Full Moon Features will world premiere The Primevals at Fantasia Film Festival – in a screening that represents the culmination of a longtime dream harboured by visual effects wizard David Allen, whose career stretched from 1970’s Equinox through Oscar-nominated work on Young Sherlock Holmes and beyond.
Allen first conceived The Primevals as a vehicle for his stop-motion talents in the 1970s. He finally began directing the movie, which he scripted with fellow effects artist Randy Cook (The Gate), in the 1990s under producer Charles Band, CEO and Founder of Full Moon Features, for whom he’d brought all manner of beasties to life in Laserblast, Puppet Master and many others. Sadly, the film’s completion was scuttled by Allen’s death from cancer in 1999 at just 54 years old.
Now, at last, Band and longtime Allen associate Chris Endicott have seen the film to completion, and it emerges as a glorious tribute...
Allen first conceived The Primevals as a vehicle for his stop-motion talents in the 1970s. He finally began directing the movie, which he scripted with fellow effects artist Randy Cook (The Gate), in the 1990s under producer Charles Band, CEO and Founder of Full Moon Features, for whom he’d brought all manner of beasties to life in Laserblast, Puppet Master and many others. Sadly, the film’s completion was scuttled by Allen’s death from cancer in 1999 at just 54 years old.
Now, at last, Band and longtime Allen associate Chris Endicott have seen the film to completion, and it emerges as a glorious tribute...
- 7/13/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Producer Charles Band discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Puppet Master (1989)
Dollman (1991)
Trancers (1984)
Corona Zombies (2020)
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings
I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Face of Fire (1959)
Hercules (1958)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Castle Freak (1995)
Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary
Laserblast (1978)
Crash!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Puppet Master (1989)
Dollman (1991)
Trancers (1984)
Corona Zombies (2020)
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings
I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Face of Fire (1959)
Hercules (1958)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Castle Freak (1995)
Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary
Laserblast (1978)
Crash!
- 3/22/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Hello, dear readers! We hope you’ve been enjoying our Indie Horror Month celebration so far, and we’re only (nearly) halfway there! Last week, we launched our retro video interview series, Ihm: Revisited, which featured a series of in-depth interviews with the likes of John Carpenter and Oren Peli. Today, we’ve got a brand new interview with you to enjoy featuring Full Moon Features’ founder Charles Band.
For the first part of our interview with Band, we spoke to him about how he got started in the industry prior to the launch of Full Moon in the late 1980s. During our discussion with Charles, he talked about growing up on film sets because of his father, the entrepreneurial spirit that fueled him before he started working in the world of film and how he was able to use a book-binding business to help him fund his career in...
For the first part of our interview with Band, we spoke to him about how he got started in the industry prior to the launch of Full Moon in the late 1980s. During our discussion with Charles, he talked about growing up on film sets because of his father, the entrepreneurial spirit that fueled him before he started working in the world of film and how he was able to use a book-binding business to help him fund his career in...
- 4/14/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Nope, this isn’t the new Bong Joon-ho movie, but a 3-D oldie from 1982. Although it’s by no means a great picture, fans equipped for Blu-ray 3-D will want to take a look — the depth effects fashioned with the over’n’under Sterevision system are some of the best yet. Stan Winston provides director Charles Band with the ‘Alien’ rip-off title critters, and added interest is provided via an early appearance by Demi Moore, who sleepwalks through her part but certainly looks good. A full complement of extras tell the making-of story; the feature is also encoded in 2-D, for really imaginative viewers.
Parasite
Blu-ray 3-D Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1982 / Color & 3d / 2:35 widescreen / 85 min. / Available from Kino Lorber / Street Date October 22, 2019 / 29.95
Starring: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, Al Fann, Tom Villard, Scott Thomson, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, James Cavan, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Freddy Moore, Natalie May,...
Parasite
Blu-ray 3-D Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1982 / Color & 3d / 2:35 widescreen / 85 min. / Available from Kino Lorber / Street Date October 22, 2019 / 29.95
Starring: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, Al Fann, Tom Villard, Scott Thomson, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, James Cavan, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Freddy Moore, Natalie May,...
