Charles Band

Production

Charles Band

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

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 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 also been released through the Full Moon Records line including many works by Band's brother Richard Band and comics based on Dollman, Puppet Master, Subspecies and Trancers were released through Eternity Comics.

Acting credits

Troll poster
5.1

When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby paving the way for new troll recruits, the first in his army that will take eventual control of the planet. We soon discover Torok is the ex-husband of Eunice St. Clair, a resident in the building who was married to Torok.

Troll

1986

In Search of Tomorrow poster
6.7

A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artists who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business poster
3.0

Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attracting the right talent, working with practical effects and selling the finished product in the hope of turning a profit. Featuring interviews with a range of industry luminaries, not only are technical aspects and interpersonal skills discussed but also the emotional stamina and little-known tips needed to survive in the low budget film industry.

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020

Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story poster
NR

A brand new feature documentary about the incredible life and career of prolific film producer and director Charles Band.

Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story

2026

Stephen King's World of Horror poster
8.0

This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor the 1988 VHS release of the same name, which runs 45 minutes, was distributed by Front Row Entertainment and is about King himself. Instead, This Is Horror (copyright 1989) was a TV special which ran in four 60 minute increments. This new special used some framing footage from the original 'World of Horror' but is primarily newer interviews and behind-the-scenes footage about what was hot in horror in the late 80s. Here in the U.S., a condensed 90-minute version made its way onto video courtesy of Goodtimes in 1990. Elsewhere, the entire special was released as 2 different tapes running 90 minutes apiece. In the UK these were titled This is Horror: A Video Encyclopedia of Horror (Volumes 1 and 2) and in Germany they were called Best of Stephen King's World of Horror (Parts 1 & 2).

Stephen King's World of Horror

1989

Crash! poster
5.4

After a professor is crippled in a car accident, he blames his wife for the ordeal and attempts to have her killed using the same means. Now hospitalized with amnesia, she appears to be protected by a tiny voodoo trinket that she still clutches in her hand, which possesses her car and other objects, causing mayhem throughout the city.

Crash!

1976

Rewind This! poster
6.9

Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.

Rewind This!

2013

The Avenger poster
6.3

Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.

The Avenger

1962

Videozone: The Making of "Arcade" poster
NR

Get a look at the making of ARCADE, with cast and crew interviews and behind-the-scenes footage!

Videozone: The Making of "Arcade"

1993

In Search of Darkness: Part III poster
7.5

The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery.

In Search of Darkness: Part III

2022

Hollyweird poster
9.0

Documents the making of BLOOD DOLLS, interviewing members of the cast and crew.

Hollyweird

1999

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 poster
7.9

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024

Kings of Cult poster
7.7

Feature Length sit down with Charles Band and Roger Corman.

Kings of Cult

2015

Videozone: The Making of "Dollman" poster
NR

If you ever wanted a deep dive into the making of the Sci-Fi cult hit about a pint-sized intergalactic policeman with its cast and crew, this is it.

Videozone: The Making of "Dollman"

1991

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures poster
NR

The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

The Making of: Evil Bong poster
NR

Behind the scenes featurette for the DVD release of Evil Bong, the Gingerdead Man is interviewed

The Making of: Evil Bong

2006

Hollywood Rated 'R' poster
5.3

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

Videozone 2021: Baby Oopsie poster
4.0

Cast and crew peel back the curtain on all the thrilling secrets behind the monstrous tot’s first standalone feature from the Demonic Toys franchise.

Videozone 2021: Baby Oopsie

2021

Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors poster
2.0

Meet the ‘Deadly Ten’ directors! DEADLY TEN is Full Moon's daring new experiment in interactive feature filmmaking. Ten movies, shot all over the world back-to-back, streamed LIVE from the set ONLY at the DEADLY TEN website. In this exclusive video, you'll get the chance to meet all 10 DEADLY TEN directors and get a taste of what wild, weird entertainment awaits you!

Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors

2019

The Making of Evil poster
NR

Behind the scenes of Puppet Master: Axis of Evil, on location in China

The Making of Evil

2010

Shock Cinema: Volume One poster
4.0

An hour-long documentary featuring interviews with various filmmakers who've made a name in the direct-to-video market.

Shock Cinema: Volume One

1991

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NR

A new documentary on the career of horror legend Charles Band.

The Charles Band Empire!

2024

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III" poster
6.0

Join the cast and crew for a making of featurette on the movie about a puppeteer's journey to bring inanimate objects to life during World War II.

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"

1991

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8.0

Retrospective documentary on the making of the low-budget horror film Prison (1987)

Hard Time: The Making of Prison

2013

Behind the camera

Prompt poster
5.6

When a young woman begins immersing herself in the arena of AI, her wildest and darkest fantasies become sensual realities. But the deeper she sinks into her online explorations, the closer she gets to the shocking truth.

Prompt

2025

Prompt poster
5.6

When a young woman begins immersing herself in the arena of AI, her wildest and darkest fantasies become sensual realities. But the deeper she sinks into her online explorations, the closer she gets to the shocking truth.

