# Horror Hangout Podcast Bonus Episode : Interview w/ Full Moon Rising - The Charles Band Story Director Sarah Appleton (FrightFest 2026)

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Podcast: [Horror Hangout](https://stenobird.com/podcast/horror-hangout-222150)
Published: 2026-08-10T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thehorrorhangout/episodes/horror-hangout-podcast-bonus-episode-interview-w-full-moon-r
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Duration seconds: 1587

## Resource

The wild life of a B-movie legend! Ben Errington is joined by Full Moon Rising - The Charles Band Story director Sarah Appleton to discuss the documentary which has its world premiere at FrightFest in London on Monday 31st August. A new feature documentary about the truly incredible life and career of Charles Band, prolific producer/director of such genre classics as Re-Animator, From Beyond, Trancers, Castle Freak, The Puppetmaster and Evil Bong franchises and much, much more. Take a deep dive into his early career, the Empire Pictures debacle and his Full Moon features success story, along with the Media and Wizard labels that were instrumental in ushering in the home video boom of the 1980s, told in his own words and those closest to him. https://frightfest.co.uk/LondoN2026/ https://frightfest.co.uk/LondoN2026/full-moon-rising-the-charles-band-story-.html www.horrorhangout.co.uk Podcast - https://fanlink.tv/horrorhangout Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/horrorhangout Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/horrorhangoutpodcast X - https://x.com/horror_hangout_ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@horrorhangoutpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/horrorhangoutpodcast Threads - https://www.threads.com/@horrorhangoutpodcast IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29623213/ Ben - https://www.instagram.com/ben_errington/ Sarah - https://www.instagram.com/sarahappleton_/ https://www.instagram.com/charliebanddoc/ Audio credit - Taj Easton http://tajeaston.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thehorrorhangout . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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