- 10/19/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Long Awol from Home Video — the last time I peeked it was an unwatchable pan-and-scanned laserdisc — this early Charles Band opus came at a time when the purveyor of third-class horror thrills could command a budget. A rather phenomenal list of ’70s special effects hopefuls collaborated to give the show lasting appeal, mainly by including some stop motion monsters from a parallel dimension. An average American family spends a chaotic night battling bizarre phemoneema… phelomea… stuff that’s leaked into our reality through that nuisance Sci-fi catch-all, a Time-Space Warp. A pair of big name stars twenty years past their sell-by date endure all manner of rubber critters, zipping flying saucers and green-glowing supernatural artifacts!
The Day Time Ended
Blu-ray
Full Moon Features
1979 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 79 min. / Street Date May ?, 2019 / Available online through Amazon / 24.95
Starring: Jim Davis, Chris Mitchum, Dorothy Malone, Marcy Lafferty, Natasha Ryan, Scott C. Kolden.
Cinematography: John...
The Day Time Ended
Blu-ray
Full Moon Features
1979 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 79 min. / Street Date May ?, 2019 / Available online through Amazon / 24.95
Starring: Jim Davis, Chris Mitchum, Dorothy Malone, Marcy Lafferty, Natasha Ryan, Scott C. Kolden.
Cinematography: John...
- 5/28/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Full Moon Features, founded by producer and director Charles Band in 1989, is world-renowned for wild films like Puppet Master, Castle Freak, Subspecies, Evil Bong and many, many more. But nestled among Full Moon’s vast entertainment universe sits Moonbeam Entertainment, the ’90s imprint that housed Band’s series of imaginative and successful fantasy films.
Beginning in 1993 and continuing well into the late ’90s, Moonbeam Entertainment released dozens of remarkable (and hugely popular) horror, sci-fi and fantasy movies made for children and families. Now, Full Moon is bringing back many of those marvelous pictures from the Moonbeam library, starting with the film that started it all: Prehysteria, released on Special Edition Blu-ray on October 9th.
Anticipating the success of Jurassic Park, this 1993 VHS-era favorite follows the misadventures of Jerry Taylor, a 12 year old Elvis-loving kid and his sister Monica (Samantha Mills), whose raisin farmer dad Frank accidentally brings home a bundle...
Beginning in 1993 and continuing well into the late ’90s, Moonbeam Entertainment released dozens of remarkable (and hugely popular) horror, sci-fi and fantasy movies made for children and families. Now, Full Moon is bringing back many of those marvelous pictures from the Moonbeam library, starting with the film that started it all: Prehysteria, released on Special Edition Blu-ray on October 9th.
Anticipating the success of Jurassic Park, this 1993 VHS-era favorite follows the misadventures of Jerry Taylor, a 12 year old Elvis-loving kid and his sister Monica (Samantha Mills), whose raisin farmer dad Frank accidentally brings home a bundle...
- 9/21/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Bless you, Full Moon! Charles Band stated during his appearance on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio that cult classic Laserblast is coming to Blu-ray for the very first time, and we are elated! Read on for a few more… Continue Reading →
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- 10/3/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Stars: Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Ron Masak, Dennis Burkley, Barry Cutler, Mike Bobenko, Eddie Deezen, Keenan Wynn, Roddy McDowall, Rick Walters | Written by Franne Schacht, Frank Ray Perilli | Directed by Michael Rae
The latest release from 88 Films’ Grindhouse Collection label, Laserblast is a very early Charles Band production that, for fans of 80s Dtv productions, is probably one of the most notoriously “bad” movies to come from the Full Moon head honcho. Notorious in so much that the cover art for the VHS release (also present on this DVD) should be in the bad movie hall of fame… And so should some of the acting!
For those interested in a plot, Laserblast tells the story of Billy Duncan, a put-upon teenage loner who, after being bullied by two local teens and given a speeding ticket by two police deputies, wanders into the desert and discovers a laser...
