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Charles Band is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks American born on 27 december 1951 at Los Angeles (USA)
Charles Robert Band (born December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American director, writer, and producer, mostly known for his work on horror films.
He is the son of director-producer Albert Band, and brother of the composer Richard. With his former wife Meda, he had two children, Alex, the vocalist for the band The Calling, and Taryn. He had two sons with his former wife Debra Dion: Harlan and Zalman. Band's grandfather was the artist Max Band.
His most famous films are those in the Puppet Master franchise and the Subspecies series, made by his company Full Moon Features. Before Full Moon Features, his earlier (and now defunct) company Empire Pictures made films like Ghoulies and the cult classic Re-Animator.
One of the few non-horror films he worked on was the Prehysteria trilogy, which were made by his family oriented company Moonbeam Entertainment.
During this time, Band produced exclusively with Paramount Home Video before parting ways with that company in 1994. Since then, Full Moon has been an independent company, producing and distributing solely for the home market. Notable side companies have included Moonbeam Entertainment, Filmonsters, Action Xtreme, and Pulsepounders all of which produced films aimed at kids and tweens as well as Torchlight Entertainment and Surrender Cinema which produced soft-core films for the adult market. In addition, Monster Island Entertainment produced low-budget "man in a rubber suit" monster movies, Alchemy Entertainment later Big City Pictures created urban horror, and Pulp Fantasy Productions specialized in non Full Moon type horror. For a short time in the early 2000s, Full Moon became Shadow Entertainment when Band felt the company's product had strayed too far from the brand that he had created. During this time, many of the films were produced by J. R. Bookwalter's Tempe Entertainment. Since 2004, Band has taken a more active hand in the company, producing and directing almost every film released. In 2004, the Wizard Video line was reintroduced.
For a short time, fans could buy a line of toys based on characters from the films such as Shrieker, Radu from Subspecies and the Puppet Master puppets as well. Branded Full Moon Toys, this line lasted a couple of years. More recently, the Monster Bra line has been created, specializing in gag brassieres. CD soundtracks have been released through the Full Moon Records line including many works by Band's brother Richard and comics based on Dollman, Puppet Master, Subspecies and Trancers were released through Eternity Comics.
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Charles Band
Charles Robert Band (born December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American director, writer, and producer, mostly known for his work on horror films.
He is the son of director-producer Albert Band, and brother of the composer Richard. With his former wife Meda, he had two children, Alex, the vocalist for the band The Calling, and Taryn. He had two sons with his former wife Debra Dion: Harlan and Zalman. Band's grandfather was the artist Max Band.
His most famous films are those in the Puppet Master franchise and the Subspecies series, made by his company Full Moon Features. Before Full Moon Features, his earlier (and now defunct) company Empire Pictures made films like Ghoulies and the cult classic Re-Animator.
One of the few non-horror films he worked on was the Prehysteria trilogy, which were made by his family oriented company Moonbeam Entertainment.
Biography
Starting in the 1970s, Band formed Charles Band Productions. Dissatisfied with distributors' handling of his films, Band created Empire Pictures in the early 1980s. Through Empire, he could produce and distribute his films ensuring proper distribution and return on profits. Empire entered the video market with Wizard Video during this time, which released films by others in addition to Empire product. At the height of its run, Empire produced 12 theatrical and 12 direct-to-video films a year. Wizard produced two games for the Atari 2600 in 1982: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween based on the films of the same names and both quite controversial at the time for the levels of violence. Citing the fall of the Italian lira, the Rome-based Empire closed its doors in the late 1980s and Band returned to the States. There he formed Full Moon Productions which was quickly changed to Full Moon Entertainment and later became Full Moon Studios and Full Moon Features before settling on the current Full Moon Pictures.During this time, Band produced exclusively with Paramount Home Video before parting ways with that company in 1994. Since then, Full Moon has been an independent company, producing and distributing solely for the home market. Notable side companies have included Moonbeam Entertainment, Filmonsters, Action Xtreme, and Pulsepounders all of which produced films aimed at kids and tweens as well as Torchlight Entertainment and Surrender Cinema which produced soft-core films for the adult market. In addition, Monster Island Entertainment produced low-budget "man in a rubber suit" monster movies, Alchemy Entertainment later Big City Pictures created urban horror, and Pulp Fantasy Productions specialized in non Full Moon type horror. For a short time in the early 2000s, Full Moon became Shadow Entertainment when Band felt the company's product had strayed too far from the brand that he had created. During this time, many of the films were produced by J. R. Bookwalter's Tempe Entertainment. Since 2004, Band has taken a more active hand in the company, producing and directing almost every film released. In 2004, the Wizard Video line was reintroduced.
