Charles Band is the undisputed King of the B movie genre industry. From the toilet-invading creatures of Ghoulies to the time-travelling bounty hunter in Trancers, to the pandemic-crashed Corona Zombies, his four-decade career encompassing more than 360 films, and his streaming company, Full Moon Productions, Charles Band presides over Hollywood's decidedly un-Oscar-worthy underbelly, where mayhem, zombies, and cheap thrills reign supreme.


CONFESSIONS OF A PUPPETMASTER (William Morrow, 11/16) is Band's memoir-chock full of incredible stories, names, and places. His many cabinets of curiosities contain original artifacts from the legendary movies he's been involved with over the last forty years. Band gave career firsts and breaks to a slew of today's major celebs: Demi Moore (Parasite) and Helen Hunt (Trancers), Mariska Hargitay (Ghoulies), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Troll), Viggo Mortensen (Prison) and Bill Maher (Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death).

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