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Brian Milligan | Grafton, MA | 10/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is guerilla filmmaking at it's best.
I've been a fan of The Dungeon of Dr. Dreck for a little over a year now. The show is a riot, harkening back to the Horror Host shows of the 1960s. Those were the shows where a goofily dressed up mad scientist or ghoul introduced and provided commentary for B movies, and then played them. The real fun of the show was watching the hosts do their thing.
Thankfully, this type of show is seeing something of a comeback, and can easily be found on local cable channels. The Dungeon of Dr. Dreck is the best of the lot. Dr. Dreck (Michael Legge) and his nuttily campy sidekick Moaner (Lorna Nogueira) are the stars, playing a mad scientist and his zombie cheerleader girlfriend. They have a group of regulars who provide zany, slapstick antics on each episode as they show those old B-movie horror flicks we all grew up with.
Now Dr. Dreck has his first movie, and it's a hoot. I took my sons to see the premier the other night, and boy was it fun. The plot, such as it is, involves Dr. Dreck and Moaner doing battle with an evil woman who runs the local TV station. But the real fun of the movie is watching the over-the-top antics of Dr. Dreck and Moaner. There is no low these two won't go to for a laugh, and they pull it off. Throughout the movie, you'll see a bizarre takeoff on Night of the Living Dead, a zombie trying to visit her parents, Dr. Dreck and his talking pet rat, Stu, a Frankenstein monster who wasn't sewed together properly and a Three Stooges inspired fight scene that had the audience howling at the premier. The movie is a riot, funnier than anything I've seen on the big screen this year. Buy this one for Halloween night. You won't regret it."

DR.DRECK IS AWESOME!

Doug Waltz | 09/16/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have been addicted to a cable access show for quite some time. I am speaking, of course, of The Dungeon Of Dr. Dreck. Michael Legge infuses the horror host genre with new life as he and his undead cheerleader, Moaner (Lorna) introduce us to the finest public domain horror that money can buy. And, while the movies are definitely a welcome blast from the past, it's Dr. Dreck and his wacky crew that make the show.
Now, we get all of Dr. Dreck that we want.
In The Dungeon Of Dr. Dreck we get the beginnings of the show. Dr. Dreck is a down on his luck mad scientist who has recently brought a cheerleader back to life. He has to deal with her and her undead cravings as he tries to find financing for his macabre experiments. The opening sequence is a dead on, hilarious homage to George Romero's Night Of The Living Dead.
Eventually, Dr. Dreck and moaner hit on the idea of doing a show on the local UHF channel. They want to do a DIY self surgery kind of thing, but the station manager has a better idea. He notices that a rival station is getting all the sponsors because of their horror host show. He thinks that Dr. Dreck and Moaner would be perfect. After all, they can't really be a REAL Mad Scientist and zombie, can they?
Unfortunately, the local darling and resident evil woman of that particular channel is Louise Morgan who has a huge block of time that deals with cooking and whatever else tickles her fancy. She does not want to give up her airtime for a couple of degenerates who show old horror flicks. And she will do anything to stop them, even murder!
As I said at the beginning of this review I have been a fan of the show for quite some time. I was really looking forward to the movie. We had even sent lab equipment for the film and my kids have written letters to the show which they love to watch. When it arrived we were hit with a storm and lost power. There was no way we were going to be able to watch this movie. When the power stayed out for another day we knew that we needed to stay somewhere with power. I can't sleep if it's too quiet and I discovered that went for the rest of my family as well. We went to the church and camped out in the basement. This was a perfect place to watch The Dungeon Of Dr. Dreck. We all cheered at the opening credits when we recognized the lab equipment we had sent being used in the titles. We all screamed with delight when we had been given credits, and official doctorates, at the end of the ending credits. We had all been involved from a distance with this and it was fun to watch what we had done which wasn't a lot.
Now then, how was the movie?
It was fantastic. It reminded me of the old days of UHF programming where the local stuff was more personal and more fun to watch. I was reminded of Saturday nights with Shock Theater coming from the local ABC affiliate and then afterward tuning into the neighboring state of Indiana where they had Double Creature Feature. It gave me pleasant memories of my childhood.
It was a funny concept taking a real mad scientist and a zombie and injecting them into a realm of make believe a.k.a. television. The true sign of a successful film would be that it was in black and white and none of my children minded one bit.
Of all the characters in the film, our family gave big yells of delight to Stu the animated rubber rat. Stu is one hilarious rodent and could pull off his own spin off show. Something to think about Mr. Legge.
So, in the end, we are given truly classic comedy that is fun for the whole family. And did I mention the gimmick glasses that you have to wear during the showing of the classic film. 27 SPOOKS? I didn't? Well, it is cool to see and the glasses do indeed add a dimension of weird to an already pretty weird movie.
Good job, Mr. Legge. Now, it's time to go. It's Saturday and here at The Waltz Compound that means another journey into...THE DUNGEON OF DR. DRECK!
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Genuinely funny and cool

Russroom | Summit, NJ | 09/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a very funny movie. Stu the rat steals the show. I hope that we get to see more from Dr. Dreck and company. If you grew up with Famous Monsters Magazine or just love horror movies and want a good laugh, pick this disc up. It's worth the money."