Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE DUNGEONMASTER
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Charles Band makes a return to the show (along with many others) with the 1984 sci-fi anthology movie "The Dungeonmaster", AKA "Ragewar"! Guest appearance by the Cine-Masochist.
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What's your favorite segment in "The Dungeonmaster"?
If the wet dream at the beginning counts, that'd be mine. Because boobs.
Can you do the incredible hulk returns please
The part, where Gandalf turned around to say to the hero: "You are a wizard, Luke!".
@@DchanZockt "Harry, use the force." - Gandalf, portrayed by Patrick Stewart.
The end credits.
Big thanks to Brandon for doing my request for Dungeonmaster. As a kid I would play dnd in the basement and spend the night down there every saturday night. After everyone went to bed I would sneak upstairs and sit in the hallway outside the living room watching the local channel's saturday night movie since my mom would always fall asleep with the tv on. Those were the first times I saw Fist of the North Star, Highway to Hell, Beastmaster, Cherry 3000 and Dungeonmaster (among other things) and it really shaped a lot of my interest in cult movies, so I've been looking forward to it being on the show.
Thanks for requesting it!
Thanks for suggesting it. I'm not a patreon supporter, but I did mention this movie a month or so back in the comments of the Deathstalker 2 vid, remarking how surprised I was that he hadn't yet covered it. Nice one!
Ty Sir (?).
Right there with you Will, rock on
This is wonderfully wholesome.
The alternate title to this movie should be *Super Easy, Barely An Inconvenience*
Referencing other CZcamsrs is Tight!
Yeah yeah yeah.
Of course, getting his wrist thingie stolen was an....
Oopsies!
“No, Mythbusters. What the hell is Dungeonmaster?”
Oh, and I was so happy there for a second
Would you perhaps know it as “Ragewar the challenges of Excalibrate”?
"Pitch meeting" begins.
"do you have a movie for me?"
"Yes -it's about a computer nerd who gets challenged by Satan."
"That must be hard for a computer nerd to defeat satan."
"No, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience."
"pitch meeting" ends.
#StopNerfingSatan
nice Helen Miren gag. 👌
Richard Moll seems to chew more scenery in this film as the evil wizard than he did as Two-Face in Batman TAS.
Still can't unhear it
Less than he did as Bull Shannon on "Night Court" though!
How do you chew scenery as a voice actor? Other than chewing the walls of the booth?
@@RichardWatt Basically the way you say your lines.
I never realized how many movies Richard Moll was in back then. To me he was always just the bailiff on Night Court.
Satan saying he tortured a cat when he was a child sounds like a reference to Aleister Crowley
Hey Brandon, any chance you'll one day review one of my favorite 80s movies, The Wraith? It has an amazing cast, incredible car chases, amazing music, and is just one of the most 80sist movies ever.
Louis XVI having a financial stake in the guillotine business would certainly explain a few things about his reign.
Heh, well the guillotine was more what the revolutionaries used on him😉
Yes I think he may have gone overboard on the marketing for that one.
Charles Band. The 80s. Fantasy/Horror. W.A.S.P.
Hell yeah
Whoever retitled this from Ragewar was an evil genius. I guarantee that if you were a D&D kid back in the day, you rented it. Probably just the once.
At least these days I'm over being mad at the bait-and-switch and can appreciate its campy Band energy.
Yeah, I got fooled as well. I was expecting high fantasy, but instead I was left asking "WTF is this?!"
"Louis the XVIth? Isn't he the one who invented the guillotine?"
That' so stupid it makes my brain hurt, but there is a certain irony to the fact that they were called the louisette (after the guy who actually built the prototype) before getting re-named for Guillotin, the doctor who proposed using the thing as a more humane way to execute people. So at one point it at least sounded a little like Louis XVI, although he was more an end user than a creator of the thing.
The movie isn't totally wrong, since Louis the XVIth was a patron of the guillotine. Obviously, he wasn't expecting it to be used against himself slightly later. Perhaps not the soundest investment, although he was going to get killed by something and perhaps the guillotine wasn't the worst option.
Perhaps that's what the movie creators we're aiming for? Someone pointing it out someday?
I'm excalibr8-ing furiously to this review. Thanks, Brandon 😃
Don't Excalibr8 too hard or you'll get Mestema!
I like the idea of a fantasy anthology movie, like Creepshow meets Lord of the Rings, that could be really interesting and cool
I'm a little surprised nobody's tried that already...the closest I think we've come is that animated p**n movie featuring fairytale characters.
