Movie

Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam
1985 · 91 min
A scattershot, silly low-budget romp full of costume changes and goofy villainy that plays like a chaotic Saturday-morning cartoon.
- Directed by
- John Cherry
- Genres
- Science fiction, Adventure, Comedy
- Starring
- Jim Varney, Glenn Petach, Myke R. Mueller
- Tagline
- Hold on to your brain!
- Overview
- Evil baddie Dr. Otto Von-Schnick-ick-ick tries to take over the planet by first destroying all of our financial systems, collapsing the world's economy and sending populations across the globe into mass panic! Only one goody-goody can stop him.. or can he? The oblivious Lance Sterling is on the case! With the aid of his underappreciated assistant Doris, will Lance manage to save the day and defeat Doctor Otto before the mad scientist's megalomaniacal plan is fulfilled? Or will the villain succeed in distracting them to their doom with his many convincing costumes, courtesy of his own convenient Changing Coffin? Tune in to find out!
- How it feels
- Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Greed, power, deception, obsession
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- John Cherry
- Genres
- Science fiction, Adventure, Comedy
- Starring
- Jim Varney, Glenn Petach, Myke R. Mueller




