Brian Yuzna and Corbin Bernsen to Reunite for The Plastic Surgeon
It’s been six years since Brian Yuzna’s last movie. Six goddamn years. In that time I’ve grown older, fatter and more dead inside, but if the latest news doesn’t fall through, I might find that lively spark again.
According to Diabolique, Yuzna has a new film in development called The Plastic Surgeon, and The Dentist star Corbin Bernsen is attached to star.
The story centres around a demented plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills who decides to carve his own brand of beauty on the ugly world he sees around him on a daily basis.
The film is being produced by Yuzna’s own label Dark Arts Entertainment. According to their website, there is also Re-Animator and Society sequels in the works as well. We won’t hold our breath for those just yet though; both have been in development hell for years and have yet to take off.
News of The Plastic Surgeon can be traced all the way back to February. In an interview with Mondo Exploito, Yuzna mentioned it in passing, describing it as “The Dentist, but with more bells and whistles.” It might not be the direct sequel fans of hoped for, but it does sound like a spiritual successor at least.
According to the film’s IMDB page, actress Diana Lado (10 Year Reunion) has been also been cast to star alongside Bernsen. It’s not much but it’s something.
This isn’t the only Yuzna project to fly by under the radar until recently either, as his first novel, The Pope, is out next week.
The Plastic Surgeon might be in the early stages at the moment, but let’s hope it sees the light of day. When the man behind Society, Bride of Re-Animator and Return of the Living Dead III has even an inkling of a project in the works, it’s worth our attention.
Synopsis:
Some people would die to be beautiful. Others definitely will.
The man behind one of the most desirable Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeries is Dr. Mitch Laffer. Ethical, talented and wildly successful, he is the embodiment of the American Dream and does everything in his power to help others be all that they can be.
Mitch takes immense pleasure from spreading joy; be it from helping the ageing ladies of high society to turn back the clock, or bringing smiles to the faces of sick children, which he does by means of his work as the delightful Plucko the Clown.
Sometimes, however, the greatest tragedies befall the finest of men and Mitch’s world falls apart in the blink of an eye. Broken, embittered and brimming with rage, suddenly, where he once saw beauty, he now only sees ugliness – and there’s one sure way that a plastic surgeon can cure that!
As his mania increases, Mitch’s work becomes dangerous and demented, and as for Plucko…well, however much you might trust your cosmetic surgeon, never trust a clown.
THE PLASTIC SURGEON marks the reunification of director Brian Yuzna and star Corbin Bernsen who famously collaborated on THE DENTIST, as they carve a new face into horror.
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