Charles Band
Actor, Producer, and Director
Charles BandCharles Robert Band (b. December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is a director, writer, and producer of horror films. He is the son of director-producer Albert Band, and brother of the composer Richard Band. With his former wife Meda,... In this article: Full Moon Features, Charles Band, Puppet Master, Richard Band, Empire Pictures, Prehysteria trilogy, Ghoulies, Alex Band, and Taryn Band |
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Wizard Video
Wizard Video was a motion picture distribution company created by B movie veteran Charles Band , who would later go on to found Full Moon Features. They were best known for their VHS releases of Zombie 2 '', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
In this article: B movie and Full Moon Features
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
Richard Band
...Albert Band, and the brother of director Charles Band . He has a nephew Alex Band, and a niece, Taryn Band. Since the late 1970s Band has been composing film music for horror and science fiction films regularly. His first notable...
In this article: Richard Band, Stuart Gordon, Re-Animator, Laserblast, From Beyond, Shrunken Heads, Orchestration, and Dragonworld
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Prehysteria trilogy
The films were made by Moonbeam Entertainment, the family-oriented sub-brand of B-movie producer Charles Band 's Full Moon Entertainment. Richard Band, Michael Bishop , and Fuzzbee Morse composed the music for the movies. In the early...
In this article: Prehysteria trilogy, Kevin Connors, and Full Moon Entertainment
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Wikipedia | October 22, 2009
Empire International Pictures
Empire Pictures was a small scale theatrical distribution company that was formed in 1983 by Charles Band. The company produced a number of low-budget horror and fantasy features including Trancers and The Dungeonmaster. It is perhaps best...
In this article: Empire International Pictures, Ghoulies, Full Moon Entertainment, The Dungeonmaster, Re-Animator, Trancers, and Rome, Italy
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Ghoulies (film series)
...the titular Ghoulies descend upon a carnival. Again produced by Empire Pictures, the film was directed by Charles Band's father Albert Band. Ghoulies and Ghoulies II were released as a double feature DVD from MGM Home Entertainment in 2003.
In this article: Ghoulies, DVD, Empire Pictures, John Carl Buechler, Albert Band, Parasite, Gremlins, MGM Home Entertainment, and Stan Winston
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Wikipedia | October 18, 2009
Full Moon Features
...on the website, The Terror Trap, Puppet Master director, David Schmoeller, says that Charles Band owes him residuals, as well as stating that Charles Band does not give credit to directors. Schmoeller continues, saying that Band did not...
In this article: Full Moon Features, Puppet Master, Subspecies, Demonic Toys, Sci-Fi Channel, and William Shatner
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Athens Banner-Herald | October 12, 2009
Oh, the horror show
...exceptionally devoted, so let me begin the account of my interview with Full Moon founder Charles Band thus: Oh, the horror show Charles Band's Full Moon Horror Road Show 2009 Where: Tasty World Uptown, 312 E. Broad St. Cost: $10
In this article: Full Moon Features, B-grade, Albert Band, Pacific Ocean, and Athens
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Wikipedia | September 26, 2009
Puppet Master (franchise)
...Puppet Master. This entry was an anomaly to the series, in that the main theme composed by Richard Band, brother of Full Moon's Charles Band, was completely absent, and it with its PG-13 rating , Retro Puppet Master was the first film in...
In this article: Puppet Master and Megan Gallagher
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Wikipedia | June 01, 2009
Head of the Family
...suggests that Myron is still alive and is controlling the dumb one again.... On June 25th 2008, director Charles Band announced that he'll be making a sequel titled Bride of the Head of the Family. Along with Head of the Family is , , Killjoy...
In this article: Head of the Family, Coal, Gordon Jennison Noice, and Joan of Arc
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Rotten Tomatoes: News | March 10, 2009
Puppet Master Returning in 3-D?
Charles Band to Remake 'Puppetmaster' in 3-D A small, yet interesting morsel of news came out way this past weekend as we learned that Charles Band is looking to remake his classic horror film, Puppetmaster, which was released back in...
In this article: Puppet Master, Puppetmaster, DVD, and Full Moon Entertainment
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Charles Robert Band (b. December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is a director, writer, and producer of horror films. He is the son of director-producer Albert Band, and brother of the composer Richard Band. With his former wife Meda, he has two children, Alex Band, the vocalist for band The Calling, and Taryn Band. He has two sons with his former wife Debra Dion, Harlan and Zalman. Charles' great grandfather was the artist Max Band.
One of the few non-horror films he worked on was the Prehysteria trilogy, which were made by his family-oriented company Moonbeam Entertainment.
His most famous films are the Puppet Master films made by his Full Moon Features company. Before he had Full Moon Features, his earlier (and now defunct) company Empire Pictures made films like Ghoulies and Re-Animator.
- Name At Birth:
- Charles Robert Band
- Also Known As:
- Carlo Bokino
- Robert Talbot
- Birth Date:
- December 27, 1951
- Birthplace:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Spouse:
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- Debra Dion (1984–2004)
- Meda Band (?–198?)
- Occupation:
- Film director
- Years Active:
- 1973–present
- Website:
- http://www.charlesband.com/
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