One thats been on my list to check out for probably the better part of a decade, ‘Let My Puppets Come’ was one of those movies i’d always heard hushed discussions about over the years, and now having seen it, I kind of understand why.

This is basically the quasi blueprint for self aware adult pupeteering that was really driven from the mid 90s to the mid 2000s (think ‘Crank Yankers’, ‘Avanue Q’, to a lesser extent ‘Team America: World Police’) Which is quite impressive given this is essentially a semi sleazy porn comedy led predominantly by blowjob loving puppets.

The plots pretty simple, 3 brothers own several semi-successful companies…until they dont. after all their businesses fold pretty much simultaineously, they’re left with very little money and facing liquidation. That is until someone comes in off the street and tells them the best way to try and make a comeback, is to sink the last of their cash into making a porn film, and regrow their company via adult entertainment. Which they’re DELIGHTED to jump on because they’re all pretty much perverts.

anyway, cue puppet based beastiality, porn parodies, felt based S&M, TONS of oral, multiple all singing and dancing musical numbers and a a sentient singing penis. all corralled by Gerard Damiano and Annie Sprinkles seemingly.

And…to keep it simple, this is really more a porn parody than anything straight up erotic. its got burlesque spirit and vaudville humour. theres a thick layer of sleaze all over this thing. But its just WAY too darn charming to hold against it.

The puppets are all very animate and have lively personalities, the scenes are frankly demented but are fairly well structured and considered. i’ve seen porn films with an all flesh and blood cast have WAY less soul and personality than this puppet movie. Which is INSANE when you think about it.

While i’d stop short of saying this is a ‘must see’ as the middle of the film does droop a little as the ‘We need to make a porn film!’ dissolves into ‘we’re making a porn film!’ It does have enough going on it that, whether your interested in the adult film industry or not, i’d say it’s worth seeing at least once…just for the total bizarreness of it all. I had a hoot with ‘Let my Puppets Come’ I found it sincere and highly engaging, and I think you probably will to.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/let-my-puppets-come/