Thanks for the memories!

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Good concept, poorly executed.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This direct to video movie is by no means, a puppet masterpiece. It's mindless fun from the mind from Charles Robert Band, the Founder of Full Moon Features, a company known for its direct-to-video B-List horror & sci-fi movies. Coming off, their first success, 1989's Puppetmaster, Full Moon quickly capitalize on a sequel to that film. It's just sad, that Puppet Master II: His Unholy Creations doesn't bring anything really new to the concept, and felt like a remake of the first film. Instead, of a film about a group of psychics coming to a hotel to investigate a recent murder; this movie has a group of parapsychologists, coming back to the abandoned hotel to investigate, the recent mysterious murders, a year prior. Without giving away too much of the movie, I have to say, it was somewhat disappointing to see that none of the previous human surviving characters from the first movie, return for this film. Megan Gallagher (Robin Frates) & Alex Whitaker (Paul Le Mat) are only given, toss away mention lines and never really explore, beyond that, but I kinda also glad, they didn't. I felt that the first movie was trying too hard to be a 1980's Shining, rip-off with its psychics and the film didn't need any more of that mess. This film feels a bit more focus on the anthropomorphic puppets being the killers than super naturals. However, I really don't get why the new batch of characters lead by final girl, Carolyn Bramwell (Elizabeth Maclellan) had to be ghost-hunters. They rarely seem like they were good at their job. They were more focus on, having making jokes and doing stupid stuff, than trying to solve the case. They get more irrational as the movie goes on, when members of their crew, started disappearing. Instead of; I don't know, seeking the police's help with the crime, they would rather partake in having sex with each other. Who does this!? This movie is so clichés. The age-old movie formula of people wandering off alone and getting killed one by one, stupid scenes of nudity, and toilet humor makes them, some of the worst caricatures of people, ever. Ever, when the evidences start to pile up, that the puppets are killing their members, they still think, it's has to be ghosts. I have to say, these are some of the dumbest ghost hunters, I have, ever witness. None of them, were really that, likable. The puppets in the other hand, were. They were the best thing, about this film. It's a bad sign, when the villains are more fascinating than your heroes. Each of them having an interesting way of killing people. Blade looks like a small version of the Fisherman from 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer with a hook. Pinhead is a Conehead lookalike muscle man mixed with Addams Family Uncle Fester who punch and strangles people. Tunneler has a drill on his head that drills into people. Ms. Leech who is a Leech-puking doll that sadly was quickly killed off, in the film, due to producers finding the character way too disturbing and disgusting. In my opinion, she was one of the best puppets, out-there. Why couldn't they just killed, Jester instead. He's pretty much, useless for most of the series. Anyways, she was replace, by a new puppet, call Torch. By far, one of the coolest puppets to ever come into the series. The action scenes with them are quite enjoyable, but I never bought the struggle between man Vs puppets. I just can't see, how people in these film, can't overpower them. Anyways, their stop motion movement was always fantastic and creepy. It also helps that, the director of this film, is Dave Allen. Considered among the finest stop motion model animators of all time. One thing, I didn't like, about this film is how the puppets are now control, by a new owner called Eriquee Chanee (Steve Welles), whom in no surprised to anybody, turn out to be the reanimation body of Andre Toulon; looking for a new body to take over. First off, it's a bit jarring to see that body of Toulon was able to reanimation, due to the fact, that the character somewhat blew his brains out in the first movie. Isn't brain tissue, the secret ingredient that makes that reanimation formula to work in these films? Also, Toulon's death doesn't match up, with the first movie's timeline, in which he killed himself on 1939, not 1941. Anyways, like the first movie, what was Toulon's plan on betrayal his puppets. It seem very odd to do. Yes, a recent comic book adaption somewhat gives a motive, but it's never truly answer on film. Like the first movie, this film got a cult-following, to the point, that puppets were turn the good guys in most of the subsequent films, fighting various enemies including Nazis, Demonic Spirits and inter-dimensional aliens. Overall: The movie is watchable, however, the somewhat downer ending to this film is a bit hard to watch. In my opinion, the subsequent films, such as 1991's Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge are truly, the ones worth-watching, but if you find yourself, watching this film. At least, you might find it, somewhat entertaining.

I love the Puppet Master series. I found out about this great franchise during the summer of 2012. After watching and loving the first film, I decided to watch number 2. And I was very pleased. Puppet Master 2 keeps the feel of the first film and did well in many categories. Average acting, good gore, nice kills, plenty of puppet screen time, a good storyline, and an awesome ending. What's not to love about that? Now, if you're just a horror film watcher and not a fan of Puppet Master, good ol' Charles Band or Full Moon films, I don't really recommend this film. Otherwise, grab some popcorn, some friends who are fans of Puppet Master, a comfy seat and enjoy! Puppet Master Forever!

Puppet Master II (1991) ** 1/2 (out of 4) This better than average sequel finds the puppets from the first movie back in action. At the start of the film they're digging up their master Andre Toulon (Steven Welles) and bringing him back to life. At the same time a group of paranormal investigators arrive at the house and it's good for Toulon because he needs their brain tissue in order to keep living. PUPPET MASTER II is certainly a notch above the previous film as director Dave Allen really tries to keep the action going and he also creates some pretty nice moments with the killers. I think one of the best things going in the film are the killers, those from the original return but we also get another puppet who can blow fire from one of its arms. The killers are all quite effective here and I think the screenplay put all of them to much better use. Blade, the Klaus Kisnki look alike, is clearly the most effective as all of his little touches, like the tipping of his hat, really come off well and makes for an entertaining villain. Pinhead and Jester are back as well and make for some good characters. The human characters this time out are also a lot better than what we got in the previous movie. The main female has her brother killed early in the picture and her determination to find out why he was killed makes for some light entertainment, although her "troubled" past really brings the film down a little towards the end and especially when she gets into a silly love story with another character. The violence this time out isn't all that graphic but we get a couple fun kills including Blade doing his throat-slashing, Pinhead drilling some holes in heads and the new guy gets to set a few people on fire. The aftermath of one of his victims, which I won't spoil, is certainly worth the price of admission. The atmosphere is also quite good here as the entire film, thanks in large part to the low budget, feels like one of the Gothic horror pictures you'd see from Italy back in the 1960s. The atmosphere is quite thick from start to finish and this certainly helps the film move at a nice pace. The best thing going for the film is the actual look of Toulon. Those familiar with James Whale's 1933 THE INVISIBLE MAN will be familiar with the look but it's quite effective here and especially the first time we see him. The performances range from really bad to decent but you didn't really expect Oscar-worthy material did you? PUPPET MASTER II really surprised me because it's actually a well-made picture that people should enjoy even if they're not fans of the series.

Some paranormal research students decide to force their way in to Bodega Bay Inn to see what secrets it contains and of course fall foul of the terrifying little puppets who want to bring back Toulon from the grave. Andre Toulon features as a young man performing puppet shows in Cairo, Egypt and as a bandaged older one when resurrected from the dead. This film features some explanation of Toulon's initial ownership of the animation life secret and is a fitting sequel to the original film. Producer Charles Band's children Alex (now a rock star) and Taryn (now a fashion designer) feature in silent roles as children at a puppet show, though they seem to have been made up to look Egyptian. The real Pupper Master (as in the man who created the puppets) Dave Allen directs this film and does so well but perhaps struggles to take control of his amazing creations in a way aside from animating them. Gorier than the first film, we still have Richard Band's fantastical score to help the flow. the Puppet Master theme is undoubtedly one of the greatest pieces of film music ever, adding a sense of real hysteria to those most striking and fun puppets we kinda love.