I must admit that I was actually harboring some expectations to the 2022 addition to the "Puppet Master" franchise. Why? Well, I figured that it was a pretty new movie, so perhaps they upped their game somewhat. I hadn't actually heard about "Puppet Master: Doktor Death" prior to watching it as part of a "Puppet Master" movie marathon.

Director Dave Parker managed to deliver a watchable movie, for sure. But "Puppet Master: Doktor Death" was hardly the pinnacle of the franchise. The storyline in this 2022 movie was adequate. There wasn't really anything outstanding to be experienced, but it made for a watchable enough movie.

And the movie just ended very abruptly. Sure, it is so the cards are dealt for a follow-up movie, of course. But a more satisfying ending would have been preferable.

I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list in "Puppet Master: Doktor Death". The acting performances in the movie were actually fair enough, especially in comparison as to what was performed in the "Axis" trilogy of the "Puppet Master" franchise.

Visually then "Puppet Master: Doktor Death" was quite okay. Nothing outstanding for a horror movie, sure. But the special effects served the movie well enough.

My rating of "Puppet Master: Doktor Death" lands on a four out of ten stars. There simply wasn't enough murderous dolls in the movie.

Loving some of these newer Full moon horror movies. The darker trippy stuff like Scream of the Blind Dead and It Knows you're Alone, William Butler's Baby Oopsie movies and the Resonator saga and now this New Puppet Master movie, which is honestly one of the best ones I've seen in years. It's a stand alone slasher movie and you don't have to have seen the others to get into it. This is what fans want not those sex comedies and credit director Dave Parker for delivering a serious and fast paced horror film, with soooooo much blood and an incredible and freaky ending. Watched this on Full Moon Features.

The film opens with Max (Bill D. Russell) dying from a heart attack brought on by a dream with Doktor Death puppet images. As he is being wheeled out we are introduced to the April, the final girl (Jenny Boswell) who is a new caregiver at Shady Oaks Senior Living. While going through Max's belongings the caregivers find a doll/puppet which Flynn (Zach Zebrowski) takes. It isn't long before the doll shows up randomly in other rooms, killing folks and being able to go inside their bodies and control their movement like the humans are the puppets.

This film connects the retro puppet master film from WWII to whatever the next one is going to be. Like most "linkage" films it is not as good as the two films it will link.

Guide: F-word. No sex. Nudity (Emily Sue Bengtson)