Charles Band

Born: 1951-12-27 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For: Production

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 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.

Filmography

2021

The Resonator: Miskatonic U ... (Producer)
Cassex ... (Executive Producer)
Betty Danger: Vice Cop ... (Executive Producer)
Passions of the Lost Idol 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Don't Let Her In ... (Producer)
Baby Oopsie ... (Producer)
It Knows You're Alone ... (Executive Producer)
Scream of the Blind Dead ... (Executive Producer)
The Girls of Excelsior Elite ... (Executive Producer)
The Gingerweed Man: Chapter Two ... (Producer)
The Gingerweed Man ... (Producer)
Seduced By Fame ... (Executive Producer)
Hot Wives, Inc ... (Executive Producer)
The Seduction of Rose Parrish ... (Director)
Videozone 2021: Baby Oopsie as Self
Building Bionica ... (Producer)

2020

Castle Freak ... (Executive Producer)
Blade: The Iron Cross ... (Producer)
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business as Self
Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King ... (Director)
Hotties Hideout ... (Executive Producer)
Femalien: Cosmic Crush ... (Executive Producer)
Barbie & Kendra Storm Area 51 ... (Producer)
Corona Zombies ... (Producer)
Hot Times at the Lost Oasis ... (Executive Producer)
Dirty Angels 4: Object of Obsession ... (Producer)
Empire of the Full Moon ... (Producer)
Bikini Apocalypse ... (Executive Producer)
Full Exposure ... (Executive Producer)

2019

The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs as Self
Zombie Lust: Night Flesh ... (Producer)
Butcher's Bake Off: Hell's Kitchen ... (Director)
The Exotic Adventures of Jack and Jill ... (Executive Producer)
Private Places ... (Executive Producer)
Indecent Affairs of a Housewife ... (Executive Producer)
Giantess Attack vs. Mecha Fembot ... (Producer)
Weedjies! Halloweed Night ... (Idea)
Dirty Angels 2: Get Wet ... (Executive Producer)
Passions of the Lost Idol ... (Executive Producer)
Sins of a Glamour Girl ... (Executive Producer)
Dirty Angels 3: Model Behavior ... (Producer)
Deadly Ten: Meet the Directors as Himself
Necropolis: Legion ... (Executive Producer)

2018

Sex School: Student Bodies ... (Executive Producer)
Bunker of Blood Chapter 3: Death Heads: Brain Drain ... (Producer)
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich ... (Executive Producer)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre ... (Producer)
Real Naughty Housewives 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Deadtime Tales ... (Producer)
Sex School: Lessons of Lust ... (Executive Producer)
Dirty Angels: Welcome to Lust Angeles ... (Executive Producer)
Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks ... (Producer)
Sex School: Dorms of Desire ... (Executive Producer)
Sex School: Final Exams ... (Executive Producer)
Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre ... (Director)
Real Naughty Vice Girls ... (Executive Producer)
Strippers Exposed ... (Executive Producer)
Raid on Passion Planet ... (Executive Producer)
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts ... (Producer)
Company Girls ... (Executive Producer)
Real Naughty Virtual Virgins ... (Executive Producer)
Bad Girls at Play ... (Executive Producer)
Evil Bong 777 ... (Director)
Vampire Slaughter: Eaten Alive ... (Producer)
Game On... Clothes Off ... (Executive Producer)
Real Naughty Vice Girls 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Wild Wet Resort Girls ... (Executive Producer)
Deadtime Tales 2 ... (Producer)
Bunker of Blood Chapter 2: Deadly Dolls ... (Director)
Girl Talk Confidential ... (Executive Producer)
Backstage Raw ... (Executive Producer)
Sex School: Teachers Pet ... (Executive Producer)

2017

Virgin Hunters 3: Agents of Passion ... (Executive Producer)
Real Naughty Housewives ... (Executive Producer)
Puppet Master: Axis Termination ... (Producer)
T&A Time Travelers ... (Producer)
Evil Bong 666 ... (Original Story)
Femaliens: Seduction of the Species ... (Producer)
Fists of Fury ... (Producer)
Erotiquest ... (Producer)

2016

Evil Bong: High-5! ... (Director)
Killjoy's Psycho Circus ... (Producer)
Virgin Hunters 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Ravenwolf Towers ... (Director)

