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Movie Review: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, a re-imagining of the popular and ubiquitous Full Moon fright franchise of the halcyon days of video stores, begins with it’s version of series mainstay (and the eponymous puppet master) Andre Toulon (this time brought to life by genre legend Udo Kier)…a scarred French/German ex-pat who fled World War II Europe (when the allies defeated his Nazi pals) after committing countless atrocities with his magical menagerie of living killer puppets…atrocities he continues to engage in in late ’80’s rural Texas..living in a mausoleum peppered with iron rods that conduct arcane energy which he uses to control his creepy creations. Flash forward to Texas of the present day and recently divorced comic shop employee Edgar (Thomas Lennon) discovering one of Toulon’s puppets in a box of rando shit in his parent’s house (a hold over possession of his dead brother which he acquired at camp in his youth). Edgar decides to sell the puppet (series regular

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DanXIII
Aug 17, 2018
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‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Unleashed This August

Following its well-received arrival at 2018’s Overlook Film Festival, Puppet Master: Littlest Reich has snagged an August release. From Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler comes the reimagining of Full Moon’s cult classic, which he both wrote and directed. Udo Kier, Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Jenny Pellicer (Cocaine Godmother), Nelson Franklin (Veep), Charlyne Yi (This is 40), Michael Pare Eddie and the Cruisers), and Barbara Crampton star (Re-Animator) star. Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk produced for Cinestate. The film will be the first released under the recently resurrected Fangoria label. In the film, recently divorced Edgar (Lennon) returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds nefarious looking puppets in his deceased brother’s room, he decides to sell it for a quick buck at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. Girl-next-door Ashely (Pellicer) and his comic book shop boss (Franklin), join Edgar for the doomed road trip. All hell breaks loose when

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2018

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Movie Review: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, a re-imagining of the popular and ubiquitous Full Moon fright franchise of the halcyon days of video stores, begins with it’s version of series mainstay (and the eponymous puppet master) Andre Toulon (this time brought to life by genre legend Udo Kier)…a scarred French/German ex-pat who fled World War II Europe (when the allies defeated his Nazi pals) after committing countless atrocities with his magical menagerie of living killer puppets…atrocities he continues to engage in in late ’80’s rural Texas..living in a mausoleum peppered with iron rods that conduct arcane energy which he uses to control his creepy creations. Flash forward to Texas of the present day and recently divorced comic shop employee Edgar (Thomas Lennon) discovering one of Toulon’s puppets in a box of rando shit in his parent’s house (a hold over possession of his dead brother which he acquired at camp in his youth). Edgar decides to sell the puppet (series regular

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Aug 17, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Unleashed This August

Following its well-received arrival at 2018’s Overlook Film Festival, Puppet Master: Littlest Reich has snagged an August release. From Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler comes the reimagining of Full Moon’s cult classic, which he both wrote and directed. Udo Kier, Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Jenny Pellicer (Cocaine Godmother), Nelson Franklin (Veep), Charlyne Yi (This is 40), Michael Pare Eddie and the Cruisers), and Barbara Crampton star (Re-Animator) star. Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk produced for Cinestate. The film will be the first released under the recently resurrected Fangoria label. In the film, recently divorced Edgar (Lennon) returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds nefarious looking puppets in his deceased brother’s room, he decides to sell it for a quick buck at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. Girl-next-door Ashely (Pellicer) and his comic book shop boss (Franklin), join Edgar for the doomed road trip. All hell breaks loose when

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2018