Albert Band Archives

I Bury the Living (1958)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 3, 2000Cemetery Keeper with Killing Powers

Fascinating forgotten film with Richard Boone as a cemetery keeper who finds he can kill by placing pins on a map of the cemetery. This feels like a forgotten Twilight Zone episode and develops some quite creepy effect.

Director: Albert Band

Actors: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel

Category: Horror

3 September 200010 April 2026 by Roog

Zoltan … Hound of Dracula (1978)

Rating: ★

Apr 4, 2001Dracula's Dog

aka Dracula's Dog. Most people who hear the title think this is a joke but this is a real film and one that takes a ridiculous premise - the idea of Dracula’s dog - surprisingly seriously

Director: Albert Band

Actors: Michael Pataki, Jose Ferrer, Reggie Nalder

Category: Horror

4 April 200122 November 2025 by Roog

Troll (1986)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 25, 2006Mischievous Creature

Low-budget Charles Band produced film that has entertainment value for its cheesily absurd creature effects and an amazing cast line-up

Director: John Carl Buechler

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, …

Category: Horror

25 February 200624 July 2023 by Roog

TerrorVision (1986)

Rating: ★

Apr 5, 1999Alien Nasty Emerges from a TV

One of the films from Charles Band's Empire productions about a family facing an alien manifested out of their tv set

Director: Ted Nicolaou

Actors: Gerrit Graham, Mary Woronov, Chad Allen, Diane Franklin, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 April 199926 October 2024 by Roog

Robot Jox (1990)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 7, 2003Future Gladiatorial Combat with Transformer Robots

Stuart Gordon, the cult director of Re-Animator, turns his hand to making a live-action Transformers film way back before anybody had ever head the name Michael Bay

Director: Stuart Gordon

Actors: Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo, Michael Alldredge, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 March 200317 July 2022 by Roog

The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

Rating: ★★

Sep 5, 2012Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Inquisition Horrors

Stuart Gordon's adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story gets full marks for being set during the Spanish Inquisition. On the other hand, Gordon's unserious splatter heavy approach and a campy performance from Lance Henriksen deflates the material

Director: Stuart Gordon

Actors: Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller, Frances Bay, …

Category: Horror

5 September 201217 July 2022 by Roog

Doctor Mordrid (1992)

Rating: ★★★

May 7, 2014Magician Superhero

One of the better films from Charles Band – an uncredited homage to Marvel's Dr Strange. The film captures a wonderful atmosphere of esotericism and Jeffrey Combs is perfect as the sorcerer superhero

Director: Albert Band, Charles Band

Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Yvette Nipar, Brian Thompson, Jay Acovone

Category: Fantasy

7 May 201419 January 2026 by Roog

Prehysteria! (1993)

Rating: ★

Feb 27, 2003Baby Dinosaurs

In the aftermath of the success of Jurassic Park, Albert and Charles Band quickly responded with this children's dinosaur film that contains some of the most pitiful effects in any film of this era

Director: Albert Band, Charles Band

Actors: Brett Cullen, Austin O'Brien, Samantha Mills, Stephen Lee, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 February 20035 July 2026 by Roog

Dragonworld (1994)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 2, 2003Children's Dragon Film

One of the better films produced by Charles Band. Despite variable dragon effects, this is a children's film that captures a genteel sense of innocence

Director: Ted Nicolaou

Actors: Andrew Keir, John Woodvine, Brittney Powell, Courtland Mead, …

Category: Fantasy

2 September 200315 October 2025 by Roog

Prehysteria! 2 (1994)

Rating: ★

Mar 18, 2003Baby Dinosaurs

The second and worst of Albert and Charles Band's dinosaur films made for children, this suffers from the most pitiful and immobile effects of any film of the era

Director: Albert Band

Actors: Kevin R. Connors, Dean Scofield, Michael Hagiwara

Category: Science Fiction

18 March 200312 February 2025 by Roog