For a short time, fans could buy a line of toys based on characters from the films such as Shrieker, Radu from Subspecies and the Puppet Master puppets as well. Branded Full Moon Toys, this line lasted a couple of years. More recently, the Monster Bra line has been created, specializing in gag brassieres. CD soundtracks have been released through the Full Moon Records line including many works by Band's brother Richard and comics based on Dollman, Puppet Master, Subspecies and Trancers were released through Eternity Comics.
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Rewind This! (2013)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Atom Egoyan, Cassandra Peterson, Lloyd Kaufman, Mamoru Oshii, Frank Henenlotter, Kevin Tenney
Roles Self
Rating70%
Rewind This ! est un documentaire consacré au boom des VHS, de la révolution que l'apparition et la prolifération des cassettes vidéos ont entrainé, et leurs conséquences aujourd'hui. Un film drôle, nostalgique, qui parvient à raconter une certaine histoire du cinéma de genre et de cinéma bis, et où interviennent Cassandra 'Elvira' Peterson, Frank Henenlotter ou encore Mamoru Oshii.
Hollywierd (1999)
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Charles Band
Roles Self
Rating63%
Troll (1986)
, 1h22Directed by John Carl Buechler
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Witches in film, Films based on Norse mythology, Comedy horror films
Actors Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono, June Lockhart
Roles Young Couple on T.V.
Rating46%
The film begins with the Potter family moving into a new apartment complex in San Francisco. While unpacking, their young daughter Wendy is attacked by a grotesque little creature, who had long ago been transformed from a powerful wizard into a troll. Using a magic crystal green ring, it captures Wendy and possesses her form. After meeting the other eccentric tenants, the family notices Wendy's unusual behavior (roaring, biting, tossing people across rooms, punching people in the groin), but they attribute her behavior to the stress of the move. The only one that notices something is terribly wrong is Wendy's brother, Harry Potter Jr.
Crash! (1976)
, 1h25Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors José Ferrer, Sue Lyon, John Ericson, John Carradine, Leslie Parrish, Jerome Guardino
Roles Motorist (uncredited)
Rating48%
Jealous invalid husband (Ferrer) tries to kill sexy blond wife (Lyon), who uses occult powers and devices to try to kill him.
The Avenger (1962)
, 1h35Directed by Giorgio Venturini
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films based on mythology, Poésie, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Adaptation d'un poème, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Steve Reeves, Carla Marlier, Liana Orfei, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Gianni Garko, Mario Ferrari
Roles Ascanio
Rating53%
Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan war to new land in Italy. Based on Virgil's The Aeneid.
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The Gingerdead Man (2023)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Robin Sydney, Jonathan Chase, Margaret Blye, Larry Cedar, Gary Busey
Rating34%
In a Waco, Texas diner called Cadillac Jack's, crazed killer Millard Findlemeyer (Gary Busey) opens fire on the Leigh family, killing Jeremy (James Snyder) and James (Newell Alexander), but leaving Sarah (Robin Sydney) and her mother, Betty (Margaret Blye), alive. Findlemeyer is arrested and sentenced to die in the electric chair, due in part to Sarah's testimony. After the execution, Findlemeyer is cremated and his ashes are sent to his mother (E. Dee Biddlecome), a witch who mixes the ashes with a gingerbread spice mix.
Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong (2013)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Comedy horror films
Actors Gary Busey, Robin Sydney, Tommy Chong, Mindy Robinson, Amy Paffrath
Rating35%
The demonic serial killer Gingerdead Man seeks revenge against Sarah Leigh (Robin Sydney) for causing him to live his life in the body of a gingerbread man. Her only hope is to team up with Larnell (John Patrick Jordan) who has problems of his own in the form of a magical talking bong named Eebee (Michelle Mais).
Goobers! (2012)
, 1h21Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Actors Ashley Tesoro, Timothy Redwine, Caroline Ambrose
Rating42%
Tommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work. Imagine his surprise when he discovers they're not special effects at all! Adding to the situation, the monsters' original owner, evil Queen Mara, has returned to Earth to reclaim her property and take revenge on Captain Mike for stealing them.
Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012)
, 1h28Directed by David DeCoteau, Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Action, Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Political films
Rating39%
Ozu, the villain from the previous film, walks down a dark alley only to be stopped by Kommandant Moebius, the Nazi general. Ozu offers him the puppet Tunneler, in exchange for her freedom. Moebius gladly takes the prize, which immediately kills SS Soldier #1. Moebius "sets her free" by shooting her in the head. While this takes place, the puppet Blade watches from the shadows. The next morning, Danny and Beth are recovering at Danny's house. Danny tells the rest of the puppets that he couldn't revive Ninja, but they will get back Tunneler. Blade appears and informs them of Ozu's death and Tunneler's capture by the Nazis. Danny and Beth respond to a knock at the door only to be grabbed by mysterious men in suits. Meanwhile, in a secret lab in Chinatown, Docter Freuhoffer, a German doctor with a fixation on dolls, is working for Moebius to develop a machine that can reanimate the dead. The seductive Uschi, a Nazi, tries to motivate the doctor only to be interrupted by Moebius. He demands a demonstration of the machine. He brings in a Japanese man and slits his throat. The machine makes him walk for a moment only for him to decay and fall down. Freuhoffer promises to fix the machine. Moebius reminds him that if he doesn't, his daughter will be killed. He then presents him with Tunneler to study.