Prompt

2025

Trancers poster
6.0

Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ancestors of the future's governing council.

Trancers

1984

Trancers poster
6.0

Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ancestors of the future's governing council.

Trancers

1984

Trancers II poster
5.6

Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This sci-fi action sequel chronicles his courageous actions as he struggles to save the future. His difficulties are compounded when his boss sends his first wife back from the future to help Deth who has unfortunately, married a 20th-century girl.

Trancers II

1991

Trancers II poster
5.6

Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This sci-fi action sequel chronicles his courageous actions as he struggles to save the future. His difficulties are compounded when his boss sends his first wife back from the future to help Deth who has unfortunately, married a 20th-century girl.

Trancers II

1991

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High poster
4.1

When he's finally given a chance to go legit by opening a restaurant, Rabbit can't stop himself from sliding back to his old ways. With EeBee as his Master Chef, weed is definitely on the menu and this high-end joint is the toke of the town. Staffed with tons of familiar faces and fan favorite buds, will Rabbit end on a high note? Or will he be chopped by the cops in a kitchen nightmare that goes up in smoke.

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High

2024

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High poster
4.1

When he's finally given a chance to go legit by opening a restaurant, Rabbit can't stop himself from sliding back to his old ways. With EeBee as his Master Chef, weed is definitely on the menu and this high-end joint is the toke of the town. Staffed with tons of familiar faces and fan favorite buds, will Rabbit end on a high note? Or will he be chopped by the cops in a kitchen nightmare that goes up in smoke.

Evil Bong 888: Infinity High

2024

Meridian poster
4.5

After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.

Meridian

1990

Meridian poster
4.5

After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.

Meridian

1990

Trancers: City of Lost Angels poster
5.8

Jack Deth, the super cop from the future, has put away three centuries worth of time traveling criminals. But Deth's most dangerous collar, the ultraviolent assassin Edlin Shock, has escaped from her maximum security holding cell and won't rest until she's exacted revenge. Meanwhile, Deth is trying to make a life for himself as a private eye in 1988 Los Angeles with his hot-blooded girlfriend Lena. Relationship troubles are just the beginning of Deth's problems when he learns that Edlin Shock has followed him back in time.

Trancers: City of Lost Angels

1988

Trancers: City of Lost Angels poster
5.8

Jack Deth, the super cop from the future, has put away three centuries worth of time traveling criminals. But Deth's most dangerous collar, the ultraviolent assassin Edlin Shock, has escaped from her maximum security holding cell and won't rest until she's exacted revenge. Meanwhile, Deth is trying to make a life for himself as a private eye in 1988 Los Angeles with his hot-blooded girlfriend Lena. Relationship troubles are just the beginning of Deth's problems when he learns that Edlin Shock has followed him back in time.

Trancers: City of Lost Angels

1988

Beanstalk poster
5.2

A young boy finds a crate of green beans. When they're planted, they grow a beanstalk to the clouds, where a castle of giants are habited.

Beanstalk

1994

Fairy Tales poster
6.1

On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.

Fairy Tales

1978

Parasite poster
4.9

Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus & his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.

Parasite

1982

Parasite poster
4.9

Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus & his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.

Parasite

1982

Cinderella poster
5.5

Cinderella, with the help of her "fairy" godmother, is granted heightened sexual prowess to win over Prince Charming. After a blindfolded orgy at the royal castle, the nerdy Prince must sleep with every willing woman in his kingdom until he finds that one, mysterious lover who so "stood out" on the night of the sex Ball.

Cinderella

1977

Robotica poster
NR

Two security guards working the midnight shift in an adult toy company find themselves the target of a half-dismantled and severely malfunctioning female sex doll prototype named Robotica.

Robotica

2026

Robotica poster
NR

Two security guards working the midnight shift in an adult toy company find themselves the target of a half-dismantled and severely malfunctioning female sex doll prototype named Robotica.

Robotica

2026

Head of the Family poster
5.5

In the midst of a torrid affair, Lance discovers that Nob Hollow's weirdest residents, the Stackpoole family, have been doing hideous human experiments in the bowels of their basement.

Head of the Family

1996

Head of the Family poster
5.5

In the midst of a torrid affair, Lance discovers that Nob Hollow's weirdest residents, the Stackpoole family, have been doing hideous human experiments in the bowels of their basement.

Head of the Family

1996

Charles Band's Evil Bong poster
3.6

Straight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves to have strange magical powers, which sends people to a bizarre drugged-out alternate realm from which there is no easy escape.

Charles Band's Evil Bong

2006

Charles Band's Evil Bong poster
3.6

Straight-laced nerd Alistair moves into a college dorm with hardcore marijuana users, who order an old giant bong that proves to have strange magical powers, which sends people to a bizarre drugged-out alternate realm from which there is no easy escape.

Charles Band's Evil Bong

2006

Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil poster
4.6

Following the murder of Andre Toulon by Nazi assassins during the height of World War II, a young Danny Coogan finds his crate of mysterious puppets, and discovers their plan to attack a secret American manufacturing plant.

Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil

2010