Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) Robert Toulon (Corey Feldman), great-nephew of the master toymaker Andre Toulon, has taken control of the puppet-making destiny his great-uncle began decades prior. When Erica Sharpe (Vanessa Angel) of Sharpe Toys finds out Toulon's secret formula brings the puppets to life, Robert and his daughter, Alexandra (Danielle Keaton), are put in danger and it becomes a battle royale between the. . . Puppet Masters and Demonic Toys!As a ninth sequel (yes, ninth) to the Puppet Master series and the third sequel to the lesser known Demonic Toys series, it's difficult (and foolish) to expect much from this film. The only thing it really needs to achieve is watchability. Toss in some violence & gore, and it's even better. Maybe some laughs? Alright, that's good too. Luckily, it achieves all of those elements. It's definitely entertaining, there's some okay violence, and there's more than a bit of comedy (especially from Feldman's extreme over-acting). Technically, the film is very bad. The script (especially the horrid dialogue) is just plain terrible. The story makes little sense and just randomly tosses in some plot elements without any real cause. The direction is extremely amateurish and the mix of stop motion and puppetry was worse than Team America (and, at least, Team America was purposely bad). The acting was worse than all of this, but bordered on laughably embarrassing, so it made it slightly more funny. Overall, it's not a good film. At all. But, if you're a fan of the previous installments of either series, or if you're just looking for an easy, cheesy way to spend a bit of time, I wouldn't discourage.Obligatory Christmas-Horror Elements:Subgenre: Dolls. . . Possession. . . etc.Christmas Carols: A little bit, but mainly only the Sharpe Toys jingle.Snow: As it was supposed to take place in LA (filmed in Bulgaria), there wasn't any snow.Person in a Santa suit: Perhaps, but I didn't see one.Violence/Gore: Mostly doll attacks, so nothing overly gruesome. . . but there's quite a bit of blood and such.Sex/Nudity: As it's a made-for-TV movie, we got nothing'.Scares/Suspense: Not really. Some of the dolls are pretty creepy, but that's about it.Mystery: Absolutely none.- -Final verdict: 4/10. It's too stupid to entirely hate.-AP3-

lastliberal I am the one who is weird. I want to get prepared for Black Devil Doll, so I am immersing myself in classic doll/puppet stories starting with this one.First, you have Corey Feldman (Gremlins, The Lost Boys) as the mad scientist type trying to find his great great Uncle's formula, his cute daughter, Danielle Keaton ("Beverly Hills, 90210", Pinocchio's Revenge), assists. Add the evil corporate CEO, Vanessa Angel, with her demon partner Bael (Anton Falk), and you have the makings of a good story - especially when they squeeze the blood out of the virgin to bring Bael to life.OK, it has the usual cheesy dialog, but watching Feldman wasn't a total waste. He did save the world and get the girl (Silvia Suvadova).

lucky_hit_pirate I'm sorry, but during this movie there's a flashback scene of a man pretty much just shaking his fist at Corey Feldman, and then for no reason he just comes too and yells WHOA! in the most over dramatic yell i've ever heard in my life.Too damn funny. I'm still holding my sides.HOW CAN THAT BE A FLASHBACK?! IT HAPPENED 5 MINUTES AGO! He says it all throughout the movie as well.I'm dying over here still. There had to been many takes for that one scene.TAKE 20: WHOA!...no i'm not feeling that TAKE 35: WHOA!...noooo it's still not there. TAKE 103: WHOA! CUT AND PRINT!

howellsey I cannot believe what I just saw here! I am very much a fan of the series, and have been for a long time, but this was just utter garbage. I know the main thrust of this series is about mindless mayhem and entertainment, but nothing in this film made any sense.In brief - which wont be hard - Robert Toulon (Feldman) is struggling to decipher Andre Toulon's notes and scriptures in order to find the formula to bring the puppets to life. He does this in about the second scene, but unfortunately a major toy company have been spying on him (through a camera hid in a toy in his workshop!) and attempt to snatch the formula from him in order to treat their dolls with it (the Demonic Toys) and unleash them on the unsuspecting public in time for Christmas. After a lot of faffing about, the puppets have a scrap.Corey Feldman speaks in a ridiculous voice all the way through and is the victim of the worst make up department in cinema history. His character isn't written too badly, but it's the only one.The evil creator of the Demonic Toys has a bodyguard who in one scene is lamenting her wicked ways by referring constantly to her noble father, and in the next is torturing and murdering a young girl before consulting with Satan himself (another victim of the make up AND costume department) as to the best method of acquiring Toulons secret. Later he laments about the purpose of Christmas once being time of spreading joy to little girls and boys!!! Excuse me mate, but didn't you just gruesomely torture to death someone in the basement?! His daughter - who is the best in this bad bunch - litters the script with sickly, throwaway phrases such as 'this is gonna be the BEST Christmas EVER, Dad', and as for the aforementioned bodyguard's henchmen.......I don't think they'd stand a chance against the Olsen twins.Then, of course, there are the puppets. And my God, don't they look awful. They appear to have been carved out of plastic for this one. No discernible expressions, walking like the Thunderbirds and jittering about like they have a severe case of Tourette's Syndrome. Just awful. In fact, and perhaps its an irony - they do look like real toys (wrestling figures or something) as their facial expressions are restricted to doing goldfish impressions. Don't even start me on the 'humour' in the film. It wouldn't amuse the most hardened Beethoven 2 fan.I cannot describe how poor this is. I really can't. I'm only glad that I hired this for free as part of a 30 day trial at an online DVD rental company.Who wrote this? Almost 20 years creating the legacy, and it just takes about an hour and twenty minutes to pi$$ all over it.