The Surgeon (1995)
"Exquisite Tenderness" (original title)

Small boy witnesses his brother being killed in surgery, grows up to become a monster with a scalpel.

Director:

Carl Schenkel

Writers:

Patrick Cirillo (screenplay), Bernard Sloane (based on a screenplay by)

Stars:

Isabel Glasser, James Remar, Sean Haberle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Isabel Glasser	...	Dr. Theresa McCann
James Remar	...	Dr. Benjamin Hendricks
Sean Haberle	...	Dr. Julian Matar
Peter Boyle	...	Lt. McEllwaine
Malcolm McDowell	...	Dr. Stein
Charles Dance	...	Dr. Ed Mittlesbay
Beverly Todd	...	Nurse Burns
Charles Bailey-Gates	...	Sgt. Ross
Walter Olkewicz	...	Dr. Meade
Mother Love	...	Milly Putnam
Gregory West	...	Tommy Beaton
Juliette Jeffers	...	Lisa Wilson
Nancy Banks	...	Loreen Ridgeway
Kim Robillard	...	Dr. Eugene Kaiser
Teryl Rothery	...	Officer Pierson

Storyline

Dr. Julian Mater is suspended and gets his license revoked for performing experiments on dying patients in cellular regeneration. A couple of years later, he returns to the hospital that condemned his work to begin practicing his grizzly experiments once more.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | medical | regeneration | skinny dipping | camera shot of feet | 

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Taglines:

First Jason...Then Freddy...Finally, A Professional.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA UK Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 1995 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Surgeon

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capella International, Connexion Film, Lollipop Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a interview to Radio Times dated February 1996, Malcolm McDowell stated that he was paid $100,000 for a week's work, but never saw the film.

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Goofs

When Dr Matar is locked up in the penitentiary in the bed with the IV, there's a machine nearby measuring something with beeps; presumably his heart-rate, as it speeds up in the scuffle in the next scene. However, the beeping continues, even after he's disconnected himself from everything.

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Connections

Featured in Svengoolie: The Surgeon (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Lollipop"
By Beverly Ross and Julius Dixon
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (BMI)
Performed by The Chordettes
Courtesy of Barnaby Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Another bad hospital horror flick

This movie can't decide what it wants to be.

It starts out medical mystery. Standard "Coma" plot here - maverick woman doctor fights with colleagues and discovers something fishy going on.

Next is a detour through subplot melodrama - maverick doctor gets in trouble and starts hanging out with a photojournalist turned med student. Nice work by James Remar here.

Then it lurches over to horror flick but doesn't quite make it. The heart of a good horror flick is a compelling villian. This script practically forgets about its villian until a good way into the film. What we get then is a laughably bad, unchilling parody of a sort of bad guy. He's got no menace, no personality. What good is a forgettable bad guy?

Skip this one unless you must see every bad hospital horror flick ever made.