Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
DipitySkillful
an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
Numerootno
A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
Leofwine_draca
Another mindless trash-fest from the notorious director Andy Milligan, TORTURE DUNGEON really pushes the boundaries of cinematic badness. It's once again a cheap independent feature shot in New York, with a poorly-realised and quite laughable depiction of medieval England. The main character is a psychotic duke who spends his time bumping off his rivals in a bid to win power for himself. Way too much screen time is given over to an idiot character who laughs and gurns his way through his screen appearances, but Milligan's focus is very much on bare flesh which makes this feel like you're watching a skin flick at times. Saying that, it's a very tame and tawdry affair and there's barely any of the bloodshed suggested by the title.
shanec23
yes! ugly. yes! hate filled. yes the greatest trash film-maker ever!!andy does shakespeare!!! and i love it!!!!thank you jimmy mcdonough for legitimising the manic craft of andy milligan. playwright, fashion designer, film maker!!!way back when andy's films were just a naive trash-film fanatics ultimate wet-dream you were there, documenting, analysing and indeed living the insanity that was andy milligan.and there i was thinking that no-one could be as enraptured as i was by his sleazy yet wonderfully visionary films. silly me!!before i read your staggering biography, i had this bizarre notion that he was some kind of mild mannered homo wanna-be zero-budget auteur.but now that i have read your magnificent biography, i realise that andy milligan was much more complicated and dynamic than i could ever have imagined.i don't know whether to laugh or cry when i watch his films but i DO know that no other film-maker has ever affected me the way andy milligan has.andy milligan fans of the world unite!! you have nothing to lose but your chains. now is not the time to be modest, insist that your so-called friends and and loved-ones watch this film now!!!!and if they resist, nail them to a tree! (tee hee!!)
reptilicus
To many people Andy Milligan is the worst thing that ever happened to motion pictures. Some people say he makes Edward D. Wood Jr look like Orson Welles by comparison. To me though, Andy was a friend and a teacher. I met him quite by accident in the mid 1980's after being exposed to some of his movies at a rundown cinema in the toughest part of town. We became fast friends and I would listen for hours to him describe how he stretched a budget dollar to lengths even Roger Corman would envy. He described how he shot TORTURE DUNGEON with one camera and how he edited every scene in the camera by having one character do his or her dialogue and then switch the camera to do the other person reacting and back to the first person and so on. He remarked how hard it was to get some of the actors (I use the term very loosely) to stay in character while he constantly shifted the camera setup. Andy never used a light meter, recorded all sound "live" and seldom did more than 2 takes of any scene. Okay yes, his movies are poorly acted, badly paced, overly talky, and the makeup and effects are . . .well you get the idea. The point is Andy Milligan took the time to befriend me when I was still an aspiring film-maker and taught me how HE did things to save time and money.Andy I miss you, and I enjoy watching your movies despite their shortcomings. Thanks pal.
Greg Goodsell
In your reviewer's humble opinion, schlock director Andy Milligan's most entertaining film. Plotless jumble about a power struggle for the throne of England, this has double-crosses, torture, murder, hippie-dippie Renaissance costumes and an abandoned greenhouse for the main set!
Check out this immortal dialogue from the evil prince: "I am not a heterosexual, I am not a homosexual, I am not a bisexual, I am a trisexual -- I will try anything sexual!" This before a hot three-way with a maid and hunchback.This film is worth seeing for Magda the Marriage Counselor alone.
