The Best Films of Charles Band
Quality films produced or directed by B-movie then C-movie then Z-movie mogul Charles Band
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- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsPaul Le MatWilliam HickeyIrene MiraclePsychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets.Cheap, clever, never scary but totally bizarre "old dark house" mystery about psychics being killed by living occult puppets. His most famous production and probably his most enjoyable and rewarding.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.The best made and respected movie associated with Band. The credit belongs to director Stuart Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna, but Band was crazy and crafty enough to let them make this 80s horror classic.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsTim ThomersonHelen HuntMichael StefaniA gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.This shows Band's personal genius. A fun script, star talent & classy production on a dime. This is "Blade Runner" meets "Terminator" with a young Helen Hunt being lovable. Probably the first film to use "Bullet Time".
- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsChuck ConnorsJocelyn JonesJon Van NessA group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins.Cemented the Charles Band formula: cheap, sexy, slasher meets fantasy psychodrama with creepy dolls, surreal dream logic and a kind of canned 1950s movie nostalgia.
- DirectorRichard ElfmanStarsJulius HarrisMeg FosterAeryk EganWhen three N.Y. kids are murdered, the local Hatiian voodoo priest re-animates their shrunken heads to exact revenge. Complications arise between one of the heads and his former girlfriend.Typical Charles Band production in premise, raised to a high level of quirky fun by Richard Elfman ("Forbidden Zone"). Is it a campy kids film or a morbid revenge movie?
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonTed SorelA group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.The 3rd collaboration between Band and Yuzna/Gordon. Their biggest and craziest movie. Very well-made and very mind-bending.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsBarbara CramptonJeffrey CombsDavid WarnerIn this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a new Lovecraft adaptation THE EVIL CLERGYMAN, featuring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, and finally a sequel to THE DUNGEONMASTER.3 short films that showcase Band's best directing and producing. Unfortunately shelved and only seen in bits with VHS quality
- DirectorTed NicolaouStarsDiane FranklinMary WoronovGerrit Graham"TerrorVision" is a 1986 horror / science fiction movie; telling the tale of when a family's new satellite television system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world.A tribute to Roger Corman movies featuring some Corman alum. Campy, dumb, fun but also beautifully produced.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonJonathan FullerA man travels to Italy with his family to live in the castle they have recently inherited. But he soon begins to suspect that they are not the only occupants.Almost-classic neo-Gothic monster movie by Stuart Gordon. Features Band's typical pretty photography and locations but also features Full Moon's amateur editing and sound design.
- DirectorDavid AllenCharles BandJohn Carl BuechlerStarsJeffrey ByronRichard MollLeslie WingA demonic wizard challenges a modern-day computer programmer to a battle of technology vs. sorcery, with the programmer's girlfriend as the prize.A very wild and ambitious sci-fi/fantasy/action experiment that is insanely 80s and weird. One of Band's best on a premise and production level. The execution isn't great but fair.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsIan Patrick WilliamsCarolyn Purdy-GordonCarrie LorraineA dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.2nd Yuzna/Gordon movie made for Band. This has clear influences on Puppet Master and its a nice family-oriented horror movie with a fairy tale element.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsBlake AdamsJacqueline LovellBob SchottThe "head" of the family is literally that - a giant head on a tiny body, who psychically controls the rest of his even more unusual family.One of the best films made later in Band's career. Great script and premise. Incredibly watchable for such a cheap movie.
- DirectorLuca BercoviciStarsPeter LiapisLisa PelikanMichael Des BarresA young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.Cult hit about the occult, little monsters and airhead teens. Predecessor of the Puppet Master franchise. Features a young Mariska Hargitay.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsGary GrahamAnne-Marie JohnsonPaul KosloIn the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions.Kinda dry but this was an ambitious and entertaining film for its era. Basically its "Pacific Rim" made on a fraction of the budget in the 1980s that takes itself pretty seriously. Great cheesy fluff but also kinda bad-ass.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsKristopher LoganDebra MayerWilliam Paul BurnsVirgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.Charles Band's magnum opus. A Puppet Master riff with elements of Head of the Family. Band at his most outrageous, weird, cheap and personal. Directed by Charles Band.
- DirectorTim KincaidStarsRick GianasiMary FaheyRon ReynaldiZ, a vicious genetic scientist, discovers a way to alter harmless humanoid androids called 'Cyborgs' into becoming killing machines, which he plans to use for his own gain.Insane "Blade Runner" ripoff that is so cheap and dated that its a must-see.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsTiffany ThorntonSeth PetersonCharlie O'ConnellFive girls vie for a chance to model diva Deedee DeVille's fashion line, but they're soon competing for their lives against four mythical beings, led by the mischievous Farr Darrig.Recent Band-directed trash. A reality TV spoof with a killer leprechaun and a surprisingly funny script. Its uneven but watchable.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsTim ThomersonJackie Earle HaleyKamala LopezA hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.
- DirectorLinda HassaniStarsConstantin DraganescuAngela FeatherstoneCristina StoicaA woman destined for freedom manages to escape Hell. When she arrives from the sewers of Earth, she decides to punish Sinners. But the last thing she expected to find was love.
- DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsPaul SatterfieldHamilton CampClaudia ChristianA human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsMegan WardPeter BillingsleyJohn de LancieA virtual reality game begins taking over the minds of teenagers.
- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsKlaus KinskiTalia BalsamBarbara WhinneryA man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
- DirectorTim KincaidStarsNorris CulfNadine HartsteinJ. Buzz Von OrnsteinerA highly unlikely band of heroes traverses a post-apocalyptic wasteland to rescue a scientist from the tyrannical Dark One and his army of robots.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsAdam RobertsMaria OlsenBrinke StevensAn obsessed fan and his mother kidnap former 'scream queens' and force them to reenact their famous film roles...with deadly results.