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Puppet Master (1989) Review

March 30, 2022

We watched Puppet Master on Tubi and were reminded of a simpler time, a time when puppets rules the earth and we were helpless to prevent their tyrannical rule.



  • (1:00) – Intro
  • (5:30 ) – Synopsis
  • () – Review
  • (10:20) – Score
  • (20:45) – Spoilers
  • (56:39) – Talking about the live show
  • (1:15:20) – Horror Movie Whooores
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Synopsis

Puppet Master is the “story” of Andre Toulon, a master of puppets who has found an ancient egyptian method of imbuing puppets with life. 


He killed himself long ago and now he’s back?


But he’s a different guy now, and his psychic friends must suffer because they are psychic.


Everyone gets more Full Moon Features than they bargained for.


Puppet Master movie Poster
Review
Historical Significance

Puppet Master (1989) spawned a massive, 14 movie series of sequels and spinoffs. It was written by Charles Band who we interviewed a few months ago in our Gingerdead Man Review.


It’s a typical exploitation movie by Full Moon Productions, cashing in on the recent success of creepy little things movies like Gremlins, Child’s Play, and Dolls. For some reason that I can’t quite work out, Puppet Master struck a cord with general audiences and became a straight to video hit. 


With a budget of $400,000 it went on to make many millions, and surpassed many theatrical releases of the time in terms of profitability by a wide margin.



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