Paranormal Researchers and Puppets

 For a review of Puppet Master II (1990), I'll leave this here

Nita Talbot's a bit more than a psychic thanks to the puppets

I'll always wonder why the next sequel didn't follow up where Puppet Master II (1990) left off: Nita Talbot's dead psychic, murdered by the puppets, is "revived" by her killers to be their new leader, leaving behind Andre Toulon, who seemed to favor Mclellan's Carolyn (he saw her only as his Elsa) over them. Still, this sequel had the distinction of featuring characters killing both Driller and Leech Woman after they had attacked folks. So at the end of "Puppet Master II", Talbot's Camille is revived by the puppets that remained -- Blade, Pinhead, and Jester -- after deciding to give her some of a special "brain fluid" (green with brain fragments added) provided to Toulon by an old Egyptian magician named Osiris. Why Osiris wanted to give Toulon the secrets to bring marionettes to life so they could move without strings isn't exactly altogether known, but the explanation given was keeping the interest of children as the puppet theater performance art was "so last century". Take us to 1990 where the puppets will join Camille for a trip to a "home for delinquent children", with plans to hide among them as a traveling performance company in a van. I've always wondered exactly how this plot would have transpired but, curiously, Band never followed up. Instead, Band seemed to remain tethered to plots involving the puppets and the Nazis.

I always forget the David Allen, the director of this film, took us out of the Bodega Bay Inn a bit more, which I appreciated, allowing us to see more of the LA area, especially the ocean overlook. While the hotel setting gets plenty of attention, too, I think many fans probably didn't want exactly more of the same as the first film.