Puppet Master (1989)

A Jewish puppet maker who’s discovered the secret to creating living puppets commits suicide to avoid capture by the Nazis and hides his beloved and harmless puppet children in a California hotel. Years later, a cult of magicians arrive at the hotel under the invitation of an ex-member who betrayed them all, only to find that he’s dead – and that the living puppets, under the influence of a new Puppet Master, have turned murderous!

• murder
• puppet