Charles Band

flacorocks · January 20, 2006, 04:40:40 AM

What has happened to Charles Band? He started off with a low budget and made some kick ass movies, and now he is out again (with a low budget) making some movies that I am wasting MY low budget on, renting and buying!! (Doll Graveyard and Gingerdeadman)

Mr_Vindictive · January 20, 2006, 08:57:25 AM

Charles Band used to make good movies?

Did I miss a memo?

odinn7 · January 20, 2006, 09:07:15 AM

...snicker...

raj · January 20, 2006, 03:21:28 PM

They were fun movies, I liked the first few Puppet Master movies, along with Assault of the Killer Bimbos (which gets points on the title alone) and Crash and Burn.

Fearless Freep · January 20, 2006, 05:38:45 PM

The "Subspecies" series was fun....

and the one about flying shrunken heads...

He made some stuff that while not 'good' was 'fun'

I think he's doing something closer to softcore with a horror edge these days

Amanda · January 21, 2006, 10:21:45 AM

I really liked Full Moon stuff.

He made "Dolls" too, which I really love.

While we're on Charles Band, why can't ANYONE (and I say this on this thread because the man has TRIED) make a good adeptation of Lovecraft?

odinn7 · January 21, 2006, 02:45:05 PM

I did like a few of the earlier Puppet Masters but that's about as far as I can go. I still say: snicker.

Fearless Freep · January 21, 2006, 04:23:35 PM

Forgot "Trancers" was that a Full Moon series? Liked that one in parts

trekgeezer · January 22, 2006, 06:35:38 PM

Did anyone ever catch William Shatner's Full Moon Fright Night when it was on SciFi channel? This was produced by Band and had Shatner hosting some of Full Moon's movies.

Shatner also directed and acted in Groom Lake for Full Moon. The guy apparently will do anything for a buck.

nshumate · January 23, 2006, 08:36:39 AM

Groom Lake was actuall a project Shatner had been trying to find a home for for a long time, and finally managed to get it made with Tempe Entertainment (with a funding/distribution deal through Full Moon).

Mr_Vindictive · January 23, 2006, 08:42:39 AM

nshumate Wrote:
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> Groom Lake was actuall a project Shatner had been
> trying to find a home for for a long time, and
> finally managed to get it made with Tempe
> Entertainment (with a funding/distribution deal
> through Full Moon).
>
> Nathan Shumate
>

Tempe Entertainment? Is that J.R. Bookwalter's company?

Fearless Freep · January 23, 2006, 05:23:47 PM

The guy apparently will do anything for a buck.

Most of us would. Some people just get opportunity for that 'anything' to be rather more diverse or interesting than the rest of us