Brigitta Dau, George Calin, Greg Sestero

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 r...( read more  read more... )aises 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.

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Directed by: David DeCoteau

Release Date: January 1, 1999

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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2000

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  • July 8, 2007
    Hey, wait! I thought the Puppet Master legacy began with Toulon's work during World War II? Nope. It actually began much earlier, with crude wooden unpainted models and an Egyptian cult trying to get their secret of life back. It's cool to see old versions of the puppets we are u...( read more)sed to seeing in the previous films. The story has a bit of intrigue and suspense. I couldn't buy the idea that this was a prequel to everything; the movie timelines are too confusing to really understand a connection. The story and effects were a bit weak, making me feel like I had only watched half an idea.
  • September 5, 2009
    Let me know when they make a 'Puppet Master 99' :-O LOL
  • July 3, 2009
    It must be a pretty dull movie when they can't find enough watchable bits to make a 1'36" trailer look even remotely exciting.
  • May 24, 2009
    one of the worst puppet masters. what the fuck were they thinking when they made this garbage. it should be left in the dump
  • February 12, 2009
    It's slow compared to the other films in the series and once again reinvents Andre Toulon's history but the puppets are cute. I'm a sucker for them so that's why this movie gets rated so high. :p
  • February 9, 2009
    Maybe the most boring of the PM series. The titular "retro puppets" have substandard designs and effects, and the villains are similarily dull. However, the plot is fairly interesting.
  • December 12, 2008
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    a little too far. but still a good movie. best ca...( read more)mera then the others, very good watch and fun too. Doctor who meets Romeo and Juliet....

    NOTE: I OWN THIS ON DVD
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • October 28, 2008
    Perhaps the most boring version of Puppet Master. I really don't see how someone could make this movie, look back on it and say "I made a horror movie." It was more like a very boring drama with puppets that get on people and stab them. There's a love story that tries to be impor...( read more)tant, but it's not. A boring, self-important movie.
  • February 24, 2008
    a good movie.i thought in was interesting that it was a prequel to the first one.

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