Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
Year: 2004
Director: Ted Nicolau
Written by: Courtney Joyner
Threat: Dolls
Weapon of Choice: Iron Maiden
Based upon: none
IMDb page: 
Puppet Master vs. Demonic ToysYear: 2004 Director: Ted Nicolau Written by: Courtney Joyner Threat: Dolls Weapon of Choice: Iron Maiden Based upon: none IMDb page: |
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Other movies in this series:
Puppet Master
Puppet Master II
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Demonic Toys
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Puppet Master 4
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter
Curse of the Puppet Master
Retro Puppet Master
The tyranist's thoughts
I'd say that it's sad to see Corey Feldman sink this low, but the truth is that he was making
excrement such as this while he could still have been considered a celebrity. I would, however,
like to take a moment to say goodbye to a long time favourite, Full Moon studios. This is the
first movie featuring property that used to be Full Moon's but isn't anymore. It is a sad day
for me and I'd like to think that if Charles Band were still steering the ship, something this
horrible would never have been made.
So one of the unending line of Toulon descendants and his daughter are trying to resurrect the
dolls. For some reason. That isn't clear. At all. Meanwhile, across town, the company that
pumps out our Demonic Toys, wants the Toulon secret. Commence petty squabbling and a lot
of doll on doll violence. Actually, now that I think about it, I don't think the dolls ever actually
fight each other. That would have been much more interesting.
Oddly enough, it is the Toulon daughter, played ably by Danielle Keaton, who carries most of
the movie for me. And she's really just a supporting character to Feldman's Toulon and Vanessa
Angel's Erica Sharpe. Feldman was miscast as he still looks like a teenager. Angel is just
horrible. Really Keaton is the only thing going here.
Even worse than the acting, though, is the dialogue. There's a difference between not taking
yourself seriously and writing crap. This is crap.
There's probably no reason to see this one. Especially since it was made-for-TV. In fact, even
if you liked any of the other movies, just stay away.
Posted: December 27, 2004
Rish's Reviews
As Patsy Cline once taught us, sometimes it's hard to be a woman.
Well, the years working on this website have taught me an important lesson as well:
sometimes it's hard to be a movie reviewer.
As a kid, watching Siskel and Ebert (and Jeffrey Lyons and that royal tool Rex Reed),
I imagined it would be fun to be a movie critic, paid to go to the theatre (the most magical
place on earth), eat popcorn, and see all the films I wanted for free. I never considered
the possibility of having to see all the films I did not want as well.
Take Puppet Master Versus Demonic Toys, for instance. I don't have much
to add, beyond what tyranist said. He's right, really.
I don't hate Corey Feldman. I laugh at him, but I don't hate him. This film, though, was
nearly enough to make me hate him. Seeing Feldman pretend to be a middle-aged father
was only slightly more believable than White Chicks. Ted Nicolau, who made
several really great flicks for Full Moon Pictures, must have sleptwalked his way through
this one. Blindfolded. In a single weekend. If a child murderer was sentenced to watch
Puppet Master Versus Demonic Toys, Amnesty International would surely
intercede.
Ahhh, it wasn't THAT bad. I don't know why I exaggerate. But it did suck, I won't
lie to you there.
I don't really even know if there was the potential for a good movie in this one. Hmmm.
Maybe. But somebody somewhere sure screwed up. Maybe it was the Sci-Fi Channel.
Whoever it was deserves some payback.
Posted: January 4, 2005
Total Skulls: 29
| Sequel |  |
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| Sequel setup | |
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| Rips off earlier film | ||
| Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
| Future celebrity appears | ||
| Former celebrity appears | |
Corey Feldman |
| Bad title | ||
| Bad premise | |
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| Bad acting | |
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| Bad dialogue | |
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| Bad execution | |
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| MTV Editing | ||
| OTS | ||
| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
| Wanton sex | ||
| Death associated with sex | ||
| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | ||
| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | |
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| Someone investigates a strange noise | |
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| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | ||
| Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
| Victim locks self in with killer | ||
| Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
| Toilet stall scene | ||
| Shower/bath scene | ||
| Car stalls or won't start | ||
| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | |
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| Laughable scare | |
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| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | ||
| Hallucination/Vision | ||
| No one believes only witness | |
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| Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | |
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| Warning goes unheeded | ||
| Music detracts from scene | |
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| Death in first five minutes | ||
| x years before/later | ||
| Flashback sequence | |
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| Dark and stormy night | ||
| Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
| Killer wears a mask | ||
| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | |
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| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | |
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| Beheading | |
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| Blood fountain | |
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| Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. | ||
| Poor death effect | ||
| Excessive gore | ||
| No one dies at all | ||
| Virgin survives | |
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| Geek/Nerd survives | |
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| Little kid lamely survives | ||
| Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
| Unresolved subplots | ||
| "It was all a dream" ending | ||
| Unbelievably happy ending | |
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| Unbelievably crappy ending | |
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| What the hell? | |