2015

Evil Bong 420 ... (Original Story)
Kings of Cult as Self
Troll Empire as Self

2014

Trophy Heads ... (Producer)
Toys of Terror: The Making of 'Dolls' as Self

2013

Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong ... (Director)
Ooga Booga ... (Story)
Blood of 1000 Virgins ... (Producer)
Rewind This! as Self
Hard Time: The Making of Prison as Himself
Unlucky Charms ... (Producer)
Nazithon: Decadence and Destruction ... (Producer)
The Dead Reborn ... (Producer)
Videozone: Behind the Scenes of Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong
Bada$$ Mothaf**kas ... (Director)
Babes Behind Bars ... (Director)
Dark Realm ... (Associate Producer)
The Haunted Dollhouse ... (Producer)

2012

Puppet Master X: Axis Rising ... (Producer)
Zombies vs. Strippers ... (Executive Producer)
The Dead Want Women ... (Director)
Killjoy Goes to Hell ... (Producer)
Reel Evil ... (Producer)
DevilDolls ... (Director)

2011

Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong ... (Director)
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver ... (Executive Producer)
Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt ... (Producer)

2010

Charles Band's Puppet Master: Axis of Evil ... (Producer)
Demonic Toys: Personal Demons ... (Producer)
Killjoy 3 ... (Producer)
The Making of Evil

2009

Charles Band's Evil Bong 2: King Bong ... (Producer)
Skull Heads ... (Story)

2008

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust ... (Producer)
Dangerous Worry Dolls ... (Producer)

2007

Dead Man's Hand ... (Director)
Decadent Evil 2 ... (Producer)
Erotic Secrets ... (Producer)

2006

Charles Band's Evil Bong ... (Director)
Secret Sins ... (Executive Producer)
The Making of: Evil Bong
Petrified ... (Director)
Full Moon Roadshow 2005

2005

Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn! ... (Executive Producer)
Urban Evil: Trilogy of Fear ... (Executive Producer)
The Gingerdead Man ... (Director)
When Puppets and Dolls Attack! ... (Producer)
Decadent Evil ... (Producer)
Deadly End ... (Executive Producer)
Monsters Gone Wild ... (Producer)
Possessed ... (Executive Producer)
Doll Graveyard ... (Director)
Sci-Fi Slaughter ... (Producer)
Aliens Gone Wild ... (Executive Producer)

2004

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys ... (Executive Producer)
Dr. Moreau's House of Pain ... (Director)
Tomb of Terror ... (Executive Producer)

2003

Mega Scorpions ... (Executive Producer)
Puppet Master: The Legacy ... (Director)
Delta Delta Die! ... (Executive Producer)
Dark Walker ... (Executive Producer)
Birth Rite ... (Executive Producer)

2002

Castle Erotica ... (Executive Producer)
Trancers 6: Life After Deth ... (Executive Producer)
Dead & Rotting ... (Executive Producer)
Bleed ... (Executive Producer)
Killjoy 2: Deliverance from Evil ... (Executive Producer)
Cut Throat ... (Executive Producer)
Groom Lake ... (Executive Producer)
Cryptz ... (Executive Producer)
Hell Asylum ... (Executive Producer)
DeathBed ... (Executive Producer)
Jigsaw ... (Executive Producer)
Speck ... (Executive Producer)

2001

Passion Lane ... (Executive Producer)
The Brotherhood 2: Young Warlocks ... (Executive Producer)
The Regina Pierce Affair ... (Executive Producer)
Witchouse III: Demon Fire ... (Executive Producer)
Micro Mini Kids ... (Executive Producer)
The Brotherhood ... (Executive Producer)
The Vault ... (Executive Producer)
Phantom Love ... (Executive Producer)
Final Stab ... (Executive Producer)
Vengeance of the Dead ... (Executive Producer)
Vampire Resurrection ... (Executive Producer)
Love Exchange ... (Executive Producer)
Train Quest ... (Executive Producer)
Platinum Blonde ... (Executive Producer)
Horrorvision ... (Executive Producer)
Stitches ... (Executive Producer)
Demonicus ... (Executive Producer)

2000

The St. Francisville Experiment ... (Executive Producer)
Virgins of Sherwood Forest ... (Executive Producer)
The Horrible Doctor Bones ... (Executive Producer)
My Darker Half ... (Thanks)
Witchouse II: Blood Coven ... (Executive Producer)
Zorrita: Passion's Avenger ... (Executive Producer)
Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy ... (Executive Producer)
Prison of the Dead ... (Executive Producer)
The Mistress Club ... (Executive Producer)
The Dead Hate the Living! ... (Executive Producer)
The Exotic Time Machine II: Forbidden Encounters ... (Executive Producer)
Passion's Obsession ... (Executive Producer)
Killjoy ... (Executive Producer)
Gun: Fatal Betrayal ... (Producer)
Horrific ... (Executive Producer)
Voodoo Academy ... (Executive Producer)
Casting Couch ... (Executive Producer)
Diary of Lust ... (Executive Producer)
Sideshow ... (Executive Producer)
I, Vampire ... (Executive Producer)
Task Force 2001 ... (Executive Producer)
NoAngels.com ... (Director)

