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Brilliant and touching

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Curse is probably the loosest movie if you're following the Puppet Master series chronologically being somewhere jumbled up between the original and the second movie. Being a fan of continuity I struggle liking the film as much as I could have. I have a guiltily liking for two of the main leads being Dr. Magrew and his daughter Jane. The movie had a potentially strong story if it remained a little dark and cheesy instead of being flat out silly at points. There weren't enough puppet scenes either seemingly they recycled some old footage they didn't use for previous films in this one to save a few bucks. A lot of fans gripe about the movies end but in my opinion I thought it tied the story together nicely like a bow and it made a legit cool cliffhanger. As far as it goes with the other Puppet Master films I saw it's pretty much on par for the course, not terrible but not good by any means.

A scientist (George Peck) attempts to master the art of transferring people's souls into puppets.With the film directed by David DeCouteau and edited by J. R. Bookwalter, you may not know what to expect. Bookwalter is pretty great, but does it show through with editing? DeCouteau is very hit and miss, with many more misses than hits. His Full Moon days may be among his best work, and that is not usually a compliment.Despite being a short film, they used a good deal of recycled footage from earlier films in the series (which is something the series as a whole tends to do). If you cut down to only the new footage, the film may be an hour long... maybe.

The puppets find a new master in feisty mad scientist Dr. Magrew (well played by George Peck), who's doing sadistic experiments with humans by transferring their souls into puppets. Director David DeCoteau, working from a blah and talky script by Benjamin Carr and David Schmoeller, lets the insipid plot plod along at a sluggish pace and crucially fails to develop much in the way of either suspense or spooky atmosphere. Instead this picture gets too bogged down in a tepid romance between the gentle, browbeaten, dim-witted Robert "Tank" Winsley (a likable turn by Josh Green) and Magrew's sweet daughter Jane (a charming performance by the lovely Emily Harrison). Moreover, the puppets are given precious little to do and nothing really happens until the last third of the film. Worst of all, the crummy abrupt ending fails to wrap things up in a satisfying manner. That said, the infrequent scenes of the puppets attacking folks are staged with some flair and deliver the gory goods and the cast struggle valiantly with the so-so material (Michael Guerin in particular does well as mean local bully Joey Carp). Both Howard Wexler's sharp cinematography and Jeffrey Walton's shivery score are up to par. Okay, but it could (and should) have been much better.

The director of Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge now brings us Curse of the Puppet Master.I don't get these negative reviews. The film is not that bad. In fact I was very entertained by it. The effects in the film are better than average and so is the acting and dialogue.As a horror fan you will get all that you want in this film. Those of you who criticize this film are probably doing this because they didn't feel enough GORE in this film.For most horror fans GORE=GOOD FILM. For me, SOLID PLOT AND SUSPENSE=GOOD FILM.The film I saw says its directed by Victoria Sloan. Check out IMDb and it says its directed by David DeCoteau.(?) Apparently DeCoteau was ashamed of his ability and used the directorial pseudonym Victoria Sloan. Why ??? This guy also directed: Leather Jacket (A GAY) Love Story (1997),Creepozoids (1987) starring porn star Ashlyn Gere and Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (1999).Now for a director that directed the best 3rd part of the Puppet Master Series P.M.3-Toulon's Revenge, this film should have been far better.David should go and visit a shrink to get his head straight - that's the only answer. Why this guy is still getting offers to direct films is a mystery. If he has any shame he should have stopped long ago. Majority of his films are flops.I give rating of 7/10 because of the good work he put in P.M.3. That's all the sympathy he ever get...ever.