Puppet Master [1989]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • If you meet Ms. Leech, you should insist that she use mouth wash
  • OVERRATED
  • Watch this now, be wary with it's sequels...
  • Just Good Fun!
  • why weren't 4,5,7,8 like this
Puppet Master [1989]
Starring: Paul Le Mat , William Hickey , Irene Miracle , Jimmie F. Skaggs , and Robin Frates
Director: David Schmoeller
Manufacturer: Prism Leisure
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  5. Mind Ripper [1995] Mind Ripper [1995]

ASIN: B000055Z8S
Release Date: 2002-06-17
Puppet Master [1989]

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars If you meet Ms. Leech, you should insist that she use mouth wash.......2007-11-21

She's perfect...gorgeous face, great figure, porcelain skin, raven hair down her back. She has only one flaw. She has a habit of gagging up thick, mucous-covered leeches while making deep, retching noises. Personally, I'd just think of England and avoid kissing her. Please note, in addition to the spoiled corpses in the movie, there are some other spoilers in these comments.

She's Ms. Leech, and the major delight of Puppet Master I is watching her and her other pint-sized companions, Blade, Pinhead, Jester and Tunneler do their stuff. We meet them in the Bodega Bay Inn when a small band of psychics arrive to learn why they seem to be getting strange mind messages from a former colleague, a man named Neil Gallagher. But it turns out Gallagher is dead...we see him in his casket. We also see him sitting in a chair and waltzing wearing white mask. We see him at the head of the table when his friends gather for dinner. Could it be that Gallagher discovered the secret formula an old puppet master named Andre Toulon used to bring life to his puppets? Hmmm. All we know for sure is that 50 years ago, at this very same Bodega Bay Inn, Toulon hid his puppets in a secret compartment, then fired a bullet into his mouth as Nazi agents burst in his room.

And now, in 1989, in the dead of night and in this deserted Inn, Blade, Pinhead, Jester, Tunneler and Ms. Leech seek out the visiting psychics and the Inn's lone maid to slash, smash, strangle, burrow and regurgitate them to death. Only Alex Whitacre and Megan Gallagher, Neil's wife, will survive that night. They find themselves at that same dining table, this time with the bodies of their friends slumped in chairs...and with a live Neil Gallagher maniacally announcing his hideous plot to bring life, not just to puppets, but to corpses.

But what's not to love about murderous little dolls? If a cult film requires a silly but amusing plot, home-spun acting that brings smiles, a stuffed pekinese that shows a lot of talent and death charging at you at ankle level, then Puppet Master is one of the best of the cult films. Among my favorite characters were Irene Miracle as Dana Hadley, a whiskey-swigging voluptuous psychic; Jimmie F. Skaggs as Neil Gallagher, a thin, prancing actor with a face like one of his puppets; Ms. Leech, of course; and Tunneler. When Tunneler goes to work on your face you'll wish you were back in your dentist's chair having a root canal done.

3 out of 5 stars OVERRATED.......2007-11-01

Puppet Master Andre Toulon, (William Hickey) is working in the Bodega Bay Hotel on a new series of puppets when he is forced to put them into hiding in the hotel. Years later, a group of psychics, lead by Frank Forrester, (Matt Roe) his assistant Carissa Stamford, (Kathryn O'Reilly) and patients Alex Whitaker, (Paul Le Mat) Dana Hadley, (Irene Miracle) and Theresa, (Mews Small) are summoned to the hotel, now run by Megan Gallagher, (Robin Frates) for her husband's funeral. As they wander through the rooms of the hotel, they each begin to experience strange visions of past accidents in the hotel. As they're slowly picked off one-by-one by an unknown force, they discover that it was no accident that brought them together.

