Description
Book Synopsis This book is a comprehensive history of the most successful straight-to-video horror franchise of all time: Puppet Master. It provides an in-depth exploration of all 14 films to date--including a made-for-TV crossover and a theatrical reboot--and the action figures, comics, and other merchandise that have helped to keep the brand alive for the past 30 years. Puppet Master was the first film for independent producer extraordinaire Charles Band''s Full Moon Entertainment, launching a franchise and a micro-budget studio that have both continued to this day. What led to the film''s success? How did a little movie about killer puppets, designed to cater to the then-booming video market, wind up surviving video stores themselves? How did a series that had never even had a theatrical entry wind up with an unusually successful toy series? All of these questions are answered within these pages. Featuring new interviews with some of the biggest creative minds behind the franc
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Fall of an Empire and a Full Moon Rising
- Chapter Two. Puppet Master
- Chapter Three. The Eternity Comics
- Chapter Four. Puppet Master II
- Chapter Five. Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
- Chapter Six. Puppet Master 4 and 5
- Chapter Seven. Puppet Wars: The Unmade Trilogy
- Chapter Eight. Puppet Master: The Action Figure Series
- Chapter Nine. Curse of the Puppet Master
- Chapter Ten. Retro Puppet Master
- Chapter Eleven. Puppet Master: The Legacy
- Chapter Twelve. Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
- Chapter Thirteen. Puppet Master: Axis of Evil
- Chapter Fourteen. Puppet Master: Axis Rising
- Chapter Fifteen. The Action Lab Comics
- Chapter Sixteen. Puppet Master: Axis Termination
- Chapter Seventeen. Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
- Chapter Eighteen. Blade: The Iron Cross
- Chapter Nineteen. The Fans
- Chapter Twenty. The Future
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
