#138 - The Full Moon Fever of Charles Band

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We discuss writer/director/producer Charles Band and FULL MOON ENTERTAINMENT. The production company responsible for such video store classics as PUPPET MASTER, CASTLE FREAK, DOLLMAN, SUBSPECIES, DEMONIC TOYS, and GINGERDEAD MAN 2: PASSION OF THE CRUST. On this week's Patreon episode, we tackle Japan's infamous GUINEA PIG films. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Justin the Kluer. I'm here today with Will Sloan.
0:07.8	And it's Shocktober.
0:09.5	Ooh!
0:11.9	I want to suck your blood.
0:14.1	I'm a mummy.
0:16.1	It's alive.
0:17.7	There you go.
0:20.1	That was a little bit of throwback to Larry Cohen's. It's alive. There you go. Weh. That was a little bit of throwback to Larry Cohen's.
0:22.8	It's alive.
0:24.2	And today, we're talking about full moon productions, features.
0:29.6	They've gone under many names.
0:31.6	You know, there are those who say that you're either a Stones person or a Beatles person or you're a union or a Confederate
0:39.2	in the Civil War or whatever it may be.
0:41.7	But I would propose that if you're interested in 1980s and 1990s direct video genre fair,
0:48.4	you're either a full moon entertainment guy or a Roger Corman's New World slash Concord
0:53.6	New Horizons guy. Wait, you can only pick one?
0:55.7	What I'm leaning into is I was always very fascinated by Roger Corman growing up. I was never
1:00.8	interested in Charles Band and Full Moon Entertainment. What was your relationship to Charles Band?
1:05.9	When I was a kid and I would go to the video store, I would look in the horror section, which I would always run to, first off.
1:11.9	I was too scared of the horror section.
1:13.4	This horror section just captured my imagination.
1:16.2	All these VHS tapes that I couldn't rent, and it felt like it went to the ceiling and was like wrapped around.
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