The Good News: There was some nice things in here that were pretty nice to see. The most impressive is the special effects used for the puppets. They move and look quite realistically, and are each filled with a specific personality that comes across quite easily. It's almost impossible to see strings used to move them, and this makes them appear quite lifelike. The attention to detail in their personality was also quite refreshing to see, and each one is quite distinctive from the others through a wide range of different techniques. Also nice to see was that all of the puppets seem to share equal screen time and each one gets to cause some serious havoc in their own right. All of them are capable for at least one death, which is a nice idea. The few attacks are well-handled. The scene where a character is blindfolded and bound in bed, thinking their companion is sexually stimulating them while it is in fact one of the dolls vomiting forth leeches which burrow into the skin is pretty twisted. The standout sequence, though, where one character is attacked, overcomes it only to find a second doll coming after her, which chases them and eventually tries to break into the elevator providing some decent shocks. It wasn't that bad when it had to be.

The Bad News: While being hailed as a great film, there was a lot to be left desired. The biggest one is that the film takes too long to really get going and when it does, it doesn't really deliver what you had expected as there's little else on show. There is a long time before the rampage starts, and they're all pretty decent attacks but they come very late in the movie. The motivation behind the villain is also kind of weird. Chances are, he could have resurrected himself quietly and no one would have been none the wiser. He had his reasons I guess, but they seem to be kind of cheesy. I'm still trying to figure out how they could've performed the rite on them-self. It's also the source of a big continuity error that is very hard to shake off. Since the magic only affects non-living tissue, then he couldn't have performed it prior to his own suicide. And obviously he couldn't have performed the Rite after he was already dead, yet it's never explained how that transpired. It's all not quite as good as it's been given.

The Final Verdict: Not quite the masterpiece that many say it is, yet it has moments where a great film is trying to come through. Fans of the series will undoubtedly like this one, and is recommended viewing for them, but it can run the others the wrong way if not in the right mood.

5 out of 5 stars Watch this now, be wary with it's sequels..........2005-02-07

This is the original and best of the Puppet Master films, keeping the Puppet team down to Blade, Jester, Leechwoman and Tunneller, and with a decent, older and more convincing cast. Irene Miracle is particularly good as a barmy fortune-teller, though I wouldn't get too attached to anybody if you know what I mean. The puppets look damn good in this first movie, with a cross between full stop-motion animation and Muppet style techniques giving them a firmly believable presence. Unlike the other films in the series, this movie has both a knowingly hammy script and some truly horrific moments, which makes for a fun, scary and well paced movie, which doesn't rely purely on the gimmick of the puppets to drive the film. If you like the fantasy elements of films like Child's Play, Nightmare on Elm Street or Hellraiser, you may find this low budget gem of a film equally interesting. I recommend this to anybody with an interest in horror or fantasy movies, as it is a great little movie.

4 out of 5 stars Just Good Fun!.......2004-07-24

I watched this film in an edited form when I was younger and wasn't too impressed but saw it again recently and really enjoyed it. The film does have some originality about it.

I wouldn't say this was at all scary but it is good fun and you can't help but love some of the puppet characters (Blade I particulary like).

For a direct-to-video release this effects are good, on occasion you can tell the puppets aren't real, but most of the time they look as though they really do move on their own.

If you like B-movies you will enjoy this, it's just a bit of fun really!

5 out of 5 stars why weren't 4,5,7,8 like this.......2003-08-20

puppet master and other killer dolls or puppet related films have always been my favorite type filmmwhen i first saw this in the movies i have been hooked on the series all the puppets have all had that special piece of horror in them. Its just a shame 4,5,7,8 didn't do quiet as well as this one anyway let get back down to earth. we start of a group of sikets have been called together by neil gallar who has been looking into the work of a old puppet master in the 20's who was said to have dicovered the secert of life when the sikets get there lead by Alex witicgar they find that neil is dead after quiet alot of move the body around game it soon becomes clear that neil is not dead and has brought himself back to life useing the powers of the puppet master he controls the puppets to kill the rest of the inmates of until alex and the owner (neils wife) are left neil and her now must do anything to stop the puppets and neil bofore they are both killed but blade, pinhead, ms leech, jester and tunneler have other ideas.
Small Miracles (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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    Small Miracles (REGION 1) (NTSC)
    Starring: John-Paul Macleod , Jonathan Pryce , Geraldine James , Matthew Rhys , and Robert Pugh
    Director: Martin Duffy
    Manufacturer: Questar
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    Small Miracles (REGION 1) (NTSC)
    A Small Miracle
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      A Small Miracle

