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Reviewed By Chris Wright, Morehorror.com

Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012)

Directed By: Charles Band

Written By: Charles Band & Shane Bitterling

Starring: Kip Canyon (Danny), Jean Louise O’Sullivan (Beth), Oto Benzina (Freuhoffer), Scott King (Moebius), Brad Potts (Seargent Stone), Kurt Sinclair (Major Collins), Stephanie Sanditz (Uschi), Paul Thomas Arnold (General Porter), Terumi Shimazu (Ozu)

Nothing says “Full Moon” like the “Puppet Master” franchise. I am always surprised they come out with a new film and we are already up to the tenth entry! I have had mixed feelings about this franchise and this movie is no different. While it is better than the ninth installment, it is lacking the magic the first films had. Charles Band returns to write and direct this entry.

The movie continues where the previous movie left off. Danny and Beth have discovered that the Nazis have Tunneler and want to extract the serum from him to create super soldiers.

*mild Spoiler Alert. **full disclosure: an advanced online screener was supplied by Full Moon Features. Director: Charles Band. Writers: Charles Band and Shane Bitterling. Cast: Paul Thomas Arnold, Oto Brezina and Kip Canyon. The Puppet Master series has evolved to become a product totally different from its first few films. Instead of the murderous dolls that many fans loved, they are still humanity’s saviors in Puppet Master X: Axis Rising. The devotees who have followed the series should know that the sequence of movies is not in chronological order. They are not yet the 80's terrorists that they will become. Back in time, they were fighting for an American cause. In the latest two movies, the era is still the 40's. This new subset of “Axis” films makes Danny Coogin (Kip Canyon) the new Puppet Master. He found the puppets that Toulin left following his suicide. Where this new...