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A young scientist and his friends, upon being attacked by demons, are protected by a gang of animated puppets.A young scientist and his friends, upon being attacked by demons, are protected by a gang of animated puppets.A young scientist and his friends, upon being attacked by demons, are protected by a gang of animated puppets.
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The ancient demon God Sutek is finally angry enough that Andre Toulon (Guy Rolfe) stole his life-giving formula that it sends some demons (tiny, of course) to the "upperworld" to get those responsible. Somehow that means scientists from a Government company, despite them having nothing to do with it. Who is involved is kid genius Rick Myers (Gordon Currie), who has discovered the puppets while doing his experiments at the Bodega Bay Inn while acting as a caretaker. Running only 75 minutes, this mess of a film actually has 5 screenwriters credited with the nonsense plot. The main point seems to be about resurrecting new puppet Decapitron (a hold over idea from Band's Empire days) and Toulon telling Rick he is the new puppet master. About the only good thing in the film is the stop motion work by Dave Allen and his crew, but it seems to be less and less with each entry. This marks a turning point with the tiny terrors being full blown good guys now. This was also the first in the PM series to feature no nudity. PUPPET MASTER 4 came out in November 1993 and the fifth entry, despite being filmed back-to-back, came out almost a year later in September 1994. Felton Perry has two scenes as a murdered scientist.
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- TriviaThis and Puppet Master 5 (1994) were originally intended to be one entire theatrical movie. Full Moon CEO Charles Band was slated to direct and the project was titled "Puppet Master: The Movie."
- Goofs(at around 39 mins) The lights are knocked out due to the storm, and Rick explains that his generator is only powering his computers, and hands out flashlights. Despite this fact, there are random rooms still fully lit.
- Quotes
Andre Toulon: The magic that gives my puppets life was stolen from a tribe of ancient, Egyptian sorcerers, who pledged their legiance to the demon lord, Zutek.
- Crazy creditsOn only the VHS version, in between the end of the film and the end credits appears the trailer for part 5.
- ConnectionsEdited into Puppet Master 5 (1994)
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- Puppet Master 4: Decapitron
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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