Curse of the Puppet Master Movie Review

Curse of the Puppet Master is a 1998 horror movie and the sixth movie in the series. It is directed by David DeCoteau and stars George Peck,Emily Harrison and Josh Green.

This movie begins with a man burning a puppet in the woods. Cut to Robert aka Tank who works at a gas station. He is being bullied by Joey, the local creep. A girl called Jane(Harrison) and her father Dr. Magrew(Peck) go there and they see this. Jane tells Joey to leave Tank alone. Magrew sees wooden statues that Robert has carved and he is impressed. He asks him to come and work for him.
Magrew runs a puppet show and he wants Robert to help him and make puppets. Robert sees the puppets that Magrew has in his show and he wonders how they operate without strings.  They are Toulon's puppets and they are special.

Magrew tells Robert that he got the puppets at an auction. He wants to make a special puppet and he wants Robert to carve it for him.  Robert agrees.The cops show up looking for Matt.Magrew says that he hasn't seen him. The cops don't believe him. Matt was his assistant, but he had to leave when his dad became ill.Robert starts work on the puppet and he becomes a bit obsessed with making it. Magrew tells him to put his soul into it. Robert has nightmares about turning into a puppet. Jane and Robert discover the burnt puppet. Thre is an altercation with Joey and his pals and Robert almost hurts him. Joey shows up at his house. Pinhead attacks him. He attacks him back and breaks him. He runs off when Magrew and Robert show up. Magrew sends Blade and Tunneler to kill him, which they do.

Robert fixes Pinhead. He and Jane kiss and he stays in her room. Her dad sees it and he is not happy.
He gets Jane to run an errand for him so she is out of his way. Robert is not well. The cops come sniffing around and the puppets take care of them. Jane realises that her father has sent her on a wild goose chase. She wonders what her father is up to. She goes back tot he spot where she and Rbert saw the burnt puppet and it speaks to her in Matt's voice. She realises that her dad turned Matt into a puppet and then burned him. She rushes back to save Robert but Magrew has already turned Robert into a puppet called Tank. The puppets get mad as they see that he killed Robert and they turn on him. They almost kill him. Jane comes back and sees this. Tank uses his power to kill Magrew as Jane looks on and screams.

This was an okay sequel. I didn't love it or hate it. I found that it was not as good as some of the others, but it was enjoyable all the same. This reignited the series but I have to say that it was pretty weak in my opinion. I liked the puppets, as always and I liked parts of the movie but it was a bit duller than the others. All in all, it is worth a look if you enjoy the Puppet Master movies. It is not the worst sequel, but I would say that it is not one of the best either. That's why this one gets a middle of the road score of 5/10.