Product Details

• Actors: Various
• Directors: Dustin W. Mills
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Music Video Dist
• DVD Release Date: July 26, 2011
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004XZ99SM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,692 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A group of teens are challenged to spend a night in the Wagner mansion on the edge of town. Little do they know the owner (Dr. Wolfgang Wagner) has concocted a monstrosity in the basement and plans to make the hapless teens the creature's first big meal. This is The Puppet Monster Massacre, a wild and raucous love letter to the monster films of the glorious 1980's!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a few blocks over from Sesame Street... July 26, 2011

By Shane

...okay, maybe more than a few blocks. This one definitely isn't for today's kids, perhaps more so for kids of the MTV generation. A near-perfect homage to 80s monster horror, the Puppet Monster Massacre manages to take puppets where they've never gone before. And it works! Dustin Mills uses special effects, animation, and of course puppetry, to tell his story in a truly unique, interesting, and creative way--something most films of late are critically lacking. Perhaps most importantly, there's plenty of laughs amid the "horror," making this film more than just a simple tribute to those 80s flicks we've become so nostalgic for. Ultimately, Puppet Monster Massacre is a surefire way to ensure your next movie night is the most fun you've had with puppets (well, I hope that's the most fun you've had with puppets...but who knows what you do in your free time).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and very entertaining July 26, 2011

By James Cronk

Puppet Monster Massacre is a great little movie that has a big feel. If you like goofy, scary and laugh out loud funny movies, then check out this PMM. It's all done with amazing handmade puppets and some great special effects.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A damn good film that borders on Meet the Feebles territory tempered by a Mad Monster Party premise. July 1, 2011

By Strange Kid

Actually, Puppet Monster Massacre is a damn good film that acts as a love letter to 80s-style horror with an adults-only brand of humor that borders on Meet the Feebles territory tempered by a Mad Monster Party premise. Even without the elaborate sequences of Feebles, Mills and his team managed to create a pretty close approximation of a fully-realized world with subplots and supporting characters that really flesh out the characters. Speaking of which, the film finds a group of teens who have been invited to a creepy mansion by Dr. Wolfgang Wagner who is preparing to unleash the forces of hell upon our world via a demon of his own creation.

This House on Haunted Hill setup is only one of many Easter Eggs scattered throughout the film by Dustin, who also portrays The Hunter, The Sarge and (perhaps my favorite character of the entire movie) Raimi. As you might expect from looking at him Raimi is the hapless nerd of the film and a huge horror fan- he also happens to be one of the most entertaining characters of the whole cast. Other notable characters include the Aussie-accented Iggy and Gramps, though they are all pretty memorable. The only character I didn't like (ironically) is our "hero" Charlie who may or may not be a reference to Fright Night and acts as our point of view for the majority of the movie.

As you might expect, the teens are picked off one by one as Wolfgang's scheme reveals itself and, I must admit, Charlie does make up for all his whining in a big way towards the end which validates his weak-willed personality. The voice work is also noteworthy with Steve Rimpici hamming it up as the "mad" Dr. Wolfgang Wagner and Bart Flynn double timing it as both Iggy and Gramps. The female voice work was a little weaker, Jessica Daniels (Gwen) and Erica Kisseberth (Mona) lack some of the emotional range of Rimpici and Flynn, but still hold their own remarkably well throughout the film. By the time the credits roll we've seen hails of bullets flying, puppet decapitations and disembowelments aplenty and a giant monster rampaging around- very cool.