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        The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (Small Miracles) [Region 2] [import]
        Starring: Jonathan Pryce , John-Paul Macleod , Geraldine James , Griff Rhys Jones , and Robert Pugh
        Director: Martin Duffy
        Manufacturer: Indies
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        Puppet Master - The Legacy [2003]
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • If you meet Ms. Leech, you should insist that she use mouth wash
        • OVERRATED
        • Watch this now, be wary with it's sequels...
        • Just Good Fun!
        • why weren't 4,5,7,8 like this
        Puppet Master - The Legacy [2003]
        Starring: Paul Le Mat , William Hickey , Irene Miracle , Jimmie F. Skaggs , and Robin Frates
        Director: David Schmoeller
        Manufacturer: Film 2000
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        ASIN: B0001XLWD0
        Release Date: 2004-10-25
        Puppet Master - The Legacy [2003]

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars If you meet Ms. Leech, you should insist that she use mouth wash.......2007-11-21

        She's perfect...gorgeous face, great figure, porcelain skin, raven hair down her back. She has only one flaw. She has a habit of gagging up thick, mucous-covered leeches while making deep, retching noises. Personally, I'd just think of England and avoid kissing her. Please note, in addition to the spoiled corpses in the movie, there are some other spoilers in these comments.

        She's Ms. Leech, and the major delight of Puppet Master I is watching her and her other pint-sized companions, Blade, Pinhead, Jester and Tunneler do their stuff. We meet them in the Bodega Bay Inn when a small band of psychics arrive to learn why they seem to be getting strange mind messages from a former colleague, a man named Neil Gallagher. But it turns out Gallagher is dead...we see him in his casket. We also see him sitting in a chair and waltzing wearing white mask. We see him at the head of the table when his friends gather for dinner. Could it be that Gallagher discovered the secret formula an old puppet master named Andre Toulon used to bring life to his puppets? Hmmm. All we know for sure is that 50 years ago, at this very same Bodega Bay Inn, Toulon hid his puppets in a secret compartment, then fired a bullet into his mouth as Nazi agents burst in his room.

        And now, in 1989, in the dead of night and in this deserted Inn, Blade, Pinhead, Jester, Tunneler and Ms. Leech seek out the visiting psychics and the Inn's lone maid to slash, smash, strangle, burrow and regurgitate them to death. Only Alex Whitacre and Megan Gallagher, Neil's wife, will survive that night. They find themselves at that same dining table, this time with the bodies of their friends slumped in chairs...and with a live Neil Gallagher maniacally announcing his hideous plot to bring life, not just to puppets, but to corpses.

        But what's not to love about murderous little dolls? If a cult film requires a silly but amusing plot, home-spun acting that brings smiles, a stuffed pekinese that shows a lot of talent and death charging at you at ankle level, then Puppet Master is one of the best of the cult films. Among my favorite characters were Irene Miracle as Dana Hadley, a whiskey-swigging voluptuous psychic; Jimmie F. Skaggs as Neil Gallagher, a thin, prancing actor with a face like one of his puppets; Ms. Leech, of course; and Tunneler. When Tunneler goes to work on your face you'll wish you were back in your dentist's chair having a root canal done.

        3 out of 5 stars OVERRATED.......2007-11-01

        Puppet Master Andre Toulon, (William Hickey) is working in the Bodega Bay Hotel on a new series of puppets when he is forced to put them into hiding in the hotel. Years later, a group of psychics, lead by Frank Forrester, (Matt Roe) his assistant Carissa Stamford, (Kathryn O'Reilly) and patients Alex Whitaker, (Paul Le Mat) Dana Hadley, (Irene Miracle) and Theresa, (Mews Small) are summoned to the hotel, now run by Megan Gallagher, (Robin Frates) for her husband's funeral. As they wander through the rooms of the hotel, they each begin to experience strange visions of past accidents in the hotel. As they're slowly picked off one-by-one by an unknown force, they discover that it was no accident that brought them together.

