Puppet Master DVD Box Set (DVD, 2000, Box Set)

The Puppet Master movies have never been considered high art by any means but they can be very entertaining in the nice B-Movie vein. What makes the series so likeable is the unique puppet characters and nifty effects. Sure the series starts to take a nose dive towards the end (with “Curse of the” and “Retro”) but again what franchise doesn’t. Charles Band's (a well known name in the world of low budget horror and science fiction) Full Moon Entertainment always releases their films with eye catching cover art and plenty of behind-the-scenes footage. Full Moon always seemed to be taking the consumers and fans in the highest regard when it came to VHS. Now let see how they treated the fans for the now ultra rare box set of the Puppet Master series.

The Box set at first glance seems like a well done job. We get all 7 Puppet Master movies housed in a nice box with a bonus disc called "45 Trailer Reel". All the movies contain their original box art (Except the box to Puppet Master has the title changed to "Puppet Master I" making me wonder if Full Moon thought their fans were morons) but the printing on the inserts isn't the highest quality. This is easily forgiven. All the DVDs contain amazing menu designs that are all animated and are like little cartoons themselves. Every DVD also contains the original behind the scenes "Videozone" as well as cast and crew bios so the extras were good

The picture quality for the most part is on par with other Full Moon releases. Overall the digital transfer isn't great and is sub-par to other big name film companies such as MGM and Warner Bros. Still the films are far from unwatchable. The only film that didn't make the grade when it came to picture quality was Puppet Master II. The picture quality on this DVD is pathetic and worse than its VHS counterpart. The film has moments when theh picture even goes digital. It hits its ultimate low when towards the end of the film the picture gets an annoying wavy effect traveling down the screen. I can't believe Full Moon released this movie with such a terrible transfer. It's a shame because every box set that was made has this terrible version of Puppet Master II with the wavy picture. (whats even more strange is the “stock footage” from Puppet Master II that was edited into Curse of the Puppet Master also contains the wavy effect).

Other than the Puppet Master II DVD, this box set is a great way to get all the Puppet Master movies in one place. There's not much for new for extras as the Videozone's were previously released on the VHS tapes but its still great to have them. The box set would garner a 4 rating if it weren't for the sub-par treatment of the Puppet Master II DVD. Hopefully if Full Moon ever gets the rights issues resolved with Paramount Pictures they will re-release the box set and fix the problem with the Puppet Master II transfer.

this is one of the best horror series available. it is comedy mixed with a bit of blood and death.

What i like about the series is the detail for it being and old time past series. the graphics are great and if i ddn't know better i'd think people actually died in this series.

It is a great series so don't miss out.

The series is about a group of dolls that come to life by a special magic. they are brought to life by this magic and a person who wields it. Depending on the person that brought them to life they can be harmless or they will kill the people their "master" also known as the puppetmaster, dislikes and wants completely dead. The puppets themselves are not evil.

The story behind the puppets is they were created and brought to life by a man named Toulan. to save his puppets he hid the living dolls and his secrets to bringing them to life. he then committed suicide. The dolls then come back when the secrets are found and utilized.

The family of toulans then starts taking care of the puppets as if they were there children, but the puppets are coveted by many many evil people. The dolls themselves are seen as useless by all of these coveters. What they really wants is the secret to bringing inanimate objects to life!

And that is as far as i will explain! Want to know more about this incredible series? Then grab it while you can wherever you find it as the boxed sets are no longer made! Full Moon Productions stopped creating after a period of time.

Grab it wherever you can and start watching! You will be amazed by everything thrown your way! ^^

My son loved all the puppet master movies in a box set. We also love all the trailers of Full Moom movies on one disk. Hilarious! I bought this for my 11 year old son for Christmas. He has rented these puppet master movies at the video store over and over for a long time and enjoys them. No need to do that anymore!

I bought this box set because I grew up on the older horror movies and saw these with mu dad in theaters. I went to see if I could buy them on dvd and was told it was out of print. I found a box set on ebay and had to bid untill I won. I think it is one of the best collection of horror movies, not to gory, and not to stupid. The special effects are good for there time. Tell me whats not cool about lil puppets that are brought to life and kill. Doesn't get much better.

This is a great box set. All the dvd's have there original art and awesome interactive menus. I would suggest this set to any Puppet Master lover who does not have any of the single discs.