Retro Puppet Master (1999)

Original title

Retro Puppetmaster

Directed by

David DeCoteau

Genre

action film, horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 132 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prequel in the Puppet Master series shows the young Andre Toulon learning magic from an Egyptian sorcerer. He is chased by demons who want his secret while he discovers how to bring puppets to life.

darkcreepylow-budgetpulpyslowfantasticalnostalgiccampy

What happens

Retro Puppet Master (also known as Retro Puppetmaster) is a 1999 American direct-to-video horror film written by Charles Band, Benjamin Carr and David Schmoeller, and directed by David DeCoteau (as Joseph Tennent). It is the seventh film in the Puppet Master franchise, a prequel to 1991's Toulon's Revenge, and stars Greg Sestero as a young André Toulon, Jack Donner as an Egyptian sorcerer responsible for teaching Toulon how to animate his puppets, and Stephen Blackehart, Robert Radoveanu and Vitalie Bantas as demons who pursue Toulon for his magic. While Retro serves to explain how Toulon began practicing the spell which animates his puppets, it ignores what was originally established in the second film as exactly how he learned the spell of animation. The film was also Guy Rolfe's final appearance as Toulon, save for flashback footage in The Legacy. A spin-off based on the Dr. Death puppet from the movie was released in 2022, titled Puppet Master: Doktor Death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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