        The Good News: There was some nice things in here that were pretty nice to see. The most impressive is the special effects used for the puppets. They move and look quite realistically, and are each filled with a specific personality that comes across quite easily. It's almost impossible to see strings used to move them, and this makes them appear quite lifelike. The attention to detail in their personality was also quite refreshing to see, and each one is quite distinctive from the others through a wide range of different techniques. Also nice to see was that all of the puppets seem to share equal screen time and each one gets to cause some serious havoc in their own right. All of them are capable for at least one death, which is a nice idea. The few attacks are well-handled. The scene where a character is blindfolded and bound in bed, thinking their companion is sexually stimulating them while it is in fact one of the dolls vomiting forth leeches which burrow into the skin is pretty twisted. The standout sequence, though, where one character is attacked, overcomes it only to find a second doll coming after her, which chases them and eventually tries to break into the elevator providing some decent shocks. It wasn't that bad when it had to be.

        The Bad News: While being hailed as a great film, there was a lot to be left desired. The biggest one is that the film takes too long to really get going and when it does, it doesn't really deliver what you had expected as there's little else on show. There is a long time before the rampage starts, and they're all pretty decent attacks but they come very late in the movie. The motivation behind the villain is also kind of weird. Chances are, he could have resurrected himself quietly and no one would have been none the wiser. He had his reasons I guess, but they seem to be kind of cheesy. I'm still trying to figure out how they could've performed the rite on them-self. It's also the source of a big continuity error that is very hard to shake off. Since the magic only affects non-living tissue, then he couldn't have performed it prior to his own suicide. And obviously he couldn't have performed the Rite after he was already dead, yet it's never explained how that transpired. It's all not quite as good as it's been given.

        The Final Verdict: Not quite the masterpiece that many say it is, yet it has moments where a great film is trying to come through. Fans of the series will undoubtedly like this one, and is recommended viewing for them, but it can run the others the wrong way if not in the right mood.

        5 out of 5 stars Watch this now, be wary with it's sequels..........2005-02-07

        This is the original and best of the Puppet Master films, keeping the Puppet team down to Blade, Jester, Leechwoman and Tunneller, and with a decent, older and more convincing cast. Irene Miracle is particularly good as a barmy fortune-teller, though I wouldn't get too attached to anybody if you know what I mean. The puppets look damn good in this first movie, with a cross between full stop-motion animation and Muppet style techniques giving them a firmly believable presence. Unlike the other films in the series, this movie has both a knowingly hammy script and some truly horrific moments, which makes for a fun, scary and well paced movie, which doesn't rely purely on the gimmick of the puppets to drive the film. If you like the fantasy elements of films like Child's Play, Nightmare on Elm Street or Hellraiser, you may find this low budget gem of a film equally interesting. I recommend this to anybody with an interest in horror or fantasy movies, as it is a great little movie.

        4 out of 5 stars Just Good Fun!.......2004-07-24

        I watched this film in an edited form when I was younger and wasn't too impressed but saw it again recently and really enjoyed it. The film does have some originality about it.

        I wouldn't say this was at all scary but it is good fun and you can't help but love some of the puppet characters (Blade I particulary like).

        For a direct-to-video release this effects are good, on occasion you can tell the puppets aren't real, but most of the time they look as though they really do move on their own.

        If you like B-movies you will enjoy this, it's just a bit of fun really!