Given that D&D back in that time period was usually a series of somewhat unconnected set pieces in the same location, that often made limited logical sense, I was rather hoping this movie would have been that. It's the right idea, ruined by some strange fascination with primitive Apple products.
I recommend checking out the 2015 film The Tale of Tales. Its kind of an anthology un-Disneyfied dark fairy tale thing.
That would be great, even if it was cheap and cheesy. You could have characters sharing back-stories (in a tavern, of course) before teaming up for a longer segment. Four 15 minute flash-backs then a 30 minute finale. Fun times.
So wait…, does this mean that Richard Moll was actually secretly Satan in Night Train to Terror?
That wrist laser thingy sure made these challenges super simple. Maybe it was not so wise to give the guy a wrist mounted death ray.
Mestema should've given Paul a super-scope instead.
Not gonna lie, the giant statue thing was pretty cool
Like I said, I'm a sucker for stop-motion, no matter what kind of movie it's in.
@@TheBrandonTenold agreed
The reason why he didn't make money off his invention is simple: do you seriously think the government would allow this guy to sell a device that can hack ATM's? They'd probably confiscate it and leave him penniless.
OK, so just sell the power glove version to Nintendo & make a fortune!
Charles Band movies were never high art, but man they were almost always fun. Plus I always enjoy Richard Moll.
More, art for the high.
@@CorbCorbin I mean.... You're not wrong XD
Richard Moll is cool in my book. I was too young for night court. But I always think of him as the bad guy from the Highlander the series pilot and the gym teacher from sidekicks.
@@kurtfranklin2680 Then you should watch Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. Classic cheese!
I saw this movie when I was 6 years old and have been searching for it for over 30 years. I remembered the wrist weapon and couldn't remember anything else.
That’s awesome haha glad you found it man
You remembered the wrist weapon? That was the whole movie
@stephen70edwards you'd be surprised. There are other movies with wrist weapons. Brandon has movies on the channel.
"I remembered the power glove...it was so bad..."
I knew about the Mythbusters "quote" only because it was a joke in Sword Art Online Abridged! Never found this movie available to watch, so I was glad you got to review it. Thanks!
The "Science vs. Magic" plotline was done a lot better in "Flight of Dragons"
You should do a review on the movie “Six String Samurai”. It’s a post apocalyptic movie where Buddy Holly is a rock n roll samurai. He travels through the wasteland with a muted kid, trying to reach “Lost Vegas” in order to become the new king.
I made a lost Vegas joke when I played horizon forbidden west
This is the first thing I saw Richard Moll in outside of Night Court. It was a trip.
I saw him in metalStorm.
I saw him in HOUSE. (the movie not the Hugh Laurie show)
@@scockery I remember that movie with William Katt.
@@billcox8870 I forgot he was in that...saw Metal Storm: The Destruction of Jared Syn in the theater with my dad...in 3-D! Such a headache afterwards and I had no idea what we had just watched.
He was also in the first episode of Highlander: The Series and played Harvey Dent (Two-Face) and the Batcomputer in Batman: The Animated Series.
Nicholas Cage is gonna play what by the looks of it will be an all ham and cheese version of Dracula. Can't wait to see this one.
I guess Tippi Gore has never heard The Wasp ballad song Hold To My Heart (which is a great rock ballad! 🤘).
I heard there is a sequel that was included in the anthology movie Pulse Pounders (which was never released because the company Empire Pictures went out of business). Two of the stories got seperate releases in 2012 & 2013, The Evil Clergyman, an H.P. Lovecraft-story starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, David Gale & David Warner, & a sequel to Trancers, which got the name Trancers: City of Lost Angels. It says that The Dungeonmaster sequel will also get its own release on the Full Moon streaming channel, but so far there's nothing (that I know of).
Learning the line "I reject reality and substitute my own!" originally came from this movie was _weird_ ....
Adam Savage said it better imho.
I thought it came from some philosophical literature. Indeed nuts that it was a rental B-Movie.
Richard Mull is basically the same character as in 'Evilspeak'
Watched this one in the theater with a buddy. As I recall there was exactly one other person in the theater at the time. That means that there were three more people in the theater than there should have been.
Richard Mull was a Cult B Legend of the Early 80s before the Bull of Night Court, Awesome Review
Thanks Adam Savage for making me aware of this movie's existence
For me, I was always aware of that catchphrase for years, but never knew or caught where it came from.
