Product Details

• Directors: Albert Band, Charles Band, Robert Talbot
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Wizard Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Run Time: 360 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K6ODAW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,702 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Meridian: A beautiful young artist must choose her destiny in this hauntingly sensual tale of love, passion and revenge. Crash and Burn: It's the year 2030 and man's worst nightmares have become and oppressive reality. Ultra violet rays have punched through the earth, dooming it to eternal summer. Doctor Mordrid: Doctor Mordrid has been guarding the gates to the fourth dimension for over a century and now the signs are clear: his eternal foe, Kabal (Brian Thompson: âCobraâ?, âTerminatorâ?) has crossed over and is about to carry out his threat to destroy humankind. Head of the Family: Something's twisted in Nob Hollow.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Full Moon Fan, January 30, 2008

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Pete Miles (Tallahassee, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Charles Band DVD Collection, Vol. 1 (Meridian / Crash And Burn / Doctor Mordrid / Head Of The Family) (DVD)

I've been a fan of Full Moon videos for 20 years. All my VHS copies have since died a slow, painful death, and I have waited for a DVD release of these films for quite a while. I took my first plunge with the Charles Band Collection Vol. 1 (since Maridian is one of my favorite FM flicks.) I have to say that I was hesitant to buy these films sight unseen, but since I am a huge fan, I bought them anyway. However, they didn't come without a fair amount of disappointment.

The video on all four movies looks to be nothing better than an OK VHS copy (looks alright on standard definition TV, but looks awful on HD). The audio is about the same. None have selectable chapter stops. MERIDIAN and DR. MORDRID include the original, behind-the-scenes "Video Zone". While CRASH AND BURN has the Video Zone and a blooper reel. HEAD OF THE FAMILY has a behind the scenes "preview" of BRIDE OF HEAD OF THE FAMILY (was this even a real movie???)

This collection is good for fans of Full Moon whose VHS copies have been worn thin, I just wish there could have been more time and effort put into the final product. So...buyer beware! These are good, but nowhere near what they should have been.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm With The Band, January 10, 2009

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Stanley Runk "Runkdapunk" (Camp North Pines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Charles Band DVD Collection, Vol. 1 (Meridian / Crash And Burn / Doctor Mordrid / Head Of The Family) (DVD)

Full Moon have a handful of box sets available to purchase, two of them are entitled, "Full Moons Classics Vol. 1 and Vol 2". Since Charles Band seems to direct most Full Moon films anyhow, I'm kinda curious as to why there is a Charles Band Collection Vol 1. Maybe he hand picked these four films as a good representation of his work, or maybe they are his favorite films. It doesn't really matter I suppose, coz what we have here is a mixed bag of Full Moon films.
Meridian is a Beauty and the Beast type story. Sherilyn Fenn moves to a castle in Italy where there are a bunch of oddball carnival performers hanging around her property. One of them is a guy who turns into a werewolf-like beast every time he gets jiggy with Sherilyn(can't say I blame him, I probably would too). There's a mystery about some family curse and other nonsense. It's not so much of a horror film as it is some kind of erotic fantasy deal. It's not too bad though.
Crash and Burn is a post apocalyptic tale of a bunch of people trapped inside a television station-which is a front for a revolutionary headquarters-who come under attack by a cyborg assassin played by Bill Moseley. Also not a bad film.
Doctor Mordrid has Jeffrey Combs as a sorcerer guarding the gate to our dimension from his apartment. An evil rival sorcerer played by Brian Thompson(he's that mean looking brute who played the evil cult leader in Cobra with Stallone) has plans to take over Earth, but he has to get through Doctor Mordrid first!! This is a fun movie. It's silly as hell of course, but you can't help but enjoy it, especially with Combs playing a hero in a tight blue outfit with a cape. From what I understand, Full Moon wanted to do a film based on the Marvel comic character Dr. Strange, but couldn't get the rights or something.
And finally Head of the Family is a goofy horror/comedy about a guy trying to blackmail a rich family of oddities to do his bidding. The "Head" of the family is literally a head with arms. A better movie than it probably should be, and much wittier than you'd think.
None of these films look like they've been remastered or cleaned up in any way. They look like good VHS transfers at best. I suppose we can't be too picky if we really want them on DVD. They all come with their "Making Of" Videozone features, but that's all.
Well, you'll know if you want it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Full Moon Treats, June 28, 2007

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V. D'Amato (British Columbia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Charles Band DVD Collection, Vol. 1 (Meridian / Crash And Burn / Doctor Mordrid / Head Of The Family) (DVD)

Finally, Meridian and Doctor Mordrid available on DVD! The shows included in this set are fairly cheesy, comic-book romps through the land of horror wanna-be's, but there is such enthusiastic charm abanduant here, I couldn't help but find it engaging. (And "Head of the Family" is attractively bizarre) Be prepared for many, many moments of lulls and doldrums in between the good bits. All tranfers are 1.33:1 full-frame, as they were all originally produced for direct-to-video market in the 1990's.