        5 out of 5 stars why weren't 4,5,7,8 like this.......2003-08-20

        puppet master and other killer dolls or puppet related films have always been my favorite type filmmwhen i first saw this in the movies i have been hooked on the series all the puppets have all had that special piece of horror in them. Its just a shame 4,5,7,8 didn't do quiet as well as this one anyway let get back down to earth. we start of a group of sikets have been called together by neil gallar who has been looking into the work of a old puppet master in the 20's who was said to have dicovered the secert of life when the sikets get there lead by Alex witicgar they find that neil is dead after quiet alot of move the body around game it soon becomes clear that neil is not dead and has brought himself back to life useing the powers of the puppet master he controls the puppets to kill the rest of the inmates of until alex and the owner (neils wife) are left neil and her now must do anything to stop the puppets and neil bofore they are both killed but blade, pinhead, ms leech, jester and tunneler have other ideas.
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            The Maldonado Miracle [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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            Big Eden: A Small Miracle [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Apparently you can go home again, even if you are a gay man from a small town in Montana
            Big Eden: A Small Miracle [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
            Starring: Arye Gross , Eric Schweig , Tim DeKay , Louise Fletcher , and George Coe
            Director: Thomas Bezucha
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            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars Apparently you can go home again, even if you are a gay man from a small town in Montana.......2006-06-08

            The strength of "Big Eden" is also its fatal flaw, although clearly there are many who will embrace both and go along for the ride. Henry Hart (Arye Gross), is a painter getting ready for a big show in New York City when he learns that his grandfather, Sam Hart (George Coe), who raised him after the death of his parents, has suffered a stroke. Over the protests of his agent, Mary Margaret Bishop (Veanne Cox), he returns immediately to Big Eden, Montana, the small town in which he was raised and where he never admitted he was gay. Family friend Grace Cornwell (Louise Fletcher) changes everything when she tells Henry that Dean is back in town. This would be Dean Stewart (Tim DeKay), Henry's best friend from high school and for twenty year's the object of his heart's desire. Henry catches up on Dean's story, learning his old friend has been married, is now divorced, and has custody of his two young boys. Dean appears to be as happy to see Henry as Henry is to see him, and this makes the unthinkable a possibility.

            The local busybody, Widow Thayer (Nan Martin), lines up all of the single women in town for Henry, and when she learns he is gay turns right around and sets up a "Chess Club" meeting so Henry can be introduced to all of the single men as well. But this is not enough to induce Henry to come out of the closet. Meanwhile, Pike Dexter (Eric Schweig), who runs the local general store and has been making meals for Sam, suddenly finds himself making fancy meals and being even more tongue tied than usual when Henry is around. Henry might not notice what has come over Pike, but Jim Soams (O'Neal Compton) and the rest of the guys sitting around the store certainly pick up on the signals and decide they should do something about it. Also floating around town is Anna Rudloph (Corinne Bohrer), another romantic possibility despite her limited sexual orientation (she likes men).

            The thought that there is a small town in Montana where everybody conspires to set up a gay couple is unrealistic, although I would attribute that more to the mentality of small towns rather than a particular state. Outside of geographical pockets in obvious metropolises like San Francisco and New York City, there are few places where such a story might seem like anything more than fantasy. But then most romances are fantasies of a sort, and creating an idealistic corner of the country free from bigotry is not a bad place to imagine. Another thing that this 2005 film has going for it is that its gay men are in their late 30s rather than their early 20s. So "Big Eden" is not about buff guys running naked through some sort of metaphorical paradise, but about men looking for love. In this film being held while crying is as important as any other physical manifestation of affection.

            This was the first film by writer-director Thomas Bezucha, whose second effort "The Family Stone" came out last year. I was leaning towards rounding up on this film, but I was hoping for something more creative for the conclusion than the romantic commonplace that Bezucha trots out. He came up with a more memorable ending for "The Family Stone," but he failed to come up with anything new for the big finish of this one. In any romantic film a key element is the grand romantic gesture and "Big Eden" does not really have one. However, despite the predictable plot contrivances, it does have developed characters and some fine performances. Gross is such a familiar face from dozens of television shows, that we are on his side from the start and his longing to share his life is palatable, while Coe has an especially nice moment when he tries to coax his grandson out of the closest. But it is Sweig who stands out, taking the stereotype of the stoic Native American and giving a nuanced performance that makes the looks on his face a lot more important than whatever words he actually manages to speak. These performances along are enough to make it an above average romance, despite its unconventional elements.
            Puppet Master
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • If you meet Ms. Leech, you should insist that she use mouth wash
            • OVERRATED
            • Watch this now, be wary with it's sequels...
            • Just Good Fun!
            • why weren't 4,5,7,8 like this
            Puppet Master
            Starring: Paul Le Mat , William Hickey , Irene Miracle , Jimmie F. Skaggs , and Robin Frates
            Director: David Schmoeller
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            Puppet Master

