Retro Puppet Master (1999) (V)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

David DeCoteau

Writers:

Charles Band (story)
Benjamin Carr (screenplay)

Genre:

Adventure | Romance | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

The Legacy Begins...

Plot:

It's 1892 and Sutekh is hopping mad. It seems a 3,000 year old Egyptian sorcerer has stolen one of the God's secrets of life...

Plot Keywords:

Sorcerer | Puppeteer | Puppet | Evil Doll | Murder

Cast

Greg Sestero	...	Andre Toulon
Brigitta Dau	...	Ilsa
Stephen Blackehart	...	First Servant
Jack Donner	...	Afzel
Guy Rolfe	...	Older Andre Toulon
Robert Radoveanu	...	Second Servant
Vitalie Bantas	...	Third Servant
Sando Teodor	...	Latour
George Calin	...	Valentin
Juliano Doman	...	Vigo
Vlad Dulea	...	Duval
Dan Fintescu	...	Beggar
Serban Celea	...	Father
Elvira Deatcu	...	Margarette (as Elvira Deatce)
Claudiu Trandafir	...	Leader

Also Known As:

Puppet Master 7 (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for horror violence.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Kushner-Locke Company, The

Trivia:

Originally supposed to take place just after Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) (V), with Toulon and his "friends" on a train bound for someplace other than Germany and encountering a variety of Nazis and demonic foes. This script, by Matthew Jason Walsh, was thrown out by Kushner-Locke because it "would offend the German audience".

Goofs:

Continuity: Puppetmaster (1989) (V) showed that Andre Toulon committed suicide in 1939. This movie is set in 1944. Andre Toulon gives a flashback of the back. However, he is already dead and cannot do this.

Quotes:

Andre Toulon: Ilsa, this is Cyclops, Blade, Dr, Death, Drill Sergeant, Pinhead, and Six-Shooter.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Puppet Master: The Legacy (2004) (V)

Pretty good for a low budget

I don't understand all these bad reviews. I believe this movie was one of the best in the Puppet Master series. Being made on a low budget, one can comprehend why the special effects and acting were not spectacular, but they were not completely horrible.

Greg Sestero brought a lot of charisma to the role of Andre Toulon. He has a lot of potential, and I hope to see more of him soon. And though the cinematography was not excellent, and there was minimal violence and gore, this film was a lot of fun. I am a big Puppet Master fan and have grown to expect blood and gore from the films of this series, but I can say that I was never bored through the entire course of watching Retro Puppet Master. So, if you ever get an opportunity to see this movie, don't automatically regard it as unworthy of your time. Give it a chance. You might like it.