Directed by:
Brandon ChristensenCinematography:
Clayton MooreCast:
Michael Paré, Alyson Gorske, Caryn Richman, Anna Telfer, Zachary Le Vey, Angel Prater, Cameron WongVOD (5)
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Get ready for an electrifying dive into darkness with The Puppetman, where innocence is shattered, evil looms, and a horrifying curse tightens its grip, threatening to consume all. Locked away on death row, The Puppetman, a convicted killer, vehemently insists that a malevolent entity manipulated his every murderous act. As darkness engulfs Michal, the killer’s daughter, a sinister revelation dawns upon her when her loved ones fall victim to savage and merciless deaths. In a race against time, Michal is thrust into a harrowing battle, desperately seeking to unravel the enigma of The Puppetman’s curse before it claims the lives of all she holds dear. (Popcorn Frights Film Festival)
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A big fan of the Final Destination films could have made something like It Follows, but they would have had to mine the spirit of Buffalo at least halfway as effectively as David Robert Mitchell did with Detroit, and really push the atmosphere of unknown evil, which pulls the strings of puppets while they are fully aware. A few gore moments will remind you of the aforementioned FD franchise, but overall, it’s nothing that would make Michael Paré more disheveled. As for leisure activities, Dolos and Azazel are essentially poor souls. When they want to play badminton or chess together, it feels quite impersonal.
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Brandon Christensen's films have maintained an incredible stability in terms of quality – all of them are net two stars for me. Sufficient in terms of craftsmanship, though not a great execution of a material that others have approached better. There are two or three scenes in The Puppetman worth talking about (a montage of a gym and a library, the death of a likeable character in a car, a police station), the rest is dull mediocrity crowned by a joyless finale. It actually snapped me out of my lethargy a bit in the end, I was really wondering why they brought it to such a strangely unsatisfying conclusion.
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