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| Retro Puppet Master was the last of the true Puppet Master films, which was shot during the death throes of the old Full Moon Pictures. I played the confusingly-named "First Servant" You: Like, you mean you were the butler? Me: Uh, no. The First Servant of Sutekh. You: Oh, uh, wow. That's much more clear. I was the villain...a mummy raised from the dead by... -The Egyptian God Sutekh, in order to track down and kill... -The Sorceror Afzel, before he can pass on the secrets of the dead to... -Young Parisian puppeteer Andre Toulon (the future Puppet Master). Confused? You're not alone. |
| Me with two co-stars, Retro-blade, and Dr. Death. |
It's set in 1892 Paris, and was shot in Bucharest, Romania. It used to play in heavy rotation on Sci-Fi Channel. As a piece of trivia, the climax at the end of the film originally called for me to morph into a giant, monster-like mummy creature and battle to the death against Toulon. Most of our budget got pulled during production, though, so now it ends with a fist-fight. Retro was released in 1999, and then exhumed in 2003 so that excerpts from it could be planted into the clip-show-like Puppet Master: The Legacy |
| (above) between fellow recovering mummies, 3rd Servant (Vitalie Bantas) and 2nd Servant (Robert Radoveanu). I'm in the middle. |
| (left) with Ilsa (played by Brigitta Dau) and 2nd Servant (Robert Radoveanu) on board the train near the climax of the film. |
| (right) Greg Sestero as young Toulon and Jack Donner as Afzel the Sorceror |
| (above) The mummy Servants of Sutekh being raised from a 3,000 year slumber. Coffee please!!! |
| (left)Toulon has,... yes...it's a thought!!! |
| (right) Ilsa defies her father, while the Swiss Guard, um... guards. |
| Romanian actor Robert Radoveanu and I chill with the Puppet Master stars, past and present |
| (right) Behind the scenes, as Second Servant and First Servant pay a visit to Ilsa at the Swiss Embassy. |
| (right) Retro Puppets taking a break from shooting... (l. to r.) Dr. Death, Cyclops, RetroSixShooter, RetroBlade, and RetroTunneler |
| (Above) The trailer for Retro Puppet Master |
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