice him pull out a small sharp object from a stitched up wound that he reopens in his leg. He uses it to hold up against her neck, to take her as a hostage out of the hospital.
Meanwhile, we discover that Brooke is alive and well, if you don’t count the missing tongue and inability to utter a word. She hires an investigator to find out where Alan has disappeared to since his escape. She believes that he had been putting away money before he went crazy. Brooke has in her possession some postcards that Alan had left behind, she believes he is in one of those places and sends the investigator to find her husband.
Dr. Alan Feinstone is now planting himself back in the small town of Paradise, pretending like he had never left to move to the big city, marry, and murder a bunch of people. We even learn that he is now going by Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Caine instead. Mr. Wilkes, the bank officer introduces Larry to his niece Jamie, hoping that she can rent out her small cottage for Larry to live in.
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize that Jamie is going to become a target to Larry’s affections. She looks almost like Brooke and seems to be the perfect country bunny. Unfortunately, Larry also has problems with a cap on one of his teeth and must go see the inept town dentist. Larry does not take a liking to Dr. Burns, especially when the cap falls back off after only about an hour.
Here we see the beginning of Larry’s rage once again. The dentist ends up accidentally falling down the stairs and there is no one to run the office. Mr. Wilkes convinces Larry that he should take over in that capacity.
Will Larry be able to control his urges when working on his patients? Or will the town suffer at the hands of Dr. Lawrence Caine? What will Brooke do when the investigator discovers where Larry is hiding out?
[edit] Reception
Brian Yuzna Nominated for Best Film at the 1998 Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain.
[edit] Cast
- Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Lawrence Caine/Dr. Alan Feinstone
- Jillian McWhirter as Jamie Devers
- Jeff Doucette as Jeremy Wilkes
- Susanne Wright as Bev Trotter
- Jim Antonio as Doc Burns
- Lee Dawson as Robbie Mauro
- Wendy Robie as Bernice
- Ralph Martin as Det. Jenkins
- Clint Howard as Mr. Toothache
- Linda Hoffman as Brooke Sullivan
- Judy Nazemetz as Margaret
- Audra Wise as Shawna
- Mary Coleston as Glenda
- Rende Rae Norman as Dr. Cussler
- Gina-Raye Carter as Sidewalk cafe owner (as Gina-Raye Swensson)
- Marcus Shirock
