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 companys product had strayed too far from the brand that he had created During this time many of the films were produced by J R Bookwalters 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 Bands brother Richard Band and comics based on Dollman Puppet Master Subspecies and Trancers were released through Eternity Comics
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