The Puppet Monster Massacre

In my search for some intense puppet violence and gore I stumbled across this lovely gem. The Puppet Monster Massacre. This is a Muppet based puppet style that seems to be a retelling of sorts of Ten Little Indians/House on Haunted Hill.

Basic premise is group of people receive letters saying that if you can survive a night in my mansion you will receive a large sum of money, a rather common horror plot devise if you ask me. But apparently this rich weirdo that's sending out letters has an ulterior motive in inviting all these people to his home.

One: he is seeking revenge for a wrong that was done against him. Two: the people invited to the house are the last surviving ancestors of those who have wronged him. Three: rich weirdo plans to murder every last one of them. (as the movie poster so lovingly put it- “The felt is going to fly!”)

The film is set in 1985 and as reviews have stated is a black comedy fun of puppet violence, gore and nudity.

On the main website are two videos: the first being the Official Trailer and the second being a sneak preview of the first few minutes of the movie.

This first scene shows the scientific mad man: Dr. Wolfgang Wagner aka rich weirdo. Abducting a hunter from the woods, with the help of his trusty sidekick: a penguin named Squiggums. They have placed a parasite inside of this seemingly Scottish hunter's stomach. In order to incubate and grow. We then see this worm-esk teethy creature tear it's way out of the mans mouth spattering blood everywhere. The clip ends shortly after.

This low budget film seems to take the well know puppet style of Sesame Street and place them into outlandish and mature situations. Very much like Avenue-Q. The use of puppets associated with childrens programing for such rated R material is what is intriguing to the audience. It gives a sense of familiarity while combining it with a sense of shock at these puppets behavior.

It is an interesting style and form of bringing in an audience, and sometime can be seen as very forceful and in your face. I am unsure of how this particular show goes about this, as I have only seen small clips, but I get the feeling that it is anything but subtle.

Looks like an interesting film though and I hope to be able to see the rest at some point in time.


http://www.puppetmonstermassacre.com/

http://anythinghorror.com/2011/04/07/indie-horror-scene-the-puppet-monster-massacre-2010/