Puppet Killer

Made an account just for this.

Caught this at hexcon in Calgary and it blew my mind. They played a bunch of awesome films but obviously this one stood out! It's not just that the killer is a puppet, but this movie has so many callbacks to classic horror and kinda makes fun of normal horror tropes, but it's played so seriously that it works so well!

All the kills are practical effects, which i love, and some of the dialogue is just perfect. They have probably my favourite example of a "meta" character with the Curtis character, who is flat out the guy that basically goes "don't go in to the basement or you'll die"

Sounds like this was super low budget, but it looks better than most of the crap on netflix and such. So funny, and the filmmakers are so nice. It's a really indie film and i hope it heys released soon!

Also, Paunovic rules! It has Julius from van helsing!!!!

Horror fans will love the nods to various horror sub genres and movies. Yes, it's silly but entertaining none the less. One of the best horror cameos awaits you.

Well, it's a stupid little slasher flick. Pretty much on par with what one would expect. Not terrible.. but nothing you should rush to see either. It not funny in the laughter type of way.. it's MAY be funny in the "heh" type of way.. MAY cause a grin once in a while but that's it.

The cast are all supposed to be high school students...

But are all CLEARLY over 35, if not much closer to 50.. and one guy couldn't even be bothered to shave his full beard to portray a high school student. I mean, for f's sake.. at least make the guy shave if he wants the part.

Aleks Paunovic (the lead "student") is 54 years old as of this writing..... FIFTY FOUR years old.. but the audience is supposed to believe he's a high school student??? Did they pass out free hallucinogens at the screenings???

Now, okay.. so they cast who they thought was right for a part.. but then WHY have the opening settings relate to high school? There was no need for that. They could have been work colleagues.. that would have only required changing the setting for 3-4 scenes near the beginning and perhaps rewriting a few lines - nothing too difficult. And doing so would have made casting 40 year old actors make MUCH more sense -- because CLEARLY none of the cast is anywhere close to high school age.

Because of this poor casting.. after the opening sequence.. when they show the high school portion.. it just seems so ludicrous, so utterly ridiculous that it immediately sets the film in an "oh this is just f'n dumb" position it must crawl out of... it tried.. got close.. but meh.. don't think it ever did.

If this was the "best of Hexcon".. all I can say is Hexcon must really be bad.

Where do I begin. In my time I have seen hundreds of movies, ranging from home filmed to high budget productions, however Puppet Killer (PK) was without a doubt the most horrifically executed one by a country mile. From the preposterous storyline to the god awful acting, this film stood alone in a category of shambolic I've never quite witnessed before. Saying this, I have rated it 4 stars due to the hysterics it left me and family in throughout the entirety of the film. The trigger of the belly aching laughter stemmed from Aleks Paunovic (52)'s first cameo, playing the role of Jamie (17), a high schooler. Paunovic is a 6"5 man mountain, who is greying and has hands the side of most 17 year olds faces. I can do nothing but grant him with kuddos for landing this stellar lead role and his unnerving performance left me feeling agitated and distressed . This was mainly due to the fact that Paunovic was playing a deranged 17 year old and is in reality, 52 years of age. However, there were some stand out performances in PK; in particular, Jett Klyne played the role of "Young Jamie" to absolute perfection and put Paunovics uneven display to shame. In addition, Simon played the role of a serial killer puppet, which is by no stretch of the word, an easy role to play, to a level of mastery which would have been missed from this cinematic. In all seriousness, I struggle to comprehend how this movie made it past the editing stage and onto screens, there should be severe sanctions dished out for whoever allowed that to happen. On the other hand, I seriously cannot wait for PK 2. This can only be described as a horrific masterclass from player, manager Lisa Ovies.

One of the worst idiotic films ever. Don't waste your time. Horribly written and executed. So many good puppet films out there, THIS IS NOT ONE!