The latest release from 88 Films’ Grindhouse Collection label, Laserblast is a very early Charles Band production that, for fans of 80s Dtv productions, is probably one of the most notoriously “bad” movies to come from the Full Moon head honcho. Notorious in so much that the cover art for the VHS release (also present on this DVD) should be in the bad movie hall of fame… And so should some of the acting!
For those interested in a plot, Laserblast tells the story of Billy Duncan, a put-upon teenage loner who, after being bullied by two local teens and given a speeding ticket by two police deputies, wanders into the desert and discovers a laser...
- 12/29/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Dennis Burkley, a character actor whose heavyset build and equally heavy Southern accent made him a memorable standout in a variety of roles in movies and on TV, has died of a heart attack at 67. Burkley made his movie debut in the 1973 grindhouse horror thriller Bummer, then landed smaller roles in Bob Rafelson’s Stay Hungry (1976), Heroes (1977), and Laserblast (1978), as well as a slew of guest spots on TV series, often playing redneck toughs. For a few months in 1980 and 1981, he had a steady job playing sidekick to Redd Foxx on Sanford, a ...
- 7/16/2013
- avclub.com
Directed by: Steven Kostanski
Written by: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
Starring: Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Meredith Sweeney, Connor Sweeney, Ludwig Lee, Jeremy Gillespie
The warped geniuses at Astron-6, the collective responsible for the irresponsible beauty that was Father’s Day, have unleashed yet another jolt of cinematic insanity. Manborg is a goofy/smart satire of bargain basement sci-fi spectacles, CD-rom games and any number of junky toy-based Saturday morning cartoons. A direct descendent of Charles Band '80s-era exploitation fare such as Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Syn and Eliminators, it’s an unabashed love letter to kid-friendly "exploi-tainment."
Manborg begins, as most of these spectacles must, with a post-apocalyptic Earth. Hell has literally taken over the planet with armies of ferocious Nazi demons bent on destroying mankind. Led by the evil (natch) Count Draculon (a hilarious Adam Brooks), the armies have decimated cities throughout the world. A small...
Written by: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
Starring: Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Meredith Sweeney, Connor Sweeney, Ludwig Lee, Jeremy Gillespie
The warped geniuses at Astron-6, the collective responsible for the irresponsible beauty that was Father’s Day, have unleashed yet another jolt of cinematic insanity. Manborg is a goofy/smart satire of bargain basement sci-fi spectacles, CD-rom games and any number of junky toy-based Saturday morning cartoons. A direct descendent of Charles Band '80s-era exploitation fare such as Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Syn and Eliminators, it’s an unabashed love letter to kid-friendly "exploi-tainment."
Manborg begins, as most of these spectacles must, with a post-apocalyptic Earth. Hell has literally taken over the planet with armies of ferocious Nazi demons bent on destroying mankind. Led by the evil (natch) Count Draculon (a hilarious Adam Brooks), the armies have decimated cities throughout the world. A small...
- 4/30/2013
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Issue #7 of Lunchmeat is now on sale via The Meat Market, and rather than do a typical review, we thought we'd post this post-mortem and include a look at a few pages from it. Check it out!
Hey, all you tape-heads out there riding the digital waves—Lunchmeat 7 has hit the savage streets featuring more “Blood! Terror! Babes! Monsters!” With its glossy slick and sick four-color cover and rock 'n roll junk zine interior, editor-in-chief Josh Schafer has concocted another delightful collection of analog things from genres past, forever exploring the landscape of the ravenous revival of VHS.
This issue is filled with reviews of flicks not available yet on DVD or Blu-ray, highlights of which include Tombstone Territory, The Shout, Madhouse Mansion, and Project Nightmare, none of which I remember ever renting in my VHS youth at Video Video or Video Magic in Old Bridge, NJ. But that’s...
Hey, all you tape-heads out there riding the digital waves—Lunchmeat 7 has hit the savage streets featuring more “Blood! Terror! Babes! Monsters!” With its glossy slick and sick four-color cover and rock 'n roll junk zine interior, editor-in-chief Josh Schafer has concocted another delightful collection of analog things from genres past, forever exploring the landscape of the ravenous revival of VHS.
