Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- grotesque
- propulsive
- cult horror night
- b movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a weak and poorly executed entry in the long-running Puppet Master series, despite isolated praise for its pulpy horror premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The plot centers on Commandant Moebius, occult experiments, and a Nazi plan to weaponize a life-giving puppet serum.
Toulon's Puppets and the Nazi-created puppet soldiers drive the film's supernatural conflict.
Danny, Beth, Sergeant Stone, and the Puppets fight an occult Nazi war machine during World War II.
Blitzkrieg, Wehrmacht, Bombshell, and Kamikaze are engineered as superior Nazi Puppets for military use.
Films like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising, and why
Puppet Master
supernatural horror built around animated killer dolls and occult menace
The Devil's Rock
wartime horror combining Nazi occultism, monsters, and pulpy action
Dead Snow
campy Nazi supernatural horror with grotesque creatures and genre spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Charles Band
- Release Date
- 2012-09-15
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 4.4 / 10 (72)
Cast
- Kip Canyon
- Jean Louise O'Sullivan
- Oto Brezina
- Stephanie Sanditz
- Brad Potts
- Terumi Shimazu
- Scott King
- Ryan Dillon
- Steven Haworth
- Kenichi Iwabuchi
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Puppet Master X: Axis Rising about?
- Animated killer puppets join a desperate wartime struggle against a Nazi occultist manufacturing an army of supernatural soldiers.
- What is Puppet Master X: Axis Rising like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Puppet Master X: Axis Rising as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Puppet Master X: Axis Rising violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Puppet Master X: Axis Rising as graphic.
- What did critics think of Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a weak and poorly executed entry in the long-running Puppet Master series, despite isolated praise for its pulpy horror premise.
- Which films are like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
- Films with a similar feel include Puppet Master, The Devil's Rock, and Dead Snow.
- How long is Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
- Puppet Master X: Axis Rising runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
- In United States, Puppet Master X: Axis Rising is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
