"Adam Felber is an Emmy-nominated writer and performer who has written for entertainment properties including NPR's ""Wait Wait Don't Tell Me,"" ""Real Time with Ball Maher,"" and the children's programs ""Wishbone"" and ""Arthur."" Charles Band is a renowned producer, director, mogul, and ""B movie"" showman. Over his 40 year career, he has directed or produced more than 300 films, including cult classics like ""Ghoulies"" and ""Tourist Trap"" (one of Stephen King's favorite horror movies)."
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. - LARRY KARASZEWSKI, screenwriter, Ed Wood, The People Vs. Larry Flynt, Big Eyes, Dolemite Is My Name 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! - JOHN LOGAN, screenwriter, Gladiator, Skyfall, The Aviator, Hugo This book is a blast. It made me want to stay up all night and watch terrible movies. - PETER SAGAL, host, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! 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. - Booklist 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. - Library Journal Band is a B-movie legend, and this colorful book documents his approch. - The Film Stage A must-purchase. ... Band's collected Confessions make for a delightful afternoon. - Bookgasm