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars If you meet Ms. Leech, you should insist that she use mouth wash.......2007-11-21

            She's perfect...gorgeous face, great figure, porcelain skin, raven hair down her back. She has only one flaw. She has a habit of gagging up thick, mucous-covered leeches while making deep, retching noises. Personally, I'd just think of England and avoid kissing her. Please note, in addition to the spoiled corpses in the movie, there are some other spoilers in these comments.

            She's Ms. Leech, and the major delight of Puppet Master I is watching her and her other pint-sized companions, Blade, Pinhead, Jester and Tunneler do their stuff. We meet them in the Bodega Bay Inn when a small band of psychics arrive to learn why they seem to be getting strange mind messages from a former colleague, a man named Neil Gallagher. But it turns out Gallagher is dead...we see him in his casket. We also see him sitting in a chair and waltzing wearing white mask. We see him at the head of the table when his friends gather for dinner. Could it be that Gallagher discovered the secret formula an old puppet master named Andre Toulon used to bring life to his puppets? Hmmm. All we know for sure is that 50 years ago, at this very same Bodega Bay Inn, Toulon hid his puppets in a secret compartment, then fired a bullet into his mouth as Nazi agents burst in his room.

            And now, in 1989, in the dead of night and in this deserted Inn, Blade, Pinhead, Jester, Tunneler and Ms. Leech seek out the visiting psychics and the Inn's lone maid to slash, smash, strangle, burrow and regurgitate them to death. Only Alex Whitacre and Megan Gallagher, Neil's wife, will survive that night. They find themselves at that same dining table, this time with the bodies of their friends slumped in chairs...and with a live Neil Gallagher maniacally announcing his hideous plot to bring life, not just to puppets, but to corpses.

            But what's not to love about murderous little dolls? If a cult film requires a silly but amusing plot, home-spun acting that brings smiles, a stuffed pekinese that shows a lot of talent and death charging at you at ankle level, then Puppet Master is one of the best of the cult films. Among my favorite characters were Irene Miracle as Dana Hadley, a whiskey-swigging voluptuous psychic; Jimmie F. Skaggs as Neil Gallagher, a thin, prancing actor with a face like one of his puppets; Ms. Leech, of course; and Tunneler. When Tunneler goes to work on your face you'll wish you were back in your dentist's chair having a root canal done.

            3 out of 5 stars OVERRATED.......2007-11-01

            Puppet Master Andre Toulon, (William Hickey) is working in the Bodega Bay Hotel on a new series of puppets when he is forced to put them into hiding in the hotel. Years later, a group of psychics, lead by Frank Forrester, (Matt Roe) his assistant Carissa Stamford, (Kathryn O'Reilly) and patients Alex Whitaker, (Paul Le Mat) Dana Hadley, (Irene Miracle) and Theresa, (Mews Small) are summoned to the hotel, now run by Megan Gallagher, (Robin Frates) for her husband's funeral. As they wander through the rooms of the hotel, they each begin to experience strange visions of past accidents in the hotel. As they're slowly picked off one-by-one by an unknown force, they discover that it was no accident that brought them together.

            The Good News: There was some nice things in here that were pretty nice to see. The most impressive is the special effects used for the puppets. They move and look quite realistically, and are each filled with a specific personality that comes across quite easily. It's almost impossible to see strings used to move them, and this makes them appear quite lifelike. The attention to detail in their personality was also quite refreshing to see, and each one is quite distinctive from the others through a wide range of different techniques. Also nice to see was that all of the puppets seem to share equal screen time and each one gets to cause some serious havoc in their own right. All of them are capable for at least one death, which is a nice idea. The few attacks are well-handled. The scene where a character is blindfolded and bound in bed, thinking their companion is sexually stimulating them while it is in fact one of the dolls vomiting forth leeches which burrow into the skin is pretty twisted. The standout sequence, though, where one character is attacked, overcomes it only to find a second doll coming after her, which chases them and eventually tries to break into the elevator providing some decent shocks. It wasn't that bad when it had to be.

