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Ted Nicolaou
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ted Nicolaou is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. After graduating from the University of Texas film program, he joined the crew of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as a sound recordist (and provided the famous van used by the protagonists). Later, he joined Charles Band's Empire Pictures, where he worked as an editor on such films as Ghoulies (1985) and eventually debuted as a director with The Dungeonmaster (1985) and TerrorVision (1986). His most famous directorial effort is the Subspecies film series. Apart from his feature film projects, he also works in television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ted Nicolaou…
Known for
7.0Join trailblazing producer, director, best-selling author and B-movie mogul Charles Band as he invites you into his weird world.
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
4.6A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.
Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
2004
4.9A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.
The Dungeonmaster
1984
5.0An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.
Bad Channels
1992
5.7After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans for survival. The Putterman children Sherman and Suzy—along with Suzy's metalhead boyfriend O.D.—are left to figure out what to do.
TerrorVision
1986
5.2Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone, and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to save her soul. It might be too late....
Bloodstone: Subspecies II
1993
Film credits
2020s · 7 titles
7.0In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999
2025
NRA documentary on rural American horror cinema
Scum of the Earth
2026
7.6The 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
NRA 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
2.0A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in robotics.
Robot Dracula
2026
8.0Film 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
An interview with Ted Nicolaou.
Ted Talk: Bad Channels
2025
2010s · 2 titles
2.5After goofball Rich accidentally decapitates his best friend Benny while trimming a Christmas tree with a machete, he's forced to go on a quest to find God's bong and use it to bring his friend back to life. Az the Demon and Boogar.
Cool As Hell 2
2017
2.0Meet 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
1990s · 2 titles
Undated · 2 titles
NRThe 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
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NRThe crew of Subspecies discuss the difficulties of the Romanian shoot; Tim Thomerson discusses Dollman and the Trancers franchise; the staff of Malibu comics discuss their Full Moon adaptations.
Videozone: Making of Subspecies
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Series credits
Behind the camera
4.6A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.
Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
2004
4.9A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.
The Dungeonmaster
1984
4.9A computer whiz is yanked into a twisted digital world by the sadistic wizard Mestema and forced through a gauntlet of wild, deadly trials, from mutant goblins to metal mayhem, with his girlfriend’s soul on the line.
The Dungeonmaster
1984
5.0An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.
Bad Channels
1992
5.7After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans for survival. The Putterman children Sherman and Suzy—along with Suzy's metalhead boyfriend O.D.—are left to figure out what to do.
TerrorVision
1986
5.7After Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, a strange monster leaps off the screen and needs to feed on humans for survival. The Putterman children Sherman and Suzy—along with Suzy's metalhead boyfriend O.D.—are left to figure out what to do.
TerrorVision
1986
5.2Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone, and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to save her soul. It might be too late....
Bloodstone: Subspecies II
1993
5.2Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone, and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to save her soul. It might be too late....
Bloodstone: Subspecies II
1993
6.0A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
4.7Stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth, Radu (Anders Hove) has no knowledge of his bloodline: his mother is a demon; his father is a vampire. Trained and exploited by a brotherhood of mystic monks to slay all enemies of the church, fate brings him back one night to the castle of his father, armed with the monster-slaying Sword of Laertes, to destroy the vampire Vladislas and reclaim a holy relic: The Bloodstone. The events of that night turn Radu from a noble man into a vampire with no master, setting him on a centuries-long quest for sustenance, and companionship, for the treacherous one who stole him from the sun, and for the Bloodstone he hopes will bring him peace.
Subspecies V: Blood Rise
2023
4.7Stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth, Radu (Anders Hove) has no knowledge of his bloodline: his mother is a demon; his father is a vampire. Trained and exploited by a brotherhood of mystic monks to slay all enemies of the church, fate brings him back one night to the castle of his father, armed with the monster-slaying Sword of Laertes, to destroy the vampire Vladislas and reclaim a holy relic: The Bloodstone. The events of that night turn Radu from a noble man into a vampire with no master, setting him on a centuries-long quest for sustenance, and companionship, for the treacherous one who stole him from the sun, and for the Bloodstone he hopes will bring him peace.
Subspecies V: Blood Rise
2023
4.0Four non-actors, with no script, lock themselves in a haunted Louisiana plantation home overnight to film what takes places. The Lalaurie plantation, site of grisly murders, comes alive before their camera lens and they experience a night more terrifying and incredible than they imagined.
The St. Francisville Experiment
2000
8.5The story of the unlikely alliance between two of the most renowned innovators of the twentieth century: brilliantly eccentric Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí and American entertainment innovator Walt Disney.
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
8.5The story of the unlikely alliance between two of the most renowned innovators of the twentieth century: brilliantly eccentric Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí and American entertainment innovator Walt Disney.
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
5.4Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.
Subspecies
1991
4.9A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire lord in Eastern Europe he kills many of his servants and fellow vampires while cursing another to vampirism as well.
Vampire Journals
1997
4.9A 19th century vampire stalks a more powerful vampire lord in his quest to gain revenge over the death of his mistress. In his search for the vampire lord in Eastern Europe he kills many of his servants and fellow vampires while cursing another to vampirism as well.
Vampire Journals
1997
5.4Still in the thrall of the evil vampire Radu, Michelle yearns to be taught the skills of the vampire. Meanwhile, her sister Becky tries to free her from his evil clutches, and this time, she's brought some help.
Bloodlust: Subspecies III
1994
5.4Still in the thrall of the evil vampire Radu, Michelle yearns to be taught the skills of the vampire. Meanwhile, her sister Becky tries to free her from his evil clutches, and this time, she's brought some help.