This issue is filled with reviews of flicks not available yet on DVD or Blu-ray, highlights of which include Tombstone Territory, The Shout, Madhouse Mansion, and Project Nightmare, none of which I remember ever renting in my VHS youth at Video Video or Video Magic in Old Bridge, NJ. But that’s...
- 4/23/2013
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
Universal has signed a new two-year deal with writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and their K/O Paper Products production company. The first two films out the gate will be reboots of Universal properties The Mummy and Van Helsing. Their writing credits include two Transformers movies and the Star Trek reboot as well as the much maligned Cowboys & Aliens. On the TV side, they created the underrated Fringe and produce the Hawaii Five-0 reboot.
The set-bound 4th Doctor Who story of season 7 -a probable bottle-episode due to so much expensive location shooting for episodes 1, 2, 3 and 5- is confirmed to be a story that brings back Unit and involves Henry VIII and his wife Catherine. Stephen Blything and Law & Order: UK’s Jemma Redgrave has been cast in those roles. The episode has a working title of Cubed.
For those girls who were wondering, and a few boys too, The...
The set-bound 4th Doctor Who story of season 7 -a probable bottle-episode due to so much expensive location shooting for episodes 1, 2, 3 and 5- is confirmed to be a story that brings back Unit and involves Henry VIII and his wife Catherine. Stephen Blything and Law & Order: UK’s Jemma Redgrave has been cast in those roles. The episode has a working title of Cubed.
For those girls who were wondering, and a few boys too, The...
- 5/3/2012
- by spaced-odyssey
- doorQ.com
Joel Goldsmith, composer for “Stargate Sg-1″, “Star Trek” and “Call of Duty 3″ passed away on April 29, aged 54.
Joel, the eldest son of highly regarded film composer Jerry Goldsmith started his career creating sound effects for “Star Trek The Motion Picture”, but got his break scoring the music for ”Laserblast” and Steve Martin’s ”The Man With Two Brains.” He went on to write music for over 350 episodes of “Stargate” in its various franchise forms. He also helped his father and long time Star Trek composer Jerry Goldsmith, by scoring the first 20 minutes of “Star Trek First Contact”. He was making his move into videogames and composed the soundtrack to the hugely popular “Call of Duty 3″.
Joel Goldsmith was nominated for three Emmy awards in his career. In 1998 for the “Sg-1″ episode “The Nox,” in 2005 for the main title theme for “Atlantis,” and in 2006 for the “Atlantis” episode “Grace Under Pressure.
Joel, the eldest son of highly regarded film composer Jerry Goldsmith started his career creating sound effects for “Star Trek The Motion Picture”, but got his break scoring the music for ”Laserblast” and Steve Martin’s ”The Man With Two Brains.” He went on to write music for over 350 episodes of “Stargate” in its various franchise forms. He also helped his father and long time Star Trek composer Jerry Goldsmith, by scoring the first 20 minutes of “Star Trek First Contact”. He was making his move into videogames and composed the soundtrack to the hugely popular “Call of Duty 3″.
Joel Goldsmith was nominated for three Emmy awards in his career. In 1998 for the “Sg-1″ episode “The Nox,” in 2005 for the main title theme for “Atlantis,” and in 2006 for the “Atlantis” episode “Grace Under Pressure.
- 5/1/2012
- by Amarpal Biring
- Obsessed with Film
Joel Goldsmith, the famed composer behind both "Star Trek" and "Stargate," passed away Saturday after a long battle with cancer, Variety reports. He was 54.
Though he got his start scoring sci-fi and horror films ("Laserblast," "The Man With Two Brains"), the son of Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith found his true calling in television. He went on to score over 350 episodes of various "Stargate" series and contributed over 20 minutes of music to "Star Trek: First Contact," which was scored by his father. He had recently turned to video games, contributing music to "Call of Duty 3."
