Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 156: Puppet Master Franchise Mini-Review Part 2 of 2

Halloween is getting closer! And so is the pitter-patter of little murderous feet, coming to get you from Toulon’s workshop! Welcome to HORROR MOVIE PODCAST, Episode 156, where we bring you a lot more “tiny terror” with Part 2 of our Puppet Master Franchise Mini Reviews! For those who are new to HMP, we have done this before with our Halloween Franchise Review, our Friday the 13th Franchise Review, our Scream Franchise Review, our Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise Review, our Child’s Play Franchise Review, our Pumpkinhead Crossover Review and our Phantasm Crossover Review. This time we’ll be covering every single entry in the Puppet Master franchise, but leaning on our guests a little more heavily than we have in the past, so that we can make it through all of these films in a timely manner.

This is episode we’re joined by no-budget Horror filmmaker Mike A. Fitzgerald of Fiendish Films aka Fiendish Fitz, for reviews of Curse of the Puppet Master (1998), Retro Puppet Master (1999), Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003), Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010), Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012), Puppet Master: Axis Termination (2017), and Fangoria’s Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018). Plus some bonus discussion about Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys and the RiffTrax version of Retro Puppet Master.

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SHOW NOTES:

I. Introduction

— Welcome special guest Mike A. Fitzgerald aka Fiendish Fitz from Fiendish Films

— Advertise with HMP during our most popular month of the year — especially our “Halloween” Special! [email protected]

— Spoiler warning for the entire “Puppet Master” franchise

[ 0:05:10 ] II. Discussion: Charles Band and Full Moon

— Fiendish Fitz’s Full Moon fandom

— Fiendish Fitz and Dr. Shock briefly weigh in on “Puppetmaster” (1989)

[ 0:21:09 ] III. Review: CURSE OF THE PUPPET MASTER (1998)

Dr. Shock = 4 ( Low-priority Rental )

Fiendish Fitz = 4 ( Low-priority Rental )

[ 0:30:09 ] IV. Review: RETRO PUPPET MASTER (1999)

Jay of the Dead = 5.5 ( Rental )

Wolfman Josh = 5 ( Rental ) – Riff Trax Version

Fiendish Fitz = 6.5 ( Rental )

—Non-canon bonus discussion: RiffTrax Retro Puppet Master (2017)

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