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Puppet Master: The Legacy (2004)

Puppet Master: The Legacy poster
Directed by
Charles Band
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 90 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly man is questioned by a mercenary about a puppeteer's secret formula. Most of the film shows flashbacks using clips from earlier movies.

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What happens

Puppet Master: The Legacy is a 2003 direct-to-DVD horror film written by C. Courtney Joyner and David Schmoeller, and directed by Charles Band. It is the eighth installment in the Puppet Master franchise. It stars Jacob Witkin as an elderly Peter Hertz (a character who appeared as a child in Toulon's Revenge) and Kate Orsini as a mercenary hired to confront Hertz for information regarding the magic puppeteer André Toulon used to animate his puppets. The majority of the film consists of flashbacks using footage recycled from the previous seven films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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