janetgoodman Here's a short and not-so-sweet review.A few things about me: a horror fan that was a teen in the 80s, I'm a real buff of scary, solid films. For instance, John Carpenter's The Thing, Jacob's Ladder, and Alien/Aliens. And - I can like camp for its own merits... as long as it's well done.There's always been a number of supposed "classics" that I planned to see... someday. (Haven't seen Leprachaun yet, believe it or not.)Today was the day I finally saw Puppetmaster. At least the half of it I could get through before I gave up. Terrible pacing, terrible script, boring and bland. And that's coming from someone who's terrified of evil dolls, and had nightmares because of Magic, Trilogy of Terror and Poltergeist.Sorry, but this one was a major waste of time and a yawn-fest.

Warren Marris PUPPET MASTER was the first in what was to become a long running franchise sent straight to Video.The story revolves around a secret that allows a human soul to be put into a doll or puppet to give eternal life, once lost - Until guests arrive at the Bodega Bay inn where Andre Toulon, the Puppet Master, his his creations.As these films were all straight to video releases, do not expect anything too amazing from the story or effects. They were quite excellent for their time but are now very dated.With that said, the film is an excellent watch, but if you want to view all of the films in some kind of Chronological Order, Watch this one 4th in line...Switch your brain off and just enjoy some good old 80's Cheese... This movie has it in spades and is intensely watchable.

Mileskolehmainen PUPPETMASTER🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘 4.2This is a great B-movie. Great FX (and puppetry), great characters, great atmosphere. I'm always hearing people say PM2 or PM3 is the best in the series, but I'm leaning more to this one. It's very compelling, entertaining and has decent pacing for a B-horror film. My main complaint is a few really dumb horror movie decisions. That's really the biggest problem. Also, William hickey is good as puppeteer Andre Toulon. In all, the best puppet master film, and much better than some of the other full moon stuff back then (see Ghoulies 1&2). Recommended to any B-movie or fan. A very fun film.

Michael_Elliott Puppetmaster (1989) ** (out of 4) A group of psychics gather at the former house of a puppet maker (William Hickey) who killed himself back in 1939. In the present day, the psychics try to figure out some of the mysteries inside the house but they're soon attacked by his puppets who are alive and well. Charles Band and his Full Moon Pictures released quite a few movies straight to video back in the day and I think it's safe to say that this here is one of the few that managed to gather some mainstream attention. The film would eventually set forth a ton of sequels and even a few rip-offs but watching the movie I was a left a little curious as to why. There's no doubt that there's some minor appeal to this thing but for the life of me I didn't see anything overly special that would make me think that we needed a ton of sequels. I think the best thing the film has going for it is the low-budget because this manages to help build up a nice atmosphere that runs throughout the film. I thought director David Schmoeller did a nice job at building up this atmosphere that at least made you feel as if you were in some sort of fantasy land where these puppets could actually be alive. With that said, that's about the only positive thing to say about the picture. One of the biggest problems is that the so-called "mystery" is so poorly done that you're bored within the first ten-minutes and it's nearly impossible to build up any excitement in regards to what's going on. Another problem with the screenplay is that it really doesn't develop any of the main characters and in the end you have a very hard time caring for any of them and you really don't care if any of them live or not. I thought the special effects were fairly decent considering how low the budget must have been but there are a few moments where the puppets just seem to be much bigger than they actually are. There's one scene with a puppet whose head is ultra-small has its small hands around the neck of a woman and for some reason the hands are big enough to fit around her large neck. This scene doesn't work because it's obvious the hands belong to someone else but the biggest issue I had with all of the puppets was the fact that they simply weren't scary. The R-rated film offers up some brief sex scenes, some nudity and some blood but nothing overly memorable. The performances are decent at best but it's always nice to see Hickey but sadly he isn't around for long.