Random ‘Puppet Master’ Franchise Is Way Weirder Than We Remembered (17 items)

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  (#13) 'Puppet Master III' Introduces A Six-Armed Cowboy Puppet Aptly Named Six Shooter

  More than just a clever pun, Six Shooter is quite a formidable force. This single puppet manages to bring the entire Gestapo to its knees when he takes down General Müller in Puppet Master III.

  Ignoring the puppet's conspicuous absence from the first two movies is easy when one considers all the comedic potential of this tiny cowboy's addition to the crew. After all, he's armed to the teeth.
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  (#11) The Next Movie Is A Spinoff Featuring The Most Popular Puppet, Blade

  Perhaps the weirdest aspect of the Puppet Master movies is that they just keep making them. No one who finished watching Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter said to themselves, "I think they have a lot more to say in these films." Yet here we are a full six movies later, going on the 12th installment in the series - and not even including the non-canonical Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys or the recent reboot Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich.

  Titled Blade: The Iron Cross, the next Puppet Master film is set to release in 2020. The puppets are back with Full Moon for this one - and yes, there will be goose-stepping zombies too. As in all of the Full Moon Puppet Masters, Blade takes a firm stance against the SS.
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  (#2) In 'Puppet Master,' Leech Woman Vomits A Leech Into Her Victim's Mouth

  Anyone the least bit familiar with the Puppet Master franchise will remember Leech Woman. How could you not? Here we have a beautiful woman puppet with the completely impractical but surprisingly lethal power to vomit leeches.

  Everything about this scene is weird. First of all, it starts out with a blindfolded, disrobed man strapped to a bed as a puppet starts to get frisky with him. Without warning, the puppet begins regurgitating leeches.

  The icing on the cake comes when one leech drops directly into his mouth. By the time he inexplicably succumbs to the leeches (in a remarkably short amount of time), the audience is out of disbelief and just accepts it. After all, nothing else here made a lick of sense.
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  (#9) In 'Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich,' The Puppets Commit Hate Crimes

  The puppets have come full circle in this film, going from fighting against the forces of the SS to becoming card-carrying members themselves. This film is actually a Fangoria reboot that exists in a different universe than the Full Moon/Charles Band saga.

  These certainly are not the same puppets that viewers have come to know over the decades.
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  (#17) 'Puppet Master: Axis Rising,' Features A Fight Between Leech Woman And Bombshell

  No further explanation is really necessary. This is a puppet fight between Leech Woman and Bombshell. 

  It happened.
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  (#7) In 'Puppet Master II,' The Puppets Resurrect Their Master As A Living Cadaver

  On paper, the idea makes perfect sense. If you have the ability to animate lifeless matter, then reanimating a lifeless cadaver should be even easier. As the puppets apparently need a continuous supply of magic puppet juice (at least in this Puppet Master installment), it's only natural they would reanimate their master so he can make them said juice.

  Toulon's Invisible Man-style bandages - that no one really questions throughout the film - do add a nice element of creepiness. One can also forgive the Puppet Master if he is a bit more villainous in this film than the others, as he isn't quite himself. He's literally a zombie.

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