1999

Retro Puppetmaster ... (Original Story)
Veronica 2030 ... (Executive Producer)
Andromina: The Pleasure Planet ... (Executive Producer)
Timegate: Tales of the Saddle Tramps ... (Executive Producer)
Shandra: The Jungle Girl ... (Executive Producer)
Witchouse ... (Executive Producer)
Planet Patrol ... (Executive Producer)
Pleasurecraft ... (Executive Producer)
Dragonworld: The Legend Continues ... (Executive Producer)
Blood Dolls ... (Director)
Aliens in the Wild, Wild West ... (Executive Producer)
Auditions from Beyond ... (Executive Producer)
The Killer Eye ... (Executive Producer)
Murdercycle ... (Executive Producer)
Hidden Beauties ... (Executive Producer)
The Incredible Genie ... (Producer)
Teen Sorcery ... (Executive Producer)
Phantom Town ... (Executive Producer)
Hollyweird as Self
Teenage Space Vampires ... (Executive Producer)
X-Treme Teens ... (Executive Producer)
The Excalibur Kid ... (Executive Producer)
Dungeon of Desire ... (Executive Producer)
Totem ... (Executive Producer)
Hotel Exotica ... (Executive Producer)
Ragdoll ... (Idea)
Shapeshifter ... (Executive Producer)
Lip Service ... (Executive Producer)
Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum ... (Executive Producer)

1998

Shrieker ... (Executive Producer)
Curse of the Puppet Master ... (Executive Producer)
Teen Knight ... (Executive Producer)
Clockmaker ... (Executive Producer)
Femalien 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Kraa! The Sea Monster ... (Executive Producer)
The Shrunken City ... (Executive Producer)
The Exotic Time Machine ... (Executive Producer)
Virtual Encounters 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Alien Arsenal ... (Executive Producer)
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm ... (Executive Producer)
Talisman ... (Executive Producer)
The Secret Kingdom ... (Executive Producer)
The Werewolf Reborn! ... (Executive Producer)
Frankenstein Reborn! ... (Executive Producer)

1997

Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard ... (Executive Producer)
Bimbo Movie Bash ... (Executive Producer)
Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play ... (Executive Producer)
Hollywood Rated 'R' as Self
The Exotic House of Wax ... (Executive Producer)
Lurid Tales: The Castle Queen ... (Executive Producer)
Skeletons ... (Executive Producer)
Vampire Journals ... (Executive Producer)
The Creeps ... (Producer)
Hideous! ... (Director)
Little Ghost ... (Executive Producer)
The Midas Touch ... (Executive Producer)
The Girls of Surrender Cinema ... (Executive Producer)
Goobers! ... (Director)
Videozone: The Making of "The Creeps" ... (Director)

1996

Castle Freak ... (Executive Producer)
Femalien ... (Executive Producer)
Head of the Family ... (Story)
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Last Battle for the Universe ... (Producer)
Virtual Encounters ... (Executive Producer)
Alien Abduction: Intimate Secrets ... (Executive Producer)
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns ... (Executive Producer)
Magic in the Mirror ... (Executive Producer)
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Journey to the Magic Cavern ... (Executive Producer)
Demon in the Bottle ... (Executive Producer)
Oblivion 2: Backlash ... (Idea)
Petticoat Planet ... (Executive Producer)
Zarkorr! The Invader ... (Producer)

1995

Huntress: Spirit of the Night ... (Executive Producer)
Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island ... (Executive Producer)
Prehysteria! 3 ... (Executive Producer)
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Trapped on Toyworld ... (Executive Producer)
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Planet of the Dino-Knights ... (Executive Producer)
Magic Island ... (Executive Producer)
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Eggs from 70 Million B.C. ... (Executive Producer)
Blonde Heaven ... (Executive Producer)
Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: The Human Pets ... (Producer)
Leapin' Leprechauns ... (Executive Producer)

1994

Puppet Master 5 ... (Producer)
Dark Angel: The Ascent ... (Executive Producer)
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords ... (Executive Producer)
Trancers 5: Sudden Deth ... (Executive Producer)
Pet Shop ... (Executive Producer)
Beanstalk ... (Executive Producer)
Lurking Fear ... (Executive Producer)
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 ... (Executive Producer)
Prehysteria! 2 ... (Executive Producer)
Shrunken Heads ... (Producer)
Oblivion ... (Idea)
Bloodlust: Subspecies III ... (Executive Producer)
Dragonworld ... (Idea)
Videozone: The Making of Bloodlust Subspecies 3 ... (Producer)

