Central Dental
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Horror, Short Films, 08-Oct-2021
A man finds himself at a sketchy 24 hr dental clinic after having his wallet stolen and his tooth knocked out. “Central Dental,” directed by Lindsay Thomas Robinson, is an exercise in surreal atmosphere building, a noir-ish vignette, darkly clever and carefully composed. After getting mugged in an alley, Lewis discovers a nearby establishment called Central Dental. The receptionist insists that he can get seen by a dentist without payment or health insurance, but the procedure takes an unsettling turn after an anesthetic injection. A simple premise that locks into a fixating series of exchanges that keeps getting stranger until it reaches a breaking point. -KA. Director: Lindsay Thomas Robinson. Cast: Adam Drory, Belinda Cornish, Marc Lacoursiere, Nikki Rae Hallow. Cinematography: David Baron. Produced By: Samantha Quantz & Lindsay Thomas Robinson. Creature Effects Coordinator: Brendan James Boyd. Creature Design: Alana Banks. Production Design: Malorie Shmyr.
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