The Dentist

Stephanie Prange

November 30, 2022

The Dentist Collection, which includes both The Dentist (1996) and its sequel The Dentist 2 (1998), will be released for the first time on Blu-ray (plus digital) Jan. 24 from Lionsgate in the Vestron Video collection.

Featuring two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee Corbin Bernsen (1988 and 1987, TV’s “L.A. Law,” Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Major League, Major League II), the horror collection follows dentist Dr. Alan Feinstone (Bernsen) who has everything including a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry. That is, until he discovers his wife cheating on him. After going insane, he enacts cruel dental torture on his patients.  

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In The Dentist, Beverly Hills dentist Dr. Feinstone seems to have the perfect, ordered life — until the discovery of his wife’s affair with the pool boy sends him off the deep end, unlocking the killer inside. The Dentist 2 finds the evil doctor in a maximum-security mental hospital — but not for long, as he escapes to a small town and turns his attentions to a new love interest and new victims.

Special features on The Dentist include:

• audio commentary with director Brian Yuzna and special makeup effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante;
• isolated score selections and audio interviews with composer Alan Howarth and director of photography Levie Isaacks;
• “The Doctor Is Insane,” an interview with Bernsen
• “Medical Malpractice,” an interview with cowriter Dennis Paoli
• “Mouths of Madness,” interviews with special makeup effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante and makeup effects artist J.M. Logan;
• the trailer; and
• a still gallery.

Special features on The Dentist 2 include:

• audio commentary with director Brian Yuzna and special makeup effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante;
• isolated score selections and audio interviews with composer Alan Howarth and editor Christopher Roth;
• “Jamie’s New Neighbor,” an interview with actress Jillian McWhirter;
• “A Tale of Two Dentists,” an interview with producer Pierre David;
• “Mouths of Madness: The Dentist 2,” interviews with special make-up effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante and make-up effects artist J.M. Logan;
• the trailer; and
• a still gallery.