As if visiting the dentist weren’t enough of a horror for many people, you can now have your filling replaced by “The Midnight Cavity Killer!”

Some dentists offer after hours appointments, usually until 8 p.m, or so. But there’s a dentist near Los Angeles who only just starts work at 6 p.m., and takes appointments until 2 am! Is she a vampire? Maybe. In addition to her late night office hours, her marketing campaign resurrects horror classics, including Dracula and the Werewolf, in a series of spoof horror-movie ads. “Abscess of Evil,” “Dentures for Dracula,” “They Floss by Night,” “Bite of the Living Dead,” and “Creature from the Plaque Lagoon” are the names of these flicks, starring none other than Patty Ross, D.D.S., AKA the “Dentist of Darknes.”

It’s a creative alternative to the typical smiling couples, cartoon teeth, and apples of typical dentists’ advertising. And, the late-night office hours and horror movie theme are intriguing. I just wonder if her office resembles her ads. Maybe she wears a black cloak, instead of the clinical white coat. Probably not, but it still sounds interesting.