Oddly enough, it was actually Sword Art Online Abridged that made me aware of not only where the phrase came from, but also of this movie in general.
@@patrickthehenchman2679 I 'member that. Didn't one of the characters get that line's source wrong as a joke?
Maguffin: the movie
Always a great day when a video drops from the most snarky Canadian ever!!!
Never ceases to deliver comedy gold!!! im still crying @ "Lets see what there musics like" Huh, they sound alot different then i was expecting...im d-e-d dead
I gotta think the opener was a combo of things.
On the one hand, both of his dreams are kind of portents to what's coming his way with Mestema. Both have somewhat mystical elements and both have the women of his life in them.
That brings me to the second point; the lady in the opener is sort of his mental image of CAL. That to me is what the 'linking up' Gwen brings up a little later is all about. She's weirded out by CAL and alludes to it being like an affair, particularly given CAL has a feminine voice and the like. In Paul's subconscious, it translates to that.
Good observation 👍
@@Phantasia_Workshop Thank you.
I've never seen the actual movie, but that was my assumption based on what was presented here.
I agree. Furthering the idea, Paul relies on the computer to do almost everything for him until the last two challenges, where he first claims "I don't even need my computer for this", then challenges Mestema to hand to hand combat. I suppose it's supposed to imply that people shouldn't rely on computers so much. Though, it sort of falls short after the computer has to create the pole for him to grab onto, saving him from the hole. Wait... Pole grab? No diving into the hole? Maybe the whole thing was just a visualization of a wet dream, after all...
Its because titties get more money in European theaters.
Saw this when I was a kid in the 80s and for some weird reason it always stuck with me. These days it's one of my favorite "guilty pleasure" movies... Especially if I've managed to get my hands on some THC gummies.
When that guy raised his sword and shouted “By the Power...” I was expecting a He-Man clip. 😂
Just in time for my lunch break. You’re a lifesaver Brandon! 👍
Lol, me too!
Aw man, I love this movie. 80s lasers, silly monsters, and hammy acting, what could be more fun!
Ah!!...life may be crumbling around me but a new video from Brandon makes it all that more tolerable.
Fun Fact "real life" black magician and self proclaimed beast of the book of revelation Aleister Crowley liked to tell the story that as a curious young boy to find out if cats really did have nine lives took a cat and "killed" it nine different ways to see if it would come back.
Hearing Malevolous' or whatever his name is, story about tortouring a cat as a lad makes me want to believe that this movie is canonically the further adventures of Aleister Crowley after all he needed to find another worthy opponent after his wizard battle for control of the sacred artifacts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn against fellow master of the mystic arts Irish poet W.B.Yeats. (Yes this actually happened)
Wait, after he kills that cat once, doesn't he have to wait for it to come back to life before killing it again? If he killed nine different cats then what was he expecting, for all of them or one of them to come back to life? I don't think he thought this one through.
@@garrick3727 It might have something to do with him trying to expand his consciousness by experimenting with every psychoactive substance. His autobiography was called "The Diary of a Drug Fiend"
Hahaha! Malevolous was the name I gave to my dark lord when, as an eleven year old I tried to sketch out my own Middle Earth rip-off. It's exactly the sort of name you'd expect in a trashy dark fantasy.
So he killed it the first time, it did not come back and then he believed he could still kill it a second time? Real life nut job more than real life magician.
Paul: Gwen, are you okay?
Gwen: No, I'm not okay! I'm having a very bad dream and you just happened to be in it!
me: BURN!!! 🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥
Excellent swerve on the "Decapitation Drop". Your snark levels are quite advanced. Kudos to you, sir, and kudos again.
"Your snark levels are quite advanced." If there was ever an MCU movie about me, that would probably be a line the big bad would say.
That TACO reference is on point. Bravo.
Oh yeah I remember watching this 1980s anthology movie. Crazy times. Does anybody remember wearing those white tube socks with the two colored stripes at the top?
I'm suddenly super nostalgic for your "Night Train to Terror" video, where you showed us Richard Moll getting summarily beheaded by John Phillip Law...
And i remember john phillip law most from (not from a certain movie you would expect) the Western, Death Rides a Horse. Where he went avenging the death of his parents when he grew up. Greeting every guilty party with 15 years ago..."
@@demonkingbadger6689 And absolutely ignoring every bit of advice Lee Van Cleef imparts to him.
@@ConstantineFurman yeah, true. And getting hisself in loads of trouble for not doing so.
