Director: Charles Band
Notable Cast: Paul
Logan, Jean Louise O’Sullivan, Tania Fox, Lilou Vos, Kyle Devero, Tonya Kay,
Kevin Scott Allen, Rob Vardaro, Nick Vernon, Alynxia America
It is hard to believe that Charles Band’s Puppet Master Franchise has made it to
Part 11 (not including the spin-off tie-in flick Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys). This means it is officially the
longest running horror franchise of all time… that is if you don’t count the Friday the 13th spin-off film Freddy vs. Jason and the Friday the 13th remake as well as the
dreaded Witchcraft series which is
more softcore porn than horror. Is the Puppet
Master franchise worthy of such a coveted record? That would be a big HELL
NO from me. Sure, the franchise was fun the beginning, but it has been mostly
downhill since Part 5 with it hitting rock bottom with the clip-show insult eighth
entry hiding under the title Puppet
Master: The Legacy. It has been an ever slow uphill battle from that tar
pit since. Hell, even my last review for Puppet
Master X was positively negative, if that makes any sense. It was still
bad, but it was a step in the right direction of trying desperately to grasp
any of the old nostalgic fun of the Full Moon brand of yesteryear. Sadly, the
same cannot be said about Puppet Master:
Axis Termination, the supposed end to the “axis” story arc that began but
the ninth film, as this is easily the worst since the… shutter… clip show
entry.