The Puppet Masters

10/21/19941h 49m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Trust No One ~

Overview:

The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their minds.

Director:

Stuart Orme

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$8,600,000.00

Key words:

mind control
small town
based on novel or book
escape
iowa
rescue mission
alien
space
alien contact

Cast

Donald Sutherland

~ as ~

Andrew Nivens

Eric Thal

~ as ~

Sam Nivens

Julie Warner

~ as ~

Mary Sefton

Keith David

~ as ~

Alex Holland

Will Patton

~ as ~

Dr. Lawrence Graves

Richard Belzer

~ as ~

Neil Jarvis

Tom Mason

~ as ~

President Douglas

Yaphet Kotto

~ as ~

Ressler

Gerry Bamman

~ as ~

Viscott

Sam Anderson

~ as ~

Culbertson

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
Donald Sutherland has done some dross in his time, but usually only as a guest star. Here he commits himself to the whole thing and I wonder if now, he regrets it. The mind-numbingly daft plot involves alien creatures that resemble flounders with a proboscis, that ride around on the backs of people, whilst controlling what passes for their minds. "Nivens" (DS) is determined to capture one of these beasties and get it back to the lab for examination. It has all the production values of a solid television movie and hasn't an original bone in it's body. It is a sort of "Alien" meets "Doctor Who" themed enterprise that recycles the rather flawed plot far too often, with little sense of jeopardy and the most obvious solution to the extra-terrestrial invasion plan - just don't wear a shirt with an opaque back! It ends pretty much as expected, with a mediocre supporting cast and some unremarkable dialogue to support the flying jelly special effects. Nothing special, this film.