@@demonkingbadger6689 "I'll just leave ya there for a while."
@@ConstantineFurman 😂
Wow. For years I could never remember the name of this film. Yet found a copy in 2nd hand store over weekend. Now a review of it:)
And to think you had three possible titles to choose from as well!
Mestima and X-CaliBR8 make great safe words when you play your own Dungeonmaster, I cant imagine being flogged by my woman then scream " MEEEEESSSSSTTTTIIIIIIIIMMMMMAAAA"
Totally forgot I watched this in the movie theater when it came out. 😂
Title sounds like a horror movie where the popular kids are trapped in a mystical tabletop RPG wielded by one of their victims driven insane from years of bullying.
Brandon and Petar in a video together? Extra bonus!
Agreed!
Pete's been in my video's before, and he will be again.
Woot!! You finally got up to Dungeon Master! 'bout time, Brandon! 😁
I, conversely, am in love with my computer which explains all the little devices running around the house.
You’re the greatest Canadian in world history Brandon!!! The 🐐!!!!!!!!
So here's my theory. Paul is a genius and invented a technology with godlike abilities. Understanding the destruction it would cause in the wrong hands (let's face it you don't want Elon Musk with that kind of power), Paul instead keeps it to himself and uses it to make his life just ever so mildly convenient. He takes money as he needs it, gets himself a modest place, and overall keeps a low profile and enjoys life. However this catches the attention of an eldritch being that either is or pretends to be Satan who toys with Paul for reasons beyond mortal comprehension.
So less Bill Gates and more Dr. Serizawa?
What a strange movie.... but what do I know? I like Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2.
And who also thinks that W.A.S.P. was an underrated band?
The Cine-Masochist certainly does!
@@TheBrandonTenold he's right Brandon!
"I reject your reality and substitute my own" Classic
Yes! Just in time for my dinner. Thanks Brandon!
Still hope Brandon does the 80s Blob remake someday
How about he does the 50s Blob instead?
@@Nestalgba92023 Both
@@ericb9252 Both is good
one of the few great remakes.
Been waiting for this one. It’s actually a pretty fun film.
I rented that movie on VHS from one of those old mom and pop video stores. I remember thinking it was an awesome movie, but I somehow never cared to see it again. Until now that is. Brandon is single handedly keep these old B movies alive.
"Brandon is single handedly keep these old B movies alive" If only Toho (and some other studios) felt the same way you did...
Keep up the great work, Brandon
Thank you good Sir.
A true Canadian treasure.
I saw this movie as a kid and been wondering if it actually existed, since I haven't been able to find it since. Thanks Brandon
It's on Blu-Ray now, so you can get it pretty easy.
@@TheBrandonTenold Thanks, it helps now i know the title.
Thor showing up never, ever gets old.
TACO callout was a deep cut I was not expecting. Made me smile ear to ear.
Gumby mention 18:00
Fun fact, I was an animator on the series in the 1980s. Gumby is a great actor, no ego.
_The Dungeonmaster_ teached all of us a very important lesson: magic and demonic powers are no match for some good ol' freaking lazers! *Hell yeah SCIENCE!*
Computer nerds for the win!
Doom, anyone?
I believe there puppet that guy shoots up in the cave was also used in sword and the Sorcerer horror movie previously worked on by Bueuclet . I heard about it on some behind-the-scenes video I stumbled across I will while ago.
I was so surprised when Brandon said it was Richard Moll. When I saw the pictures, I thought that was Christopher Lambert.
Chistopher Lambert isn't nearly as tall as Richard Moll (although he can chew the scenery as well when he wants to)
My friend dragged me to this movie on it's opening day in the theaters. And considering that was the only time I saw it I remember a surprising amount of details. I still thinking of that "changing the streetlight" trick very often; usually when I'm walking up to a street corner(I know, weird, right?). I also remembered that before he was sent to the Wasp concert he had started playing some goofy MIDI music from his wristband thingy to taunt Richard Moll, who then said something like, "If you like that music so much then have your FILL of it!" and then transported him to the Troubadour(apparently). I thought that was weird because Wasp didn't sound at all like an electronica '80's band at all. And, yeah, I remember how the computer saved his life by projecting that energy beam to grab onto. I knew it wasn't great but any definition of the word but I remember at least being entertained. So that's gotta say something about the quality of the movie...right? Oh, and I also was confused as to why he got put into that silly outfit and the computer got turned into a wrist thing.
