Barbara Crampton, Irene Miracle, Jimmie F. Scaggs

Five dolls, designed to instill terror, are discovered in a small California town.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: David Schmoeller

Release Date: June 1, 1989

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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000

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  • January 4, 2009
    It actually looks like a soft porn... without sex...and almost without horror. Only worth for the last quarter. Go for "Dolls" "Demonic Toys, or "Child's Play" instead :-)
  • August 6, 2008
    Bizarre little flick. Definitely has not aged well, but still a fun watch. Check it out if you've got nothing to do for a couple hours.
  • June 20, 2008
    How does one be convincing as a psychic? I'm not to sure but what I do know is that Cate Blanchett managed it in The Gift. Here however we have a bunch of 2D emotionless vessels whose only characteristic is how their psychic powers work. The film is also slow, even during the mur...( read more)der scenes, editing and camera angles adding nothing to create suspense. The film does however have some excellent stop-motion animation giving the dolls an eerie unnatural set of movements. In the film they are brought to life and they just about bring the film to life.
  • July 8, 2007
    A classic Full Moon film, as a group of psychics are attacked by a group of living puppets with different abilities in gorey fashion. The backstory of the puppets concerns their master surviving the Nazi troopers. It's a good balance of story, gorey effects, frightening scenes, a...( read more)nd stop-motion puppet effects. A classic which begins the Puppet Master saga.
  • July 3, 2007
    "Puppetmaster" is badly directed/poorly edited, the acting is below average, there are huge plot holes where things are not explained at all, and the stop-motion puppet effects are not just really dated but were actually pretty archaic when the film was new too. Watch this to see...( read more) how not to make a horror film.
  • November 13, 2009
    me guntan las peliculas de terrorAņadir un comentario ...
  • May 24, 2009
    a great film. awesome original. will be one of my favorite horror films forever
  • May 16, 2009
    if i was a kid this movie probably would have creeped me out a lot more than it did now.
    except that leech puppet, that will creep me out for all time. or just make me go "eww...".

    puppets will always be a bit creepy, let's face it.
  • May 12, 2009
    the puppets scared the hell out of me when i was a kid...so much that i had to wait until my early 20s to find out how hilarious they were.
  • February 10, 2009
    The original and best.The one that started it all.

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