1993

Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight ... (Executive Producer)
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys ... (Story)
Puppet Master 4 ... (Producer)
Remote ... (Executive Producer)
Robot Wars ... (Idea)
Bloodstone: Subspecies II ... (Idea)
Prehysteria! ... (Director)
Arcade ... (Story)
Videozone: The Making of "Arcade" as Himself
Mandroid ... (Executive Producer)
Videozone: Dollman vs Demonic Toys

1992

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge ... (Executive Producer)
Trancers III ... (Executive Producer)
Demonic Toys ... (Executive Producer)
Doctor Mordrid ... (Producer)
Netherworld ... (Executive Producer)
Seedpeople ... (Idea)
Bad Channels ... (Idea)
Videozone: The Making of Seedpeople ... (Producer)

1991

Trancers II ... (Producer)
The Pit and the Pendulum ... (Executive Producer)
Dollman ... (Executive Producer)
Subspecies ... (Idea)
Shock Cinema: Volume One as Himself
Videozone: The Making of "Trancers II" ... (Director)
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
Videozone: The Making of "Dollman"
Videozone: The Making of "The Pit & the Pendulum" ... (Director)

1990

Puppet Master II ... (Executive Producer)
Robot Jox ... (Executive Producer)
Crash and Burn ... (Director)
Meridian ... (Director)
Shadowzone ... (Executive Producer)
Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master II" as Self

1989

Puppetmaster ... (Executive Producer)
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death ... (Executive Producer)
Intruder ... (Executive Producer)
Deadly Weapon ... (Executive Producer)
Stephen King's World of Horror as Self
Arena ... (Executive Producer)
Dr. Alien ... (Executive Producer)
Buy & Cell ... (Executive Producer)

1988

Cellar Dweller ... (Executive Producer)
Ghost Town ... (Executive Producer)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama ... (Executive Producer)
Assault of the Killer Bimbos ... (Executive Producer)
Pulse Pounders ... (Producer)
Trancers: City of Lost Angels ... (Director)
The Evil Clergyman ... (Director)
Transformations ... (Executive Producer)
Spellcaster ... (Executive Producer)
Catacombs ... (Executive Producer)
The Occultist ... (Executive Producer)
Cemetery High ... (Executive Producer)
The Dungeonmaster II: A Sorcerer’s Nightmare ... (Director)

1987

Dolls ... (Executive Producer)
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity ... (Executive Producer)
Ghoulies II ... (Executive Producer)
Creepozoids ... (Executive Producer)
Prison ... (Executive Producer)
The Caller ... (Executive Producer)
Valet Girls ... (Executive Producer)
Enemy Territory ... (Executive Producer)
Psychos in Love ... (Producer)
Vicious Lips ... (Executive Producer)
Galactic Gigolo ... (Executive Producer)
The Princess Academy ... (Executive Producer)
Mutant Hunt ... (Executive Producer)

1986

From Beyond ... (Executive Producer)
Troll as Young Couple on T.V.
TerrorVision ... (Executive Producer)
Eliminators ... (Producer)
Breeders ... (Executive Producer)
Crawlspace ... (Executive Producer)
Zombiethon ... (Executive Producer)
Robot Holocaust ... (Executive Producer)
Dreamaniac ... (Executive Producer)
Necropolis ... (Executive Producer)

1985

Zone Troopers ... (Executive Producer)
Savage Island ... (Producer)
Underworld ... (Executive Producer)
Walking the Edge ... (Executive Producer)

1984

Trancers ... (Director)
Ghost Warrior ... (Producer)
Ghoulies ... (Executive Producer)
The Dungeonmaster ... (Director)
Journeys through the Darkzone ... (Director)

1983

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn ... (Director)
The Alchemist ... (Director)
Filmgore ... (Producer)

1982

Parasite ... (Director)
The Best of Sex and Violence ... (Producer)
Famous T & A ... (Executive Producer)

1980

The Day Time Ended ... (Executive Producer)

1979

Tourist Trap ... (Executive Producer)

1978

Fairy Tales ... (Producer)
Laserblast ... (Producer)
Auditions ... (Producer)

1977

Cinderella ... (Producer)
End of the World ... (Producer)

1976

Mansion of the Doomed ... (Producer)
Crash! as Motorist (uncredited)

1973

The Last Foxtrot in Burbank ... (Director)

1962

The Avenger as Ascanio (Uncredited)