Puppet Master 5 (1994)

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Or something along those lines. I have mentioned the puppet work before, it's really good I think. Especially considering how budget that is. The editing I haven't mentioned yet, which also works wonders. Don't expect this to be polished or really good. But it does get down and dirty (pun intended), especially because they went for the R-rating.The first 10 minutes or so we get up to speed (if we haven't watched the previous entry that is). Which I guess is neat, but also kind of a cheap trick to save money. Running time isn't that much longer than the previous entries to the series, so there's that. All in all this plays along nicely in the whole puppet "universe" that has been created so far ...

PUPPET MASTER V: THE FINAL CHAPTER🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 3.6This movie has the same elements of four, puppets vs puppets, a similar plot and many of the same actors, except PM5 does it better. It has a well flowing plot, good camera work, a satisfying conclusion, and more horror. So yes it is much better than the third. It also adds some more characters, who provide the human enemy that horror films need, more of the maze-like hotel, which boosts the horror well, and gives decapatron a better role. There still are the cheesy moments such as Toulon being channeled through a puppet and sutek the demon god of Styrofoam's appearances, but they add comic relief, and this is a B- movie, so what ever. Recommended for fans of gremlins, PM. Series, or any other little monster movie, and for the tween horror audience.

Puppet Master 5 is nothing more than a boring rehash of the previous film, featuring the same demon from underworld (looking like a power rangers cast-off bad guy) sending a Giger-inspired (read: Alien rip-off)critter to Bogeda Hotel to kill people. Dull and overly long, I really wonder why parts 4 and 5 were filmed back-to-back- there's not enough plot, or variation or direction for 2 movies. It's a mystery to me.There are unintentional moments of hilarity though. Lauren, who spends most of the film comatose, seems to be there only to convulse and occasionally jump out of her bed screaming. Great characterisation (!) It's unfortunate because the initial set up- Rick Myers looks very guilty of murder, Dr. Jennings, a scientist being corrupted by a big organisation to find the the secret of the puppets, could potentially have led to an intriguing film, instead of the uninspired ' people wandering around a dark hotel and getting killed' number.Yes it's a formula that worked in the earlier puppet master films, but the characters had actual character, and weren't just cardboard cut-outs. As campy and hammy as they may have been, you felt for them. If I ever have a puppet master marathon, I can quite easily say I'll skip both 4 and 5- they really are the least inspired of the series so far.

First of all don't believe ALL of the harsh words that were said about this film. In my opinion it is definitely worth a try. Part six was MUCH worse. This one was creative and different as each movie in the series. I know what I am talking about; I've been a huge fan since I was a kid, I've seen all of the movies, and I even own a Blade replica. Maybe the reason why I liked this movie so much is because when I first saw it I was very young (yet at the same time an obsessed fan) and found the plot perfect for me: all of our favorite little puppets, including a very cool new one who only appears in parts four and five, are this time completely good and fighting pure evil and equally small enemies. It was neat seeing the puppets really work together, it was neat seeing them interact and communicate with humans in a friendly way for a change, and it was also neat that there was sequel that I could actually watch with my family. (keeping in mind that I was young and that the other films were much more "hard core", not that I didn't love the carnage candy myself) The point is we know that while these puppets are good they have done a million ultra-violent,perverse,maniacal, and destructive things, which makes a perfect stand off between our little anti-heros and the absolutely evil demons. And a lot of fans seem to forget that the puppets did not turn good, but in fact were always good. If you've seen part 3 you would know that they were nice people in life, and if you are a steady viewer in the puppets adventures you should notice the fact that the puppets up untill know have killed for only two reasons: survival or because their master(s) forced them to. So give the flick a try, I know that some of you will not like it but it is one of my favorites in the ever-expanding Puppet Master universe.