Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys (2004)

Playtime is over. Now the real fun begins!

A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.

Date of release
2004-12-18
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (95)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Horror, Comedy, TV Movie
Director
Ted Nicolaou

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Bulgaria

Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys is a 2004 American comedy horror television film based on characters by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall and David S. Goyer. The film is directed by Ted Nicolaou and written by C. Courtney Joyner.

Production

Plans for a Puppet Master and Demonic Toys crossover date back to as early as 1992, when Charles Band first mentioned the idea in the VideoZone for Demonic Toys, stating that Puppet Master 4 would be a crossover between the two series, with an estimated release window of fall 1992. The project never materialized, and Demonic Toys instead crossed over with Dollman a year later, in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys.

Another attempt at a crossover was announced in the VideoZone for Retro Puppet Master in 1999. This movie was supposed to be the first part of a larger plan to cross over Full Moon's franchises and was given a release window of 2000. Later the same year, Full Moon ran a contest in Tomart’s Action Figure Digest where fans could enter to possibly win a role as an extra in the film.

Work on the script for this version began around 2002, with the filming location having changed to Band's Italian castle that had previously been used in Castle Freak. In 2003, the original 1992 concept art appeared on some Full Moon merchandise to advertise the upcoming film. The final version of the script was completed around 2004.

A few months before filming was scheduled to begin, the crew was informed about the Sci-Fi deal. Band had sold the project to a different producer, Jeff Franklin, who already agreed to a December 2004 premiere date. As a result, the film was heavily rushed, with pre-production beginning in June 2004 and a completed copy delivered to Sci-Fi Channel executives by November.

Director Ted Nicolaou was approached to direct Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys upon the recommendation of Charles Band. Intended to serve as a made-for-TV Christmas horror special for the Sci-Fi Channel, the film is a crossover with the Puppet Master series. Nicolaou was not a fan of the series since he "like[d] working with people, not with puppets", but wanted to direct as he had not had the chance to direct "in quite a long time".

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