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.

BA_Harrison Power hungry sexual deviant Norman, Duke of Norwich (Gerald Jacuzzo), plots to become king of England by killing those ahead of him in line for the throne.In my experience, Andy Milligan's movies are, without exception, virtually unwatchable z-grade garbage, but I can't help but feel a little admiration for the director, who soldiered on despite the fact that his ambition clearly exceeded his talent and budget. Take Torture Dungeon for example, a period piece set in medieval England, when knights were bold and maidens fair, and no-one with a moustache could be trusted: that's not an easy undertaking for an amateur Staten Island-based film-maker with minimal resources.Rather unsurprisingly, Milligan fails spectacularly on almost every level. The costumes are cheap, the location work is terrible (in one scene set on a beach we can see a power boat on the water and a woman holding a handbag wanders into view, while another scene takes place in a greenhouse), the gore effects are risible, the dialogue is stilted, and the cast cannot disguise their Noo Yoik roots (Norwich is pronounced Nor-witch). Unfortunately, as is often the case with Milligan's work, the result isn't a hugely entertaining crapfest, but rather a crushing monotonous bore, the wooden performances and dreadful pace resulting in extreme tedium.2/10 for the frequent nudity (mostly from Susan Cassidy in an ill-fitting red dress) and the laughable attempts at splatter (a really crap beheading, some deaths by pitchfork, and assorted stabbings).

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!!)

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.