Fellow composer Neal Acree, who worked with Goldsmith on "Stargate" released a statement on his friend's passing: I’m utterly heartbroken at the loss of my dear friend and mentor Joel Goldsmith. He was like a second father to me and I feel like I owe much of my career to the opportunities he gave me...
Though he got his start scoring sci-fi and horror films ("Laserblast," "The Man With Two Brains"), the son of Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith found his true calling in television. He went on to score over 350 episodes of various "Stargate" series and contributed over 20 minutes of music to "Star Trek: First Contact," which was scored by his father. He had recently turned to video games, contributing music to "Call of Duty 3."
Fellow composer Neal Acree, who worked with Goldsmith on "Stargate" released a statement on his friend's passing: I’m utterly heartbroken at the loss of my dear friend and mentor Joel Goldsmith. He was like a second father to me and I feel like I owe much of my career to the opportunities he gave me...
- 5/1/2012
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
What happens you when you give a shiftless teenager direct, unsupervised access to laser weaponry from dimensions unknown? Not a lot, really. Director Michael Rae and veteran schlock producer Charles Band’s gloriously wretched 1978 science fiction epic Laserblast attempts to expound upon the speculatory question posed above — with extremely limited results. Kim Milford stars as Billy Duncan, your quintessential high school screw-up complete with creepy pedophile van and absolutely no friends or personal ambitions. After a particularly miserable morning of rejection and humiliation, Billy does what any misguided youth would do in this situation: pay a visit to the local desert. While traipsing through the arid landscape, our hero happens upon a discarded piece of alien warfare, a device which he masters almost instantly despite his obvious lack of education. Without much thought as to its mysterious origins, Billy takes his newfound treasure home. Much to his dismay, the gadget...
- 6/20/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
If you have Netflix and are a horror fan in need of something to watch this Labor Day weekend, one look at this gargantuan list I compiled of the new terror titles Netflix has added for instant streaming in just the first three days of this month should keep you busy until Labor Day next year. You'll find something for everyone, from older titles to recent releases, famous to obscure, classic to not-so-classic, monsters to maniacs - you name it.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
For the record, I considered compiling this list in alphabetical order or by year of the film's release, but then I realized I had already spent well over an hour just sorting through the massive catalogue of titles Netflix has now made available for instant streaming and realized Labor Day would be over by the time I finished arranging this list in any kind of order. Ready? Here you go.
- 9/3/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
I am a huge fan of bad movies. Let's just say a nerd for bad B-budget/cult flicks. I used to watch theses guys religiously and I am very pleased to bring news of the 20th Anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000, some shaky video (Below) from S.D. Comic Con 08 (that I am sure the guys would make fun of ) and a new brand new 20th edition set from Shout! Factory. Who can forget Manos: The Hands Of Fate MST3K style. Note: Manos is hands in spanish. So the title is Hands: The Hands Of Fate. Okay... My jokes are bad! Torgo would say, "The Master Would Not Approve!" But, He would approve this great box set.Torgo's Revenge: Techno Remix (Below)
Multiple Emmy®-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is a true cult classic. Its high-camp rendition of B-movies from every genre to the small...
Multiple Emmy®-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is a true cult classic. Its high-camp rendition of B-movies from every genre to the small...
- 7/27/2008
- ZombieFriends.com
I am a huge fan of bad movies. Let's just say a nerd for bad B-budget/cult flicks. I used to watch theses guys religiously and I am very pleased to bring news of the 20th Anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000, some shaky video (Below) from S.D. Comic Con 08 (that I am sure the guys would make fun of ) and a new brand new 20th edition set from Shout! Factory. Who can forget Manos: The Hands Of Fate MST3K style. Note: Manos is hands in spanish. So the title is Hands: The Hands Of Fate. Okay... My jokes are bad! Torgo would say, "The Master Would Not Approve!" But, He would approve this great box set.Torgo's Revenge: Techno Remix (Below)
Multiple Emmy®-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is a true cult classic. Its high-camp rendition of B-movies from every genre to the small...
Multiple Emmy®-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is a true cult classic. Its high-camp rendition of B-movies from every genre to the small...
- 7/27/2008
- ZombieFriends.com
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