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The plot is centered around Charles “Corky” Withers (Anthony Hopkins), who after failing at his first attempts to become a professional magician consults his mentor about what he should do. This psychological horror flick features Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margaret, and Burgess Meredith and has a great musical score composed by Jerry Goldsmith that really helps build the tension. Stealing the ninth spot on our list is the 1978 “ Magic,” directed by Richard Attenborough. The film itself was rushed through production and in certain places it seems like they could have done a bit more with it, but for 1958 the film still holds up well. Franz has developed a way to shrink people into toy-like figures and place them in a state of suspended animation making them his personal puppets. Franz things don’t go as planned and the next day Reynolds sees a doll just like him. When Westley goes to break the news to Mr. Franz (John Hoyt) and Westley a traveling salesman after a few weeks tries to get Reynolds to elope with him. Reynolds answers an ad for a secretary position posted by the mysterious owner of the company Mr. as well as character Sally Reynolds (June Kenney) and Bob Westley (John Agar). Gordon and its plot is centered around a Brownie troop visiting Dolls Inc.
Sitting at the tenth spot on our list is the 1958 classic “Attack of the Puppet People.” This film was written and directed by Bert I. So, have a seat, relax and let me play your heartstrings with a list sure to have you applauding. I am here to entertain you today with the top ten horror movies featuring puppets. Read the whole review at back my little darlings, I promise I won’t be killing you. That said, there are maybe two moments in which the creativity of such integrations are funny enough to garner a smirk, but beyond this The Happytime Murders functions as an uninteresting whodunit that doesn't attempt to add weight to its narrative or not-so-subtle metaphor dealing in prejudice and discrimination as it hangs its hat solely on the joke of kid toys being dirty-except as it's executed here-it isn't a funny joke. The most pleasure to come out of sitting through this one-note joke of a "movie" is the small, sporadic flourishes of creativity that comes in adapting these puppets who know they're puppets into the real world and the humorous ways in which Henson, his team, and screenwriter Todd Berger integrate them. And I mean that not in the way that there are a few chuckles to be had here and there throughout the slim ninety-minute runtime, but rather that I didn't laugh once the entire time. I say this because 1) Team America accomplished as much in balancing tone, humor, substance, and conveying it all through these objects not typically intended to be taken seriously with the sly genius of it hidden in the fact it actually had something to say and 2) because The Happytime Murders is rarely if ever actually funny.
Also, while I haven't seen Peter Jackson's 1989 comedy/musical/parody Meet the Feebles which in and of itself seems to have been exactly what The Happytime Murders purports to be, I have seen Team America: World Police and after now having seen Brian Henson's (son of Jim and a director in his own right having made The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island) twist on what it might be like if the puppets he grew up with grew up with him I feel rather confident in saying that I don't need another example of how funny it can be when bedrocks of childhood suddenly come to possess the most adult of behaviors with the crudest of takes on those behaviors. I feel like I should say that up front because I don't want to seem like I'm easily offended or that I can't take a dirty joke when I say that The Happytime Murders is a pile of shit.