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The Puppet Masters
Directed by
Stuart Orme
1994
1h 49m
R
Horror
,
Science Fiction
,
Thriller
5.9
26%
32%
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The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
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Cast of The Puppet Masters
Donald Sutherland
Andrew Nivens
Eric Thal
Sam Nivens
Julie Warner
Mary Sefton
Keith David
Alex Holland
Will Patton
Dr. Lawrence Graves
Richard Belzer
Neil Jarvis
Tom Mason
President Douglas
Yaphet Kotto
Ressler
Gerry Bamman
Viscott
Sam Anderson
Culbertson
J. Patrick McCormack
Gidding
Marshall Bell
General Morgan
Nicholas Cascone
Greenberg
Bruce Jarchow
Barnes
Benjamin Mouton
Higgins
Donna Garrett
Miss Haines
Andrew Robinson
Hawthorne
Bill Blair
Slugged Businessman (uncredited)
The Puppet Masters Reviews
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Dragan Antulov
Some movies with great potential can be ruined or denied their greatness by a single detail.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Attempts at detailed characterization don't work particularly well, and there's a love story that feels as forced as it is superfluous - although even that isn't as unnecessary as the film's final ten minutes.
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
Not bad if you can get past the "Invasion of the Plot Snatchers" set-up.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
A choppy, unsuspenseful succession of chases, melodramatic showdowns and routine special effects.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Lacked suspense.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...generally as far-fetched and overwrought as its 1950s sci-fi brethren.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
About as nerve-wracking as a warm bath.
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
The special effects are low-budget, but effective. The creatures are disgustingly realistic.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Ends up as listless and bloated as one of its dead alien visitors.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
Undiscriminating fans of the genre will probably not be terribly disappointed, but this is certainly familiar territory.
Washington Post
Richard Harrington
The Puppet Masters occasionally lives up to its reputation, but the delay between story conception and celluloid conversion has clearly wilted its power and potential.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Mark R. Leeper
Robert Heinlein's 1951 novel comes to the screen in a film that takes little time away from the main plot to develop its characters, but does strike home with a story of a hard-fought battle with a fairly alien and devious enemy.
Variety
Only the most undiscriminating monster-pic buff will come away satisfied.
TV Guide
Despite accomplished special effects and a coolly intelligent script, this paranoid thriller never follows through on its eerie promise.
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