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Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)

   
Directed by: Jeff Burr

Written by:
Douglas Aarniokoski , Steven E. Carr, Jo Duffy, Todd Henschell & Keith S. Payson

Starring:

Gordon Currie .... Rick Myers
Chandra West .... Susie
Ian Ogilvy .... Dr. Jennings
Teresa Hill .... Lauren
Nicholas Guest .... Hendy
Willard E. Pugh .... Jason
Duane Whitaker .... Scott

Cameos:


Ron O'Neal .... Detective
Guy Rolfe .... Andre Toulon
Clu Gulager .... Man #1
Kaz Garas .... Man #2

Release Date:
Direct-to-Video: September 21, 1994

 

 

Rating:

 

Decapitron has his main demon totem destroyed as he performs a cult ceremony to create a puppet for himself to release on the world.
Meanwhile, Rick Myers (Gordon Currie) is in prison and questioned by the Dr. Jennings (Ian Ogilvy) and a Detective (Ron O'Neal) about the murder of his friend Cameron and is then released but is having nightmares on his friend Lauren (Teresa Hill) whom is in a coma in a hospital and then awakens. He discovered that one of Toulon's puppets named Blade tagged along in his bag when he arrived home and finds out that there is still trouble so him and his girlfriend Susie (Chandra West) goes back to the Bogeda Bay Inn to put an end to Decapitron's evil deeds.
Meanwhile, Dr. Jennings brings three goons to look for Toulon's puppets oping to get rich quick in which he plans to sell their secrets as implements of war. They break into the Inn but discover that not only are the puppets residing there but more totems and other evil creatures roaming around and killing any living thing that enters there.
Rick and Susie may have to risk their necks in order to save Jennings as well as themselves but Jennings is becoming very greedy and can be dangerous.

 

This marks to be one of the best out of the Puppet Master series with plenty of great special effects, action and suspense too.
There's plenty of terrific scenery in the film like the dimensions of Decapitron with his evil doing's along with some misty effects there too. There's also some crafty dream and hallucination sequences giving it a good dark horror effect to the story.
To top it all off there's a perfect ending to the story which was necessary since this one was titled the final chapter of the whole series but of course it doesn't come to an end as we get to see Curse of the Puppet Master.

The acting is quite good as Gordon Currie reprises his role and still pulled his role off well along with his attitude like a true warrior battling against those creatures and his enemies.
Chandra West
also seemed to put more energy into her role than in the previous one and also knew how to get anxious quite well with the terrors going on.
I
an Ogilvy does his job well as a scumbag doctor in the film ttrying to be deceiving too in which I give him two thumbs up.
Teresa Hill
returns as well but mainly in a coma in a hospital bed but really knew how to scream as well as look evil in some dream sequences too. She really stood out in her role.
It's nice to see b-film veteran Duane Whitaker play a supporting role in this film and does well with his bad ass attitude. He's often typecast playing these types of roles.
There's a cameo on the late Ron O'Neal as he really knew his craft playing a detective in the film but of course he often played these types of roles in his heyday.

Pinhead is drilling Lauren's head in a bathtub during a dream sequence with some blood puring out.
Some bloody scratches by the creatures as well as them being blown up along with some violent bloodsheds.

Jeff Burr does this one with plenty of class with his terrific shots on everyone and the nicely made effects too.
There's a good moment with Gordon Currie sitting there in his prison uniform along with his voice over during the flashback sequence on the previous sequel.
There's also good shots on him along with the supporting actors Ian Ogilvy and Ron O'Neal questioning Currie in a room which was decently directed on two people trying to get anything out of a criminal.
We spot a good shot on the puppet Blade looking around and then a great camera shot running towards a beg.
There's a good moment with Currie running into Chandra West's arms and kissing one another along with a good shot of them making out in their bed together.
We spot a perfect horror shot on a bathtub filled with bloody water and toys in it along with a shot on Tersa Hill acting almost erected like with pinhead drilling her head and opening her eyes looking evil like and then a great surprise wake up shot on Currie in his bed. Then we get a good shot on him looking surprised with a shot on Blade crawling up to his bed and a good moment with Currie talking to this alive puppet about what to do to save Lauren.
There's some good moments with Hills in her hostpial bed rising up and screaming.
We also have many perfect shots in the cave with the Decapitron figure doing a cult ceremony with a dead totem as it looked cheesy but enjoyable.
There's also a corny but very interesting direction on Ogilvy with supporting actors Duane Whittaker, Nicholas Guest and Willard E. Pugh breaking into the mansion where Toulon resided and trying to steal Toulon's puppets.
There's a terrfic shot on Pugh looking in a container and then a shot on a totem leaping out which almost makes you jump in which these shots were very similar in the previous sequel. Pugh does well on being attacked and screaming in pain.
Hills
looked good acting intense almost behaving like she's having a seisure in her hospital bed.
Whittaker
does well trying to look around for the puppets with him battling a totem and later on is good in a kitchen area of the mansion and picking up a rolling pin and sneering nastily while looking for the totems. We have many good shots on the totems attacking as well as a camera rolling in on him lying on the ground panicking.
We see a good fighting sequence between Ogilvy and Currie in an elevator in the mansion which looked like quite a good struggle.
We spot many terrific camera shots between the army of puppets and Oglivy being cornered acting nervous and then being attacked.
Then we have the final battle between the puppets and the totems once again but this was more powerfully directed with the terrific camera showts and effects along with a great raging reaction on Currie and West.
There's a real perfect shot looking up on Currie after stepping on a totem.
Next there's a nice shot on West jogging and later on having a dialogue with Currie and Hill. There's also a good shot on Guy Rolfe speaking telling them that the battle is over.

Richard Band brought back the traditional theme song for the opening and closing credits way to go! There's the odd neat chiming sounds played on the keyboard mostly remembered in a moment when the character Rick Myers types on the computer trying to find help.
There's some new classical composing too with some violin and trumpet playing for the puppet battling.
We also have some nice keyboard piano playing towards close to the end of the film with the character Susie having a jog outside in the sun.