I dunno, maybe Mestema originally wanted to zap him into the middle of a Depeche Mode concert?
Funniest goddamn thing you’ve ever said: “We’re almost an hour into the movie, I think you got the part.”
My favourite is the stop motion. In UK it was called RAGEWAR with the nudity part shown in the trailers which just pushed it the direction of nasty to get more rentals here!
"direction of nasty" don't you mean "direction of video nasty"?
@@TheBrandonTenold exactly what I meant
"I reject your realty and substitute my own."
Wow, I never realized how amazing Richard Moll as a movie boss villain before becoming my fave bailiff in Night Court and as Two-Face in Batman:The Animated Series.
As famous as he is for Bull, I think playing an over-the-top movie villain is the type of role Richard Moll was born for.
Sitting down to relax after work. See Brandon's video is up. Hells yeah!
"Say it with me: That Was Easy!!! Gotta love the audience participation portion Brandon
Did you say it?
@@TheBrandonTenold I did 🙂
I really like the compositional layout and elements DankoDeadZone did for the card a lot. Smooth lines and gets to the point of how insane the flick is. Eye catching for sure :)
If you ever want to do more art for my videos, just let me know.
@@TheBrandonTenold I will :) Right now I'm writing a book. Just one of those bucket lists types of things that have been an itch of mine for a very long time. :)
The first track on the Skinny Puppy album Rabies, called "Hexonxonx,' samples the line "There is no way to penetrate this barrier. It has the strength of a million souls, the power of the dead!" I always wondered where that came from. And now I know. Thanks, Brandon!👍
Has anyone combined the He-Man cartoon Adam-transformation with Richard Moll shouting "By the power of the prince of dark-NESS!"?
Chekhov's Run: When a main character runs in the first act, that same character needs to run again before the end of the movie.
I had forgotten WASP was in this movie! Saw them live a few times in the '80s, they put on a hell of a show. I remember renting this movie from the local VHS/Beta movie rental store and enjoying it a lot as a teen.
Nerds don't exercise. Seriously that makes the rest of the movie just unbelievable. That monster in the cave Jack Palance itself with that rock.
13:08 Cine-Masochist?
Where the hell you've been?
It's been quite awhile since we last saw you.
Charles Band occupies a unique niche in my childhood memories, as I grew up watching the PREHYSTERIA! movies and DRAGONWORLD back in the 90's (and that was before I even saw the MST3K riff on LASERBLAST). They may have gone direct-to-video and might not have been exceptional movies, but they certainly did deliver a pleasant diversion... and in my childhood that was more than enough.
I always assumed the girl in the beginning was the physical representation of cal
Richard Moll and Jeffrey Byron both starred in Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn a year earlier. I guess they had the vehicles sitting around for that last segment.
So, they recycled Corman-style
Missing final scene: The hero manages to weaken the demon lord, who as a result loses control of the realms he's been manipulating, and creatures from different set pieces appear together, resulting in things like the claymation statue clashing with the post-apocalyptic dune buggies. :)
I think this movie is short just for budget reasons think about it SFX are pretty good for a relatively low budget movie so I think it is a case Quality over Quantity, I also wonder how much each segment was discussed between directors, if they where fairly independent and if all they were told is the wrist band shoots lasers and stuff that could be why they so many ended with him using a laser.
I mean, I have to admit, besides the other awesome pure 80s goodness of this movie the true defining characteristic is that catchphrase. To think this little known movie is the film that gave us the immortal “ I reject your reality and substitute my own” is it a true point of pride.
I've been watching Night Court, so when you said Richard Moll I just started laughing because I just see him as Bull.
THE BEST THING ABOUT HEROQUEST!
MORE HeroQuest!
7:23 I think he channeled his best He-Man impression.
I recently watched the Red Letter Media episode of this movie. Funny how some movies are just infamous.
One little thing: John Carl Buechler's name is pronounced "Beak-ler." Kane Hodder was his pal and that's how he says it.
Do “Dinosaurs!” sometime. It’s the one with the frozen trex, brontosaurus, and caveman
Gods bless RIchard Moll. 80yrs old now. One of the greatest careers in screen history!
12:52 Dragon Sound FTW!
Or perhaps it's Nick Cage who has been going full Richard Moll this entire time.
A movie that's directed by several directors but focuses on just one story that's split into several segments?
This is just Pulp Fiction, but with extra steps.
And it's a mid 80s fantasy action movie.
Isn't that closer to "Four Rooms" than "Pulp Fiction"?