Bloodlust: Subspecies III
1994
6.4A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.
Magic in the Mirror
1996
3.3In this hip-hop slanted horror opus, a group of struggling rap musicians think they've gotten their big break when they're tapped to record with star-making producer Dr. Bones. But the rappers soon learn that Dr. Bones has more than music on his mind; he's using their music to turn listeners into zombies -- and then force his willing slaves to join him in a bid to take over the world!
The Horrible Doctor Bones
2000
5.7Dr Tuttle uses the Doppelganger to breach a mirror, letting Dragora, Dabble and Swanson into the people world. Dragora uses this opportunity to get revenge on Mary Margaret, by way of having her over for tea.
Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play
1997
3.8Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are involved in wild car chases with cops as they head south to cross the border into Mexico, where they unexpectedly encounter Vinnie in a fleabag Mexican motel.
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
1988
7.6Extra for "The Wolf Of Wall Street" featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Jonah Hill and more as they take fans behind-the-scenes during the making of the film and also discuss the real-life Belfort and his trajectory in the world of moneymaking.
The Wolf Pack
2014
4.5Finding Happiness is a film that captures a joyful reality. With a unique story directly from the heart and soul of each person who has lived it. Told through the eyes of a New York investigative journalist, Finding Happiness takes us on a journey to see how people can live in harmony, collaboration, compassion, cooperation, peace and love together in a conscious community called Ananda - which means "joy".
Finding Happiness
2014
4.0Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonderous adventure. Vacationing in Fairyhill for the summer, Mike makes friends with a fascinating group of rather unlucky leprechaunsby Nula, Queen of the Dead - an unbelievably beautiful and sinister witch. can the Queen destroy centuries of Leprechaun power? Will evil triumph? Gather up your lucky charms(you'll need them!) and get ready for Spellbreaker, the adventure of Mike's lifetime... and yours!
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
1996
4.0Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonderous adventure. Vacationing in Fairyhill for the summer, Mike makes friends with a fascinating group of rather unlucky leprechaunsby Nula, Queen of the Dead - an unbelievably beautiful and sinister witch. can the Queen destroy centuries of Leprechaun power? Will evil triumph? Gather up your lucky charms(you'll need them!) and get ready for Spellbreaker, the adventure of Mike's lifetime... and yours!
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
1996
4.7After regaining consciousness on DeathHead Island, The Gore Collector, Tape Head and the now fully-assembled Molly board a ramshackle raft made with wood taken from the actual crucifixion of Christ, and start their trek across the Blood Sea. But first, the creepy crew encounter the inhabitants of the island: a tribe of of drooling albino vampires! As the Red Gortex sucks our heroes into its crimson depths, Molly pops in yet another terrifying tape and insists The Gore Collector lock his eyes on the screen...
Vampire Slaughter: Eaten Alive
2018
3.7Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.
Savage Island
1985
3.7Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.
Savage Island
1985
4.9When 13-year-old Randy is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles across the hideout of three prison escapees. With the use of his remote control toys, Randy manages to apprehend the three fugitives.
Remote
1993
5.2A young man must risk his life to save his fire-breathing friend from the unscrupulous owner of an amusement park.
Dragonworld
1994
5.2A young man must risk his life to save his fire-breathing friend from the unscrupulous owner of an amusement park.
Dragonworld
1994
5.8Two teenaged kids discover a miniature bottled city buried beneath a construction site. They must protect the tiny civilization within from reptilian alien hunters after its everlasting power supply.
The Shrunken City
1998
5.2Vampire fledgling Michelle Morgan has escaped the grasp of her master Radu Vladislas. Found by a woman named Ana, she is taken to a hospital where a doctor claims to be able to cure her vampirism. Radu, recovering from the near-death delivered by Michelle and her friends, travels to Bucharest to follow his fledgling. He visits the vampire Ash's stronghold. Ash and his protege Serena plot to destroy Radu and employ the help of the humans, Ana and the Doctor.
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
1998
5.2Vampire fledgling Michelle Morgan has escaped the grasp of her master Radu Vladislas. Found by a woman named Ana, she is taken to a hospital where a doctor claims to be able to cure her vampirism. Radu, recovering from the near-death delivered by Michelle and her friends, travels to Bucharest to follow his fledgling. He visits the vampire Ash's stronghold. Ash and his protege Serena plot to destroy Radu and employ the help of the humans, Ana and the Doctor.
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
1998
6.0Yowler, the last dragon on Earth is in terrible danger. His arch enemy, the Dark Knight, has returned. Only young John McGowen can save him...
Dragonworld: The Legend Continues
1999
6.0Yowler, the last dragon on Earth is in terrible danger. His arch enemy, the Dark Knight, has returned. Only young John McGowen can save him...
Dragonworld: The Legend Continues
1999
2.0More fantastical family fun from the Moonbeam library.
Tales of the Fantastic
2023
4.0From the dark vaults of Forbidden Worlds comes a new chapter of terror in Urban Evil: A Trilogy of Fear, a collection of three contemporary stories of urban horror. In "Demonic Tunes," a dynamic hip-hop group called Urban Protectors is "discovered" by the notorious record producer Dr. Bones, who plans to turn them into part of his zombie army and dominate the world. In "The Killing Kind," 17 year-old Kwame invokes his grandmother's magic of the "killing kind" and puts it into her old rag doll after a group of local thugs put her in the hospital. And finally "Hidden Evil" explores a mysterious vault in the basement of an old abandoned high school, where there lurks an evil that has been locked away for 100 years. When they mistakenly free a horrific spirit, the school becomes a deadly prison and there is no way to escape.
Urban Evil: Trilogy of Fear
2005



