the curse of the puppet master have a good premise that be undermine by unconvincing puppet violence and the usual weakness of low budget film . the direction be good and move the story along . the eye candy be limit to underwear or gym short scene with the hero and with the bully and separately . there be a tasteful suggestion of a sex scene . the goriness be in line with expectation and not overstate . unlike other reviewer and i find the action straightforward enough . spoilersthe new puppet master and dr. magrew ( george peck ) be experiment to discover the method the original puppet master and andre toulon and use to create semi live puppet . assistant and who first carve the 444 wooden piece that go into a puppet and can be transform by a lightening like effect into the inner working of a puppet . ( the director use this idea later in his voodoo academy . ) the movie start with dr. magrew dispose the result of a failed experiment and find a new person and robert tank winsley ( josh green ) and to be the new carver . the problem be that dr. magrew daughter and jane ( emily harrison ) and take a romantic interest in robert . bully joey carp ( michael guerin ) want his way with jane and isn not too fond of robert . meanwhile and the police be wonder why dr. magrew former carver have disappear . the thread all move along to their conclusion . end of spoilersi can not say how this movie compare to the others in the puppet master series and but on a stand alone basis it be entertain enough . the big thud for me be the victim inability to get away from attack puppet and the leap of insight which allow jane to find some evidence of early activity . lighten effect be too pervasive . say and 4 out of 10 .