Horror Puppet: The Further Adventures of a Cinema Survivor - Autobiographical Novel

by Charles Band, Mike Gingold (Editor), Adam Felber

In the 5 years since Charlie Band wrote his life story, he’s lived another whole life. He bought a haunted house and a church in Cleveland, where he shot multiple movies, staged gigantic fan fests and screenings, and got haunted by an actual ghost. He bought sacred land in Italy, where he excavated relics, shot even more movies, and found himself suddenly becoming an oil baron (well, olive oil, to be exact!). He’s created streaming movies with a massive Chinese corporation, helped his son become a writer/director, created horrifying new merchandise, resurrected something called “The BonerMeter,” shot a raunchy sex scene is his own bed in Hollywood, and thrown himself headfirst into a field that terrifies even his fellow horror A.I. And the films are no tamer than the old, including such modern classics as “Prompt” and “Models Vs. Werewolves.”

“Horror Puppet” is the follow-up to Charlie’s acclaimed memoir, “Confessions of a PuppetMaster,” - once again co-written with Adam Felber - and it finds our hero in a strange new world, which he soon makes even stranger. All because he simply can’t stop. He is the Horror Puppet.

215 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2026

Reviews

[Rod Lott · Rating 1 out of 5]

The gall of Charles Band to open the book decrying how the industry has changed so much that he’s making less money … and then soon after espouse the virtues of using AI to make poster art and the hourlong videos he still calls movies.

And also to price this book so high when the type is large, the margins thin, the page count small and the story mostly not worth telling. It’s a cheat.