, 1h27Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Robin Sydney, Christina DeRosa, Irwin Keyes, Amy Paffrath, Peter Stickles
Rating37%
An evil alien bong crashes to earth from outer space. The film's heroes are sent to the alien bong planet and held captive by nude alien beauties. Their only hope to escape and save planet earth: Eebee, the original Evil Bong.
Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt (2011)
, 1h9Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Erica Rhodes, Olivia Alexander
Rating37%
When Jenna asks her four hot girlfriends to help convert an old mansion into a Halloween Haunt, they decide to party instead. Things get steamy between the girls, until they accidentally unleash the half-pint, horrible Killer Eye, a perverse party crasher from beyond. Bent on having his way, the Killer Eye will stop at nothing until he gets exactly what he wants: a human mate.
, 1h18Directed by Charles Band, William Butler
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Jackie Beat, John Carl Buechler, Jacqui Holland, Selene Luna, Peter Stickles, Junie Hoang
Rating37%
At the Scientific Research Institute for the study of Homicidal Baked Goods, The Gingerdead Man is visited by a woman from the FBI (Laura Kachergus), who is revealed to be the sister of Toothless McHomeless of the second one, who was driven to suicide by the previous Gingerdead cookie. As she's about to take her revenge on this "half baked piece of shit", a group of activists for animal rights break into the institute, overpower her, and release the Gingerdead Man and the rest of the baked inmates. The killer cookie comes across the "Time Travel Studies" room, shoots the two scientists, and is sent back through time as security tries to kill him.
Skull Heads (2009)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Robin Sydney, Steve Kramer
Rating36%
The film begins with Naomi Arkoff (Robin Sydney) being taken by her father Carver Arkoff (Steve Kramer) into the basement of their castle home in Rome, Italy, where there lies a rack. Carver ties Naomi to both ends of the rack and turns the wheel, hurting her. Carver claims that her punishment this time is for having a cell phone, which was against the father's wishes. After begging her father to let her go, Carver unties her, but warns her that the next time she has a cellphone in the house, her punishment is not going to be slow and painful. As she gets released, she runs off upstairs, strangely screaming: "I can run faster than you!" over and over again.
Evil Bong 2: King Bong (2009)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Comedy horror films
Actors Brett Chukerman, Amy Paffrath, Tommy Chong, Robin Sydney, Ariel X, August
Rating43%
The film begins with Larnell (John Patrick Jordan) pacing around in his new dorm room, looking afraid. Responding to a sudden knock at the door, Larnell admits Alister McDowell(Brett Chukerman), whom he had called over. Asked how things are going, Larnell admits to Alister that he is on the run, having burned down the college's administrations office from a belief that the reason their parents are forcing them to go to school is because they are being taken control of from underneath the government, trying to control their minds into becoming like them. He is even considering writing a number one best seller about it. Larnell also tells him that Bachman (Mitch Eakins) now has a job at Sloppy Burger and remains his roommate. Alister asks Larnell why he called over and Larnell tells him that something has gone wrong with Bachman. Bachman then returns from work and starts describing how his day had gone, which had led to him being fired, until he drops onto the floor, fast asleep. Larnell explains that this was what he was trying to tell Alister. Alister explains it as narcolepsy and that Bachman needs medical help. Larnell also explains that he and Brett (Brian Lloyd) also have problems. Brett and his girlfriend Luann (Robin Sydney) both come to the apartment, where Brett is shown to have gained substantial weight. Larnell then suddenly starts humping Luann's leg, and explains to Alister that his sexual urges make him pounce like a cougar. Alister then realizes that Larnell, Bachman and Brett were the first ones to smoke from the bong and are the only ones who were killed within the bong world, which is probably the reason for neither Luann nor Alister experiencing side effects.
Dead Man's Hand (2007)
Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Sid Haig, Michael Berryman, Scott Whyte, Robin Sydney, Jessica Morris, Kavan Reece
Rating39%
After inheriting a casino from his dead uncle, Matthew Dragna, his girl friend JJ (Robin Sydney) and a group of friends take a road trip to the outskirts of Las Vegas, where they find the run-down Mysteria Casino. But the trip takes a frightening turn when the kids discover that the casino is haunted by the ghosts of Vegas mobsters Roy "The Word" Donahue (Sid Haig) and his goon Gil Wachetta (Michael Berryman), looking to settle an old score. Matthew and J.J. must fight for their very souls as the ghosts seek their gruesome vengeance, and in the vein of The Shining, this horrifying tale builds to a bloody and surprising climax.