But the psychics quickly discover Toulon's secret of death in the form of five killer puppets -- each one uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem. Tunneler has a nasty habit of boring holes in people with his drill bit head. Leech regurgitates killer leaches that suck her victims dry.
Pinhead strangles his enemies with his powerful vice-like hands. Blade has a gleaming hook for one hand and a razor-sharp knife for the other. And Jester, the ruthless brains of the bunch, is absolutely merciless. Together, they're an army of skilled assassins, diabolically programmed to guard the deadly secrets of the Puppet Master. Following the murder of hotel guest Mr. In the early seventies, Band developed his first production company and by the mids the young filmmaker had moved to Europe to form Empire Pictures -- the company responsible for producing and distributing dozens of films including cult favorites 'Re-Animator,' 'Ghoulies,' 'Trancers,' 'Troll,' and the movie that traumatized my youth by making me never look at toys the same way again, Stuart Gordon's 'Dolls.
At the tail end of the eighties, though, Empire had gone out of business, but the Band played on by returning to the United States to create Full Moon Pictures -- which is still active today.
The Full Moon library unleashed many killer gems like 'Subspecies,' 'Demonic Toys,' 'Gingerdead Man,' and even deadly narcotic paraphernalia with 'Evil Bong' I guess drugs really are bad, mmmkay?
But with a current eight official sequels and one unofficial one to date, it is Full Moon's debut feature that has solidified itself as their flagship franchise -- 'Puppet Master.
