{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-puppetmaster-a-hollywood-memoir-of-ghouls-guts-and-gonzo-filmmaking-isbn-9780063087347","title":"Confessions of a Puppetmaster: A Hollywood Memoir of Ghouls, Guts, and Gonzo Filmmaking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Puppetmaster\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast, funny, wild ride through some wild times. Plus, Charlie compares me to Harrison Ford, so I’m all in!” —Bill Maher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRenowned producer, director, and “B movie” showman Charles Band takes readers on a wild romp through Hollywood’s decidedly un-Oscar-worthy underbelly, where mayhem and zombies reign supreme, and cheap thrills and entertainment are king\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book is a blast. It made me want to stay up all night and watch terrible movies.\" —Peter Sagal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the most entertaining film bios ever.\" —Larry Karaszewski\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Reads like a Tarantino film written by Hunter S. Thompson.\" —\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZombies, aliens, a little skin, lots of gore—and even more laughs—the cinematic universe of Charles Band is legendary. From the toilet-invading creatures of \u003cem\u003eGhoulies\u003c\/em\u003e to the time-travelling bounty hunter in \u003cem\u003eTrancers\u003c\/em\u003e to the pandemic-crashed \u003cem\u003eCorona Zombies\u003c\/em\u003e, Band has spent four decades giving B-movie lovers exactly what they love. In \u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Puppetmaster\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ethis congenial master of Grindhouse cinema tells his own story, uncut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a family of artists, Band spent much of his childhood in Rome where his father worked in the film industry. Early visits to movie sets sealed young Charlie’s fate. By his twenties he had plunged into moviemaking himself and found his calling in exploitation movies—quick, low-budget efforts that exploit the zeitgeist and feed people’s desire for clever, low-brow entertainment. His films crossed genres, from vampire flicks to sci fi to erotic musical adaptations of fairy tales. As he came into his own as a director, he was the first to give starring roles to household names like Demi Moore, Helen Hunt, and Bill Maher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOff set, Band’s life has been equally epic. Returning to his beloved Italy, he bought both Dino De Laurentiis’s movie studio \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e a medieval castle. After Romania’s oppressive communist regime fell, he circumvented the U.S. State Department to shoot films in Dracula’s homeland. He made—and then lost—a moviemaking fortune. A visionary, Band was also at the vanguard of the transition to home video and streaming, making and distributing direct-to-video movies long before the major studios caught on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revealing tell-all, Band details the dizzying heights and catastrophic depths of his four decades in showbiz. A candid and engaging glimpse at Hollywood’s wild side, \u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Puppetmaster\u003c\/em\u003e is as entertaining as the movies that made this consummate schlockmeister famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Welcome to the delightful, insane, and utterly joyous world of Charlie Band. The visionary behind Full Moon and Empire Pictures tells his story with all the energy and wit you would expect from him. It is all in these pages: the huge personalities; the tricks of the trade; the incredible let’s-make-a-movie-right-now-dammit persistence. Charlie is the ultimate Hollywood indie hustler and horror movie maverick, responsible for some of the wildest and most entertaining films in history. Thank God we have a guy like Charlie to keep the indie horror flame burning!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOHN LOGAN, screenwriter, Gladiator, Skyfall, The Aviator, Hugo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reads like a Tarantino film written by Hunter S. Thompson. ... Anyone with an interest in the film business from the '70s to the '90s will enjoy this memoir.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a blast. It made me want to stay up all night and watch terrible movies.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePETER SAGAL, host, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Band [is] a master storyteller with a genius imagination, a flair for the macabre, and a killer instinct for creating art that crosses genres and boundaries. ... A wildly entertaining read.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must-purchase. ... Band's collected \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e make for a delightful afternoon.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookgasm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Band is a B-movie legend, and this colorful book documents his approch.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Film Stage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most entertaining film bios ever. You get zombies, Nazis, Marilyn Monroe - and that's just the first few pages! Band has made over 300 movies and he has enough crazy stories for at least that many books.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLARRY KARASZEWSKI, screenwriter, Ed Wood, The People Vs. 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