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Ulli Lommel (written by)
Release Date:
8 July 2008 (USA)
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DVD Releases: Mummy Ruins
(From Dread Central. 7 July 2008, 12:58 AM, PDT)
Lionsgate Announces 'Dungeon Girl' for DVD
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 21 May 2008, 9:07 AM, PDT)
(From Dread Central. 7 July 2008, 12:58 AM, PDT)
Lionsgate Announces 'Dungeon Girl' for DVD
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 21 May 2008, 9:07 AM, PDT)
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Not Horror But Drama
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Wendi Jean Linn | ... | Schatzy Melnick | |
| Gwen Trevathan | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Günther Ziegler | ... | The Kidnapper (as Gunter Ziegle) | |
| Nola Roeper | ... | The Mother | |
| Marcia James | |||
| Bud Watson | ... | The Stepfather | |
| Christian Behm | ... | T.V. Newscaster | |
| Hank Gordon | |||
| Ulli Lommel | ... | Uncle Henry / TV Pastor | |
| Stacey Worth | |||
| Francoise Kaane | ... | Uncle Henry's Girlfriend | |
| Darrin McDuff | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Suzanne Love | ... | Jenny Scanlon (Devonsville Terror) (archive footage) | |
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Rated R for sexual content, nudity and some violent images.
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81 min
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Loosely based upon a true kidnapping case from Austria.
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Dungeon Girl (2008)
** (out of 4)
My never ending parade of German director Ulli Lommel's "real life" movies continues with this one, which steps away from the horror genre and enters the drama category. This one tells a story that happened in Austria as a young girl was kidnapped and held hostage by a man for nearly six years. The entire running time centers on voiceovers as the girl tells her feelings for her parents, her life before the abduction and for her kidnapper known only as The Stranger. Again, I've seen all of Lommel's "real life" movies that have been released so far and this one here took me by a pleasant surprise. Not that I'd ever sit through the thing again but at least Lommel tried something different and didn't just deliver the same old garbage. I think what really helps this film is Wendi Jean Linn as the girl and Gunther Ziegler as The Stranger. We really don't get to see them "act" since most of the film is structured around voiceovers but this is beneficial since the majority of Lommel's recent films have been even worse due to the bad acting. Here, they at least look the parts well and the narration by Gwen Trevathan is really good. The film is way too slow and too much stuff is repeated for it to be considered a marginally good film. I'm really not sure what Lommel's obsession is with having a character look into the camera, ask questions and then constantly reuse this footage. Also, the running time of 81 minutes is the norm for his recent films but he might want to consider cutting them down to a hour or less. This is how "B" and "Z" movies were back in the day so he might want to revisit that. With that said, this is still a weak film but it's a lot better than anything the director's have given us over the past decade but then again, that's not saying too much.