Curse of the Puppet Master (Video 1998)

A scientist attempts to master the art of transferring people's souls into puppets.

Director:

David DeCoteau

Writer:

Benjamin Carr

Stars:

George Peck, Emily Harrison, Josh Green

Cast

Cast overview:
George Peck	...	Dr. Magrew / Puppet Master
Emily Harrison	...	Jane Magrew
Josh Green	...	Robert 'Tank' Winsley
Michael Guerin	...	Joey Carp
Michael Sollenberger	...	Station Owner
Marc Newburger	...	Art Cooney
Scott Boyer	...	Larry
Jason Dean Booher	...	Pogo
Robert Donavan	...	Sherrif Garvey
Jason-Shane Scott	...	Deputy Wayburn
William Knight	...	Medical Examiner
Patrick Thomas	...	Shipping Agent (as Pat Thomas)
Ariauna Albright	...	Operator (voice)
J.R. Bookwalter	...	Tommy Berke (voice)

Storyline

Robert "Tank" begins to work for Dr. Magrew sculpting a puppet for the Doctor to bring to life using the work of Andre Toulon. Robert begins to fall in love with the Doctors daughter, Jane. Unbeknownst to Robert the Doctor is trying to create a "perfect race" of puppet humans. Jane discovers a "matt puppet" which is from his first assistant. She comes back just in time to see her father, cut up by the puppets, has succeeded in putting a living human, Robert, into the puppet he carved.

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Plot Keywords:

puppet | puppet master | sheriff | deputy sheriff | police officer killed | 

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Taglines:

...The Human Experiment

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 May 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Curse of the Puppet Master: The Human Experiment

Filming Locations:

Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Full Moon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The story originally took place in Egypt, where the puppets face off against a mummy, but the idea was dropped.

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Goofs

When the pieces for the new puppet are being carved they are wood, when the puppet is finished it is metal.

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Quotes

Dr. Magrew: Robert, I know this may be painful, but try to relax.

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Connections

Follows Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)

User Reviews

Why God, why?

I rent horror flicks all the time, the campier the better, even such stinkers like Blood Diner... but this... I think that if they had used this film on Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, he would have gone homicidal again. Full Moon begins to crash and burn, leading to the ultimate craphole, Puppet Master Retro. The kills are so retarded, and at the end, which made me wish to commit suicide... Tank spends the whole movie carving this puppet out of wood, when he is transferred into it, there's a TV screen? And a laser? Did I miss something? And then the way he zaps the scientist... I've seen better special effects in the Power Rangers tv show. What I realized is that if you read the back of this video box, it tells you the whole story... Seriously, the whole thing. Damn you to hell for making this movie, Full Moon, and may God have mercy on your souls.