The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters (1994)

Trust No One

The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.

Date of release
1994-10-21
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (210)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director
Stuart Orme

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters is a 1994 American science fiction horror film, adapted by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio and David S. Goyer from Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 novel of the same title, in which a trio of American government agents attempts to thwart a covert invasion of Earth by mind-controlling alien parasites. The film was directed by Stuart Orme and stars Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Keith David, Julie Warner and Andrew Robinson. The Puppet Masters was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on October 21, 1994. It was a critical and commercial failure, grossing $8.6 million against a $15 million budget.

Production

The film was a passion project for executive producer Michael Engelberg, who had shepherded the project through development since the mid 80s with the help of his longtime friend Michael Eisner. In order to help with the production, producer Ralph Winter was hired due to his experience on special effects heavy sci-fi films such as the Star Trek film series and Disney had not done a science fiction film of this type under Eisner's stewardship.

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