"You know the drill" may be a good tagline for the sequel, but whoever said that this was better than the first is wrong. Basically Dr. Alan Feinstone (Corbin Bernsen), the dentist gone over the edge from the previous film, has escaped from the mental hospital, and under the name Dr. Lawrence Caine he has gone to the quiet Midwestern town, Paradise, Missouri. He is hoping to resume a normal life, and after killing the town's only dentist he has no choice but to take over. He soon settles back in without finding the urge to kill, that is until he sees the woman he has a thing for bonking another bloke. Obviously this sets him off again, orally torturing his patients, if only you saw it happen more than once! Meanwhile, a private eye hired by Feinstone's toothless and tongueless ex-wife Brooke Sullivan (Linda Hoffman) and a couple of other nosey parkers are on the lookout for him. Also starring Jillian McWhirter as Jamie Devers, Susanne Wright as Bev Trotter, Wendy Robie as Bernice and Clint Howard (Ron's brother) as Mr. Toothache. The dialogue is even cheesier than the first film, and there is nowhere near enough horrific and slightly funny torture sequences, and not even Bernsen can save it from being nearly completely boring. Adequate!
Review of The Dentist 2