            The Bad News: While being hailed as a great film, there was a lot to be left desired. The biggest one is that the film takes too long to really get going and when it does, it doesn't really deliver what you had expected as there's little else on show. There is a long time before the rampage starts, and they're all pretty decent attacks but they come very late in the movie. The motivation behind the villain is also kind of weird. Chances are, he could have resurrected himself quietly and no one would have been none the wiser. He had his reasons I guess, but they seem to be kind of cheesy. I'm still trying to figure out how they could've performed the rite on them-self. It's also the source of a big continuity error that is very hard to shake off. Since the magic only affects non-living tissue, then he couldn't have performed it prior to his own suicide. And obviously he couldn't have performed the Rite after he was already dead, yet it's never explained how that transpired. It's all not quite as good as it's been given.

            The Final Verdict: Not quite the masterpiece that many say it is, yet it has moments where a great film is trying to come through. Fans of the series will undoubtedly like this one, and is recommended viewing for them, but it can run the others the wrong way if not in the right mood.

            5 out of 5 stars Watch this now, be wary with it's sequels..........2005-02-07

            This is the original and best of the Puppet Master films, keeping the Puppet team down to Blade, Jester, Leechwoman and Tunneller, and with a decent, older and more convincing cast. Irene Miracle is particularly good as a barmy fortune-teller, though I wouldn't get too attached to anybody if you know what I mean. The puppets look damn good in this first movie, with a cross between full stop-motion animation and Muppet style techniques giving them a firmly believable presence. Unlike the other films in the series, this movie has both a knowingly hammy script and some truly horrific moments, which makes for a fun, scary and well paced movie, which doesn't rely purely on the gimmick of the puppets to drive the film. If you like the fantasy elements of films like Child's Play, Nightmare on Elm Street or Hellraiser, you may find this low budget gem of a film equally interesting. I recommend this to anybody with an interest in horror or fantasy movies, as it is a great little movie.

            4 out of 5 stars Just Good Fun!.......2004-07-24

            I watched this film in an edited form when I was younger and wasn't too impressed but saw it again recently and really enjoyed it. The film does have some originality about it.

            I wouldn't say this was at all scary but it is good fun and you can't help but love some of the puppet characters (Blade I particulary like).

            For a direct-to-video release this effects are good, on occasion you can tell the puppets aren't real, but most of the time they look as though they really do move on their own.

            If you like B-movies you will enjoy this, it's just a bit of fun really!

            5 out of 5 stars why weren't 4,5,7,8 like this.......2003-08-20

            puppet master and other killer dolls or puppet related films have always been my favorite type filmmwhen i first saw this in the movies i have been hooked on the series all the puppets have all had that special piece of horror in them. Its just a shame 4,5,7,8 didn't do quiet as well as this one anyway let get back down to earth. we start of a group of sikets have been called together by neil gallar who has been looking into the work of a old puppet master in the 20's who was said to have dicovered the secert of life when the sikets get there lead by Alex witicgar they find that neil is dead after quiet alot of move the body around game it soon becomes clear that neil is not dead and has brought himself back to life useing the powers of the puppet master he controls the puppets to kill the rest of the inmates of until alex and the owner (neils wife) are left neil and her now must do anything to stop the puppets and neil bofore they are both killed but blade, pinhead, ms leech, jester and tunneler have other ideas.

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            3. Saved By The Bell - Vol. 1 - Three Classic Episodes [1998]
            4. Seduced and Abandoned [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
            5. Sesame Street: Count It Higher [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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            8. Spider-Man - The Ultimate Villain Showdown [2002]
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