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HorrorYear2023Duration1h 36mIMDb5.2

The Puppetman

HorrorThriller

The Puppeteer, a convicted murderer on death row, has always maintained his innocence, claiming that it was an evil force that controlled his body as he slaughtered his victims.

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Cast

Brandon Christensen

Director

Alyson Gorske

Michal

Angel Prater

Charlie

Kio Cyr

Danny

CW

Cameron Wong

Glenn

Anna Telfer

Jo

Michael Paré

Detective Al

Caryn Richman

Ruby

Natalie Meetze

Young Michal

Zachary Le Vey

David

Kathryn Schneider

Patricia

Curtis Arney

Prison Doctor

Luke Brewer

Student

Joshua Cole

Diner Patron

DG

Donovan Gale

Police Officer

MJ

Morrin Jermyn

Student

John Lizzi

Liquor Store Clerk

Gabrielle Nunzio

Student

Sean C. Sanders

Prison Guard

Brandon Christensen

Writer

RC

Ryan Christensen

Writer

Matt Manjourides

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

pro player fortnitAug 7, 2024

I recently viewed The Puppetman (2023) on Shudder. The plot revolves around a man who, under the influence of a malevolent entity, is compelled to commit a heinous act in front of his daughter, leading to his execution. Years later, his orphaned daughter, now a high school student, faces the entity as it possesses her friends, coercing them into committing gruesome acts. Will she become another victim, or can she find a way to stop the entity? Directed by Brandon Christensen (Superhost), the film features Alyson Gorske (Jungle Run), Kio Cyr (Give Me an A), Zachary Le Vey (Run Hide Fight(, Michael Paré (Gone) and Angel Prater (Amy's F it List). The Puppetman had the potential to be a standout horror film. The opening scene was well-crafted and effectively set the movie's tone. Unfortunately, it didn't maintain the quality of kill scenes after the beginning. While there were some entertaining fire and a shootout scenes, there was also a terrible seance that was awkward. The acting was good enough, but the ending was disappointing and felt like a copout. In summary, this movie offers a few engaging scenes and a solid concept but struggles with execution. I would rate this a 4/10 and suggest considering other options.

kela junior 10Jul 25, 2024

This movie is absolutely terrible. It's incredibly poorly written and executed. Maybe it was a budget thing, who knows. The acting is very rough to put up with. There's just a ton of a scenes of a girl who is seemingly spaced out and her friend saying, " are you okay? ". Not to mention they make Michal out to be some scary, powerfully possessed chick that everyone should fear, but her friend Charlie was an awful friend and the real bad one ... and a weirdo if you ask me. Her whole friend group seems terrible. Overall it's just incredibly cheesy and corny. That psychic medium? Just rename her Velveeta because holy cow it's pure, unadulterated cheese.

Queen GJul 24, 2024

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football._k1ng__Oct 21, 2023

Another Shudder bomb. It's just really poorly written and realized. Filled with jump scares that simply arent scary and an attrocious script. I was pretty bored most of the time. A lot of it makes no sense whatsoever. People pay good money to get Shudder. You'd think maybe they'd put some money into these original movies. But nooooo. This one is tedious. It's slow as mollasses. And the acting stinks. Plus the script is all over the place. It's so convoluted you will wonder what you are watching and why. Not sure how I got through the entire movie. I was soooo tempted to bail. Please Shudder: do better.

"الخال"Oct 21, 2023

There was something about this movie that I loved but I can't pinpoint exactly what it is. It actually got me watching it a second time. With that being said, the story itself was quite all over the place. Not enough explanation of what the evil entity is and how it even came to being. And to say it's an horror movie would be a disservice to actual horror movies like The Conjuring. It's more of a thriller if you ask me, there was no jump scares and it wasn't scary at all. Just bloody and gory, which I kinda appreciated. Towards the ending is where everything kinda just fell apart, which is very typical of such movies. But all in all, it was worth the time.

VegasOct 21, 2023

I think this film deserves closer to a 6.5 or even a 7 to be honest, I thought it was pretty great and had a fresh idea. I did have hopes for a different ending though, see if you catch what I mean. The actors and actresses were pretty good and the main character was cast really well, i hope they can do another one because I'd be interested in seeing it. The way it was shot and sets were good too. I dont know why others gave this the review they did but if you're like me and always check IMDB before watching a flick, I hope you see my review here and watch the movie, I think it could have somewhat of a cult following.

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