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Puppet Master (franchise)

The Puppet Master Franchise
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R1 DVD Box set containing the first seven installments.
Directed by Charles Band
David W. Allen
David DeCoteau
Jeff Burr
David Schmoeller
Ted Nicolaou
Produced by Charles Band
Hope Perello
Keith S. Payson
Gordon Gustafson
Kirk Edward Hansen
Vlad Paunescu
Dana Scanlan
Mona C. Vasiloiu
Kurt Iswarienko
Matt Wolpert
Alan Bursteen
Cary Glieberman
Written by Charles Band
Kenneth J. Hall
David Pabian
C. Courtney Joyner
David Schmoeller
Douglas Aarniokoski
Steven E. Carr
Jo Duffy
Todd Henschell
Benjamin Carr
David S. Goyer
Ted Nicolaou
Music by Richard Band
Jeffrey Walton
John Massari
Peter Bernstein
Distributed by Full Moon Features
Release date
1989–present
Running time
770 minutes (combined total)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $4,230,000+ (combined total)

Puppet Master is an American horror film franchise which focuses on a group of anthropomorphic puppets animated by an Egyptian spell, each equipped with its own unique and dangerous device (although not in all installments of the series are the puppets portrayed as threatening) and are represented as heroes, anti-heroes, and antagonists. Produced by Full Moon Features, the series was established in 1989 with the eponymous first installment, which has since been followed by ten sequels, a non-canon crossover with the characters of Demonic Toys, two comic book mini-series, an ongoing comic book series, and numerous other collector's items.

After the collapse of his film studio, Empire Pictures, Charles Band relocated to the United States and opened Full Moon Productions. Band's goal with Full Moon was to create low budget horror, science fiction and fantasy films which mirrored the quality of films with more generous budgets. After partnering with Paramount Pictures and Pioneer Home Entertainment, Full Moon began production on its first feature film, Puppet Master, which had a premise similar to an earlier Empire film produced by Band, Dolls. Originally intended for theatrical release in summer 1989, before being released on home video the following September, Puppet Master was ultimately pushed to a direct-to-video release on October 12, 1989, as Band felt he was likely to make more money this way than he would in the theatrical market.


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