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You know, I used to wish for a man who could understand me; but now that I have one, it’s actually a little creepy…
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PUPPET MASTER III: TOULON’S REVENGE (1991)
A prequel which contradicts pretty much everything we’ve been told so far about Andre Toulon and his puppets.
But hey! – Nazis vs Killer Puppets!
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I have also revised and added screenshots to Puppet Master (1989), and transferred over Puppet Master II (1991).
And because I roundly criticised the latter with reference to The Mummy (1932), I’ve transferred that over, too.
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[NB: The Puppet Master films are probably NSFW: there’s quite a lot of blood and a bit of almost-nudity.]
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
#1 by The Rev. on November 15, 2016 - 11:24 pm
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I have the silliest grin on my face right now.
So, if it’s a little creepy, then that means it’s a lot…dare I say it?…adorable. Right?
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I’ll be back after I read and/or reread the PM reviews, so as to actually get on topic here. But, since I’m off the reservation anyway…
Unrelated notes to Will: 1. Nice choice for this banner! 2. The movie I could not remember was Zombie Chronicles. The reason I couldn’t find it is because it wasn’t my first Todd Sheets movie; it was my first Brad Sykes movie. (Not having learned my lesson, my second is currently on as I type this.) Thus, while that particular hurdle has been cleared, Sheets is still lurking ahead of me…
#2 by lyzard on November 15, 2016 - 11:30 pm
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Yes, okay. I’ll allow it. đ
And by the way, even THAT does not exhaust Will’s banner artistry for this Roundtable…
#3 by The Rev. on November 16, 2016 - 2:10 am
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(Rudolph)She thinks I’m cute!(/Rudolph)
I promptly exhausted my comments on the review itself. So much for me being back on track here.
Oh, actually, it just occurred to me that maybe Toulon wasn’t upset about Leech Woman’s fate in the second movie because he thought Elsa was reincarnated as Carolyn, and thus the puppet wasn’t needed anymore. Of course, then we get the conflict of “wife willingly having her soul placed in a puppet” and “wife being reincarnated,” so never mind. I still like the third one the best anyway. Really, it was inevitable that the puppets would become heroes at some point, since anyone who’s watching these things is doing it solely for that reason, and was probably rooting for them in the first place, even if they were murdering non-Nazis. I seem to recall them going back to being villains in Curse of the Puppet Master, but that movie was a dumpster fire with a stupid ending that they never bothered to resolve in a future installment (and hopefully make less stupid in doing so), so who cares?
And I’m looking forward to more of his banners!
#4 by Braineater on November 17, 2016 - 10:31 pm
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Oh, lord. I have that. In 3-D.
#5 by ronald on November 17, 2016 - 9:16 am
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Hi. As you may or not know, in “Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust,” Full Moon parodied themselves and their puppets with “Cheatum Studios” and its film franchise “Tiny Terrors.” So you may or may not find that of interest. đ
Puppet Master and Gingerdead Man are in fact both part of the “Bongy Westphall Universe”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongy_Westphall_Universe Kind of ironic that a filmmaker who takes almost nothing seriously at least tries to take *continuity* seriously…
#6 by lyzard on November 17, 2016 - 4:54 pm
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“Aware” of it, yes, but only three films into the Puppet Master films, I don’t want to look ahead too far. That Way Lies Madness. đ
The latter bit I didn’t know; thanks for that!
#7 by Braineater on November 17, 2016 - 10:38 pm
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I lost it over “Perculator” [sic], the evil coffee pot. I thought that was the perfect send-up of Charles Band’s peculiar fetish. I think it would have been even funnier if he didn’t actually do anything, but just sat there and bubbled.
#8 by ronald on November 18, 2016 - 9:43 am
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Curious, did the film show posters for any of the other “Cheatum Studios” films, or did they only “appear” in dialogue? Thanks.
(I’ve only read about the film, never seen it)
#9 by ronald on November 17, 2016 - 5:29 pm
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You’re welcome. đ
Obviously, a shared universe benefits from a common fictional setting like, random example, Haddonfield, Illinois, which isn’t just Michael Myers’ hometown but also the setting of the first one-third of anthology film “Body Bags” (1993) which featured an entirely different serial killer (IMHO Springwood, Ohio wouldn’t similarly qualify ’cause it’s all Freddie, all the time, no one else). “Dollman vs. Demonic Toys” (1993) mentions an apparently fictional town, Pahoota, California, so I guess there’s that.
#10 by blake on November 19, 2016 - 8:46 pm
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I’m pretty sure SCOUT’S GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE showed us a road sign that had Haddownfield, Illinois on it.
#11 by blake on November 19, 2016 - 8:56 pm
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Fun review, Lyz. I watched the first two with my neighbors after SCREAM gave us the courage to start watching horror movies. I haven’t seen this one, though.
#12 by The Rev. on November 21, 2016 - 12:49 pm
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This really isn’t a horror movie; it’s more of an action movie with killer puppets as the good guys. Considering the way it completely rewrites things as presented in the first two movies, you may as well start with this one if you’ve not seen any entries in this series before. It being the best of the bunch doesn’t hurt, either. Nor does the fact that it officially introduces Six Shooter, who rivals Blade for best puppet in the franchise.
#13 by ronald on November 22, 2016 - 9:46 am
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Notice from the Wikipedia link that “Demonic Toys” AND “Dolls Graveyard” exist in the same universe with “Puppet Master.” Charles Band just has some kind of a … thing about toys, it seems.