 While "" was intended to be the final installment of the series four years earlier, "Curse of the Puppet Master" (which borrows quite heavily from the 1973 eco-horror film Sssssss) is a standalone sequel that promptly revived the series, which has been ongoing since.The film begins at "The House of Marvels", a doll museum, with André Toulon's puppets in a cage, watching their current master, a man named Dr. Magrew (George Peck), stuffing something into a crate.Before leaving, he promises the puppets that things will be different next time.