Puppet Master (film series)

Puppet Master
Region 1 (US) DVD box set containing the first seven installments.
Directed byCharles Band
David W. Allen
David DeCoteau
Jeff Burr
David Schmoeller
Ted Nicolaou
Sonny Laguna
Tommy Wiklund
John Lechago
Written byKenneth J. Hall
David Pabian
C. Courtney Joyner
David Schmoeller
Douglas Aarniokoski
Steven E. Carr
Jo Duffy
Todd Henschell
Benjamin Carr
David S. Goyer
Ted Nicolaou
Shane Bitterling
August White
S. Craig Zahler
Produced byCharles Band
Hope Perello
Gordon Gustafson
Kirk Edward Hansen
Vlad Paunescu
Dana Scanlan
Mona C. Vasiloiu
Kurt Iswarienko
Matt Wolpert
Alan Bursteen
Cary Glieberman
Music byRichard Band
Jeffrey Walton
John Massari
Peter Bernstein
Jerry Smith
Distributed byFull Moon Features
Release date
1989–present
Running time
1,220 minutes (15 films)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.23 million (combined total)

Puppet Master is an American horror film series which focuses on a group of anthropomorphic puppets animated by an Egyptian spell, each equipped with its own unique and dangerous device and are represented as heroes, antiheroes and antagonists. The franchise was created by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall. The series consists of 15 films, 11 mainline, one crossover film, a reboot and two spin-offs.

Produced by Full Moon Features, the series was established in 1989 with the eponymous first installment, which has since been followed by ten sequels, a crossover with the characters of Demonic Toys, a 2018 reboot entitled The Littlest Reich, a spin-off film about the puppet Blade, a spin-off film about Retro Puppet Master's Doktor Death, two comic book mini-series, an ongoing comic book series, and a free-to-play multiplayer video game by October Games.