# Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)

> A young sculptor's romance with his employer's daughter collides with a mad experiment to create a superior race of living puppets.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/16161

## Facts

- Runtime: 78 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: David DeCoteau
- Cast: George Peck, Emily Harrison, Josh Green, Michael Guerin, Michael Sollenberger, Marc Newburger, Scott Boyer, Jason Dean Booher
- TMDB rating: 4.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132451/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, lurid, grimly playful, cult horror night, late night horror marathon

## Movies like Curse of the Puppet Master

- [Basket Case (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/16856)
- [May (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/5939)
- [The Fly II (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/5436)
- [Puppet Master II (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/16156)
- [Popcorn (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/25251)
- [Puppet Master: Axis Termination (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/253906)
- [Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/49627)
- [Return of the Living Dead III (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/17226)
- [Frankenhooker (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/16391)
- [Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/16712)

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