Retro Puppet Master

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19991999
PG-13PG-13

3.9/10

Adventure Fantasy Horror

In the late nineteenth century, an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer discovers the art of transferring the souls of the dead into inanimate objects.In the late nineteenth century, an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer discovers the art of transferring the souls of the dead into inanimate objects.In the late nineteenth century, an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer discovers the art of transferring the souls of the dead into inanimate objects.In the late nineteenth century, an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer discovers the art of transferring the souls of the dead into inanimate objects.In the late nineteenth century, an Ancient Egyptian sorcerer discovers the art of transferring the souls of the dead into inanimate objects.

Director
- David DeCoteau(as Joseph Tennent)
Writers
- Charles Band(as Robert Talbot)
- Neal Marshall Stevens(as Benjamin Carr)
- David Schmoeller(uncredited)
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Retro Puppet Master

Director
- David DeCoteau(as Joseph Tennent)
Writers
- Charles Band(as Robert Talbot)
- Neal Marshall Stevens(as Benjamin Carr)
- David Schmoeller(uncredited)
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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 - that of instilling the souls of the dying into inanimate things. Sutekh raises three mummified former high priests, led by the villainous "First Servant", and charges them with recovering both the Sorceror and his secret. There is no lack of victims for the 3 high-faluting, stylish villains as they pursue their prey to 19th century Paris, and the very young puppeteer, Andre Toulon. Toulon runs a puppet theatre in the heart of Paris, and meets the sorcerer (the mysterious Afzel) when he is found by the lovely Swiss Ambassador's daughter Ilsa, after being nearly killed. It is there and then that we find the seed of things to come, and the origin of the Puppetmaster series of tales. —Fred Bloggs

year 1944 year 1912 year 1902 year 1892 1940s 31 more

Taglines
- The Legacy Begins...
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for horror violence
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Trivia
James Franco auditioned to play Young Toulon, Greg Sestero's role. He and Sestero have since collaborated on The Disaster Artist (2017), a film adaptation of Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room (2003), the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made".

Goofs
When Afzel helps Young Toulon bring the first puppet to life, a visible hand can be seen manipulating the puppet.

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

Alternate versions
The UK DVD release from Blackhorse Entertainment runs longer than the U.S. Full Moon Features DVD of the film.

Connections
Edited into When Puppets and Dolls Attack! (2004)

Top review

5/10

Puppets With A Soul

I have seen only of one of the other Puppetmaster movies and remember that it was about an older man with his killing puppets. So I had no knowledge of the beginning of the old man but this Retro film gave me a feel for the man named Andre Toulon played by Greg Sestero. It was not a movie filled with overwhelming killing like the other film I saw but gave the characters a heart. Toulon was a young man that cared for the downtrodden. A man that was falling in love with a woman named Ilsa who likewise cared for people in need when she helps to save an old man attacked. This old man was Afzel, a sorcerer that stole the secret of life. Afzel is being hunted by servants of Sutekh because of this secret. These servants kill all of the friends and fellow puppeteers of Andre but they live again in the puppets of their own creations. Now it is a battle to the death between the servants of Sutekh and Andre and friends when Ilsa is taken hostage. The ending leaves you wondering why these friends would become so evil later in chronological time?

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