Exquisite Tenderness (1995)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Carl Schenkel

Writers (WGA):

Bernard Sloane (earlier screenplay)
Patrick Cirillo (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 January 1995 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Medical | Regeneration | Helicopter | Bone Saw

Cast

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
Jarrett Lennon	...	Young Julian Matar
Mother Love	...	Milly Putnam
Gregory West	...	Tommy Beaton
Juliette Jeffers	...	Lisa Wilson
Nancy Banks	...	Loreen Ridgeway
Kim Robillard	...	Dr. Eugene Kaiser

Also Known As:

Die Bestie im weißen Kittel (Germany)
Exquisite Tenderness - Höllische Qualen (Germany)
The Surgeon

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

100 min | USA:99 min

Country:

USA | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Capella International

Trivia:

Actually filmed inside a Vancouver mental hospital.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dr. McCann is in the morgue, the slide on her gun changes between being open and closed.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: The Surgeon" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Lollipop

surgical mistake!!!

This was one of the most repulsive and disgusting movies I've ever tried to watch. So much gore and special effects splatter overwhelm whatever extremely minor narrative pull the movie has. The movie starts off stupidly as a would-be attempt at irony (e.g., horrible violence set to silly '50s pop song) lets you know how wrong this flick is gonna go. If not for the extremely lovely presence of leading lady Isabel Glasser I never would have spent as much time on this splatter-dog of a flick as I did. Didn't need to see James Remar's tackle, either. All in all, a waste. I will keep my eyes out for Glasser in the future, though.