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Charles Band

Charles Band

Production · Born 1951-12-27 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

Charles Robert Band (born December 27, 1951) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. Starting in the seventies, Band formed Charles Band Productions. 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 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. Also in 2004, the Wizard Video line was rein…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Troll (1986) — Young Couple on T.V.
  2. Rewind This! (2013) — Self
  3. In Search of Tomorrow (2022) — Self - Interviewee
  4. Crash! (1976) — Motorist (uncredited)
  5. In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022) — Self
  6. The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs (2019) — Self
  7. The Avenger (1962) — Ascanio (Uncredited)
  8. Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997) — Self
  9. In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 (2024) — Self
  10. Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business (2020) — Self
  11. Kings of Cult (2015) — Self
  12. Shock Cinema: Volume One (1991) — Himself
  13. Stephen King's World of Horror (1989) — Self
  14. Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow (2022) — Host
  15. Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited (2023) — Self (archive footage)
  16. Videozone 2021: Baby Oopsie (2021) — Self
  17. Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III" (1991)
  18. Hard Time: The Making of Prison (2013) — Himself
  19. Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors (2019) — Himself
  20. Hollyweird (1999) — Self
  21. Videozone: The Making of "Dollman" (1991)
  22. Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II" (1990) — Self
  23. Troll Empire (2015) — Self
  24. Videozone: The Making of "Arcade" (1993) — Himself
  25. Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals (2024) — Self
  26. The Charles Band Empire! (2024) — Self
  27. Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures — Self
  28. Toys of Terror: The Making of 'Dolls' (2014) — Self
  29. Church of Chills: The First Event (2024) — Self
  30. Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story (2026) — Self
  31. Videozone: Dollman vs Demonic Toys (1993)
  32. The Making of: Evil Bong (2006)
  33. Full Moon Roadshow 2005 (2006)
  34. Videozone: Behind the Scenes of Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong (2013)
  35. The Making of Evil (2010)

Directed

  1. Trancers (1984) — Director
  2. Trancers II (1991) — Director
  3. The Gingerdead Man (2005) — Director
  4. Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993) — Director
  5. Charles Band's Evil Bong (2006) — Director
  6. Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003) — Director
  7. Parasite (1982) — Director
  8. The Dungeonmaster (1984) — Director
  9. Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012) — Director
  10. Doctor Mordrid (1992) — Director
  11. Head of the Family (1996) — Director
  12. Puppet Master: Axis Termination (2017) — Director
  13. Hideous! (1997) — Director
  14. Prehysteria! (1993) — Director
  15. Meridian (1990) — Director
  16. Corona Zombies (2020) — Director
  17. Crash and Burn (1990) — Director
  18. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) — Director
  19. Charles Band's Evil Bong 2: King Bong (2009) — Director
  20. Blood Dolls (1999) — Director
  21. Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong (2011) — Director
  22. Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong (2013) — Director
  23. Doll Graveyard (2005) — Director
  24. The Dead Want Women (2012) — Director
  25. Crash! (1976) — Director
  26. Trancers: City of Lost Angels (1988) — Director
  27. Evil Bong 777 (2018) — Director
  28. Evil Bong 420 (2015) — Director
  29. The Creeps (1997) — Director
  30. Evil Bong: High-5! (2016) — Director
  31. Evil Bong 666 (2017) — Director
  32. Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt (2011) — Director
  33. Trophy Heads (2014) — Director
  34. AIMEE. The Visitor (2023) — Director
  35. Dangerous Worry Dolls (2008) — Director
  36. Ooga Booga (2013) — Director
  37. Dead Man's Hand (2007) — Director
  38. Dr. Moreau's House of Pain (2004) — Director
  39. The Alchemist (1983) — Director
  40. Decadent Evil (2005) — Director