Review of The Dungeonmaster (1984) by Shawn W — 16 Jan 2010

Wow! Dear oh powers that be, how did you allow this to happen? I generally don't like giving plot descriptions, because a plot is only what the visuals and the acting, etc., are hung from, and I believe that any plot, with excellent acting and visuals and all can overcome it's plot.

Here goes an in-depth plot description- Paul, a super computer nerd, with a super computer, and glasses that can remotely control any electronic device within (seemingly) 50-feet. He, and his girlfriend, get zapped into the worst looking Puragtory you will ever see put to film, where Memesto (sp?), aka Satan aka Beeluzbub aka the Devil, chains up the woman and demands Paul play in 7 challenges, and if he wins, then Paul and his SO are set free.

If Paul loses, then Mesmeto shall take both their souls to Hell. Paul accepts, and is than garbed out in what looks like a terrible, generic, bad sci-fi Halloween costume. Seriously, it looks awful. Each challenge is roughly the same, save for three, which I will get to in a bit.

The typical challenge has Paul facing off midgets or demons or midget demons or brought-to-life wax figures of famous people, and he simply zaps them with his power glove. Seriously, his wrist computer looks like the power glove.

First different challenge is, and I am not making this up, Paul has to survive an entire song at a WASP concert. That's it. Well, he gets so fed up with their awful noise, he obliterates everyone in the concert, and the band.

Second is with the woman, they must survive a death dunebuggy race against a psychotic midget, that sounds like a retarded Jawa. I don't what the 7, count them, 7 directors had against little people, but man, did they seem to hate them.

The last, is actually the final challenge, in which Paul must save her from being a serial killer's victim. I write about the plot, because it's so asinine and made up on fly, while still feeling repetive it's ridiculous.

Also, to show just crazy the movie is. It'd be all fine and dandy if the movie had good acting/ editing/ directing/ photograhpy/ lighting, etc. But everything about this movie is so below subpar, I am pretty sure it didn't even play the same game.

I laughed a lot, which caused some enjoyment, but it's not worth tracking down for a second viewing.