Warren Marris Filmed back to back with Puppet Master 4, this film picks up just 24 hours after the last one and the Demon itself transports itself to our world to finish the puppet master.Again, as with all the Puppet Master Movies, switch your brain off and just sit back and enjoy - Do not try and make sense of the plot as the Movies are quite disjointed and out of chronological order.Its more of the same silly fun as last time. Effects are as excellent for the time as they have always been, especially for a low budget production.That said, the film has also managed to pull in Major talent in the form of Ian Ogilvy - A very well respected actor who plays a perfect slime ball as always...

atinder This movie start off just Day after Puppet Master 4, which I thought was decent idea, to give a hint of first in it.This movie did have bit more of plot then the one before, everyone from last movie turn, even Sutekh who creates a new creature.This was entertaining to watch and it's never it's boring at all as them movie flows really well..The acting was decent in this movie, better then the one before.I give this movie 5 out of 10I going to skip sixth, really messed thing up with no Torch and bring back Leech Woman, when she killed in part 2!By missing 6, Part 7 is sequel to Part 3 ?

Woodyanders The greedy Dr. Jennings (a nicely slimy portrayal by Ian Ogilvy) wants the puppets for himself so he can sell them as military weapons. Meanwhile, evil dark pharaoh Sutek sends his minion Totem into our dimension to kill Rick Myers (an earnest and likable performance by Gordon Currie). Director Jeff Burr relates the enjoyable premise at a snappy pace, maintains a generally serious tone throughout, stages the monster attack scenes with flair, and delivers a sizable smattering of splatter. The solid acting from the able cast rates as another real asset: the lovely Chandra West as Rick's sweet gal pal Susie, the fetching Teresa Hill as vulnerable psychic Lauren, Nicholas Guest as the sleazy Hendy, William E. Pugh as tough hood Hason, and Duane Whitaker as wormy low-life Scott. Guy Rolfe makes sporadic appearances as Andre Toulon. Popping up in nifty bits are Ron "Superfly" O'Neal as a skeptical detective, Diane McBain as an attorney, and Clu Gulager as a businessman. Sutek and Totem both make for a gnarly demons. Moreover, the puppets posses a certain quirky charm and it's nice to see them working together for a good cause (the sequence at the end with the little guys taking on Totem is especially cool and rousing). Adolfo Bartoli's slick cinematography gives the picture a pleasing polished look and makes inspired occasional use of tilted camera angles. The shivery score by Richard Band and Michael Weatherwax does the shuddery trick. A fun flick.

Paul Andrews Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (the actual on-screen title on my copy was just Puppet Master 5) starts with boy genius Rick Meyers (Gordon Currie) at a police station being interrogated over the murders of Dr's. Baker & Piper as well as his mate Cameron (who were all killed in Puppet Master 4 (1993)), the evidence against Rick is strong & he is charged with the three murders. Fellow Omega scientist Dr. Jennings (Ian Ogilvy) reads Rick's outlandish statement about living puppets & senses the opportunity to make a bundle of cash so he takes along three guy's to help him break into the Bogeda Bay Inn & steal the puppets for himself. Meanwhile Rick gets out on bail & heads for the Inn to get the puppets in order to help clear himself & the evil ancient Egyptian God Sutek still wants to kill Rick & destroy the puppets & sends yet another little monster to do just that.Billed & planned as the final Puppet Master film this was the fourth straight sequel to the rather excellent Puppetmaster (1989) & was in fact filmed back-to-back with the previous entry Puppet Master 4 & as such features a lot of the same cast, crew, locations, props & special effects as well as having a story which follows on directly from the events of the previous film. Again directed by Jeff Burr & written by the same five(!) people responsible for Puppet Master 4 this is a disappointing entry in what was a fantastic series of horror film up to & including Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) & you can see why the series has died a death if you compare this with the earlier entries. For a start the plot is all over the place, at first it directly contradicts Puppet Master 4 as the reason for Sutek wanting to kill Rick & destroy the puppets is because he wanted to protect the secret of life that Toulon had stolen from him but at the start of Puppet Master 5 it is said Sutek wants to kill Rick & destroy the puppets to learn the secret himself before reverting back to the premise of Puppet Master 4 for the final twenty minutes. Then there's the odd plot hole which states that Sutek can't travel between dimensions yet where did all the creatures he sent in Puppet Master 4 come from? The body count is again far too low, several of the main character's from Puppet Master 4 return including Lauren who manages to psychically control computers while she is in a coma! Also what happened to the murder charges against Rick? Did the police just forget about them? Again the once cool killer puppets don't kill anyone, aren't evil & generally are portrayed as the heroes which to me is just all wrong & evidence the makers wanted to tone things down for a newer & younger audience. Although the duration of the film is just over 80 odd minutes there's a fairly long compilation of footage from Puppet Master 4 to act as a recap or to fill those in who haven't seen it.After his absence in Puppet Master 4 the cool puppet Torch makes an appearance here as does Blade, Jester, Pinhead, Tunneller, Six Shooter & the new puppet Decapitron. They are still very cool & the film picks up whenever they are on screen but not much is done with them & they don't get to be evil anymore which just doesn't sit right with me. The special effects are alright, there are less of them than in Puppet Master 4 & a lot less stop-motion animation. Like Puppet Master 4 the violence, gore & nudity of the excellent first three Puppet Master films have been reduced to virtually zero, there's a few cuts seen on someone's face & a bit of blood splatter & that's it. If not for some strong profanity this would pass as a PG. The final fight between the Sutek creature & the puppets looks a bit silly & like the sort of thing your six year old kid brother would set-up & stage with his Star Wars figures.Like Puppet Master 4 the Bogeda Bay Inn scenes are well lit & shot but the rest of it looks cheap & Sutek & his liar look absolutely awful & feel like they belong in a different film (for some reason the actor playing Sutek is not credited in either Puppet Master 4 or 5). The acting is OK, the two girls from Puppet Master 4 barely feature this time around while British veteran actor Ian Ogilvy brings a bit of class to things.Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter wasn't the final chapter at all although considering how poor it is & what the makers have done with a once great franchise it maybe should have been. Followed by Curse of the Puppet Master (1998) & you know a series is in trouble when the makers stop numbering them...