Oral Fixation (2009)

Director:

Jake Cashill

Writer:

Jake Cashill (written by)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

A woman's obsession with her dentist drives her to masochism, madness and murder.

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Emily Parker	...	Rachel Marks
Kerry Aissa	...	Paul McNeil
Aidan Sullivan	...	Molly McNeil
Chris Kies	...	Linford Crouch
Tempany Deckert	...	Claire Brady
Logan Kulick	...	Sean McNeil
Jody Ebert	...	Don Glowski
Dexter Brown	...	Detective Lewis
Elena McGhee	...	Detective Davidson
James Andrew O'Connor	...	Officer Kelly
Steve Carre	...	Officer Brown
Brian Anthony Wilson	...	Guard Jones
Allison Carter Thomas	...	Gardening Woman
Richard Pait	...	Captain Fitzgerald
Michael Donovan	...	Bartender
Marci Adilman	...	Joan Beasley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erika Braxton	...	Bar Patron
Sonja Braxton-Barnes	...	Bar Patron
Holly Cordoma	...	Bar Patron
Colin Delaney	...	Bar Patron
George DelFarno	...	Office Worker
Christine Delorenzo	...	Bar Patron
James Doherty	...	Office Worker
TeriAnn Doherty	...	Woman in Park
Anne Foerg	...	Bar Patron
Scott Foster	...	Dentist Office Patient
Dot Hagen	...	Dentist Office Patient
Thaddeus Hawks	...	Ozark
Heidi Horvath	...	Bar Patron
Chris Jerry	...	Dentist Office Patient
Michele Jerry	...	Dentist Office Patient
Nathaniel Jerry	...	Dentist Office Patient
Sean Jerry	...	Dentist Office Patient
Brandon Kay	...	Bar Patron
Bryan Kelley	...	Man on Sidewalk
Michael Lieder	...	Dentist
Kevin MacNamara	...	Town Drunk
Mark Messinger	...	Police Officer
Karla Peluso	...	Dentist Office Patient
Sabrina Santoro	...	Bar Patron
Anita Shah	...	Office Worker
Marcia Soprani	...	Office Worker
Dave Swope	...	Bar Patron
Maggie Temple	...	Bar Patron
Will Torres	...	Pedestrian
Michael Von Spreckelsen	...	Police Officer
Donna Walter	...	Dentist Office Patient

Directed by
Jake Cashill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jake Cashill		written by

Produced by
Jake Cashill	....	producer
Billy Mulligan	....	producer
Matthew J. Pellowski	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrew Munro

Cinematography by
Neil Stephens

Film Editing by
Matthew J. Pellowski

Production Design by
Eve McCarney

Makeup Department
Jamie Blair	....	assistant makeup artist
Anastasia Konstantinou	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Billy Mulligan	....	unit production manager

Sound Department
Bill Donnelly	....	sound designer
Bill Donnelly	....	sound
Anthony Paniccioli	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Richard Chonczynski	....	special effects makeup
Richard Chonczynski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Richard Chonczynski	....	character mold design

Stunts
Christi Waldon	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
George Alvarez	....	first assistant camera
Jose Alvarez	....	set photographer
Daniel Burkhart	....	grip
Richard Chonczynski	....	best boy grip
Simon MacArthur	....	gaffer
Mike Milla	....	jib operator
Paul Sharrett	....	grip
Grace Subervi	....	set photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anastasia Konstantinou	....	wardrobe
Marcia Soprani	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Alexis Van Hurkman	....	colorist

Other crew
Anthony L. Fisher	....	production assistant
James Shafie	....	production assistant
Anita Shah	....	production assistant
Tracy Utley	....	script supervisor
Corrie Yadon	....	assistant to producers

Production Companies

• Red Line Studios

Distributors

• Vanguard Cinema (2000) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Red Line Studios

Writer/Director's Note

First, a note of caution: there's a very early, unfinished rough cut of the film circulating on the internet, released by someone who has since been dealt with legally and otherwise. Sadly, the rough cut has been downloaded and reviewed a handful of times, and the reviews are justifiably poor, considering what the downloaders were presented with. Such is life in the age of the internet.

As for the final version of ORAL FIXATION, it's a dark, almost fantastical tale which was inspired by a true story that took place on Long Island, NY, in the 1980s. The real story centered on a dentist who felt compelled to uproot, pull his child from school, move towns and switch his home telephone number because a female patient of his had become obsessed with him for reasons I will not reveal here.

What you will see in this film, although bizarre, is not that far from the truth. And in light of recent cases of obsession, such as that of the female astronaut who drove 900 miles non-stop wearing an adult diaper to allegedly murder a romantic rival, the events portrayed in ORAL FIXATION my seem even less out-of-the-ordinary.

Budget constraints limited our ability to fully explore the scope of the story, but what we were able to deliver is, in our opinion, a fast-moving, engaging genre pic that sheds light on a particularly dark side of human nature.