The Drunken Review: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

Full Moon Features were The Asylum of my youth. Whole sections of the local video store were dedicated to their low-budget, low-brow genre offerings. Offerings like Demonic Toys, Castle Freak, Doll Man, Crash and Burn and, of course, the Puppet Master series.

In fact, Puppet Master was Full Moon's first release back in 1989, and was a huge hit, solidifying the company as a direct-to-DVD superpower. So it only makes sense Full Moon would reboot the series for the new, digital age.

*Takes shot of whisky*

Now, watching a movie about killer Nazi puppets requires a little finesse. You can't go into it the same way you go into a Star Wars movie, or the latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And if your thing is films like On Golden Pond... well, don't even bother.

*Takes shot of whisky*

This is a Party Movie. It's pure exploitation trash, and thank Jebus for it. It knows it's a Party Movie, and plays to its strengths. In the first 25 minutes there's a decapitation, a lesbian kiss, and boobies. Within the first hour we get countless more gruesome murders, more boobies, and a guy ends up peeing on his severed head.

Don't ask. You just gotta see it to believe it.

*Takes shot of whisky*

Shawn and I shit on Flay a few weeks back for being a weak, indie-horror entry. Take note, losers who made Flay, THIS is what we want from a non-studio, indie-horror entry. You can do anything you want outside of the studio system. So, if you want to impress, leave the PG-13 politically correct bullshit at home, and go for it!

*takes shot of whisky*

Oh, yeah. I'm giving this Puppet Master a Good.

PS: Jenny Pellicer is my new screen crush.

*Takes shot of whisky. Falls off chair*

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