After the hit documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films , we present you another promising B-movie documentary– produced and directed by Daniel Griffith covering a very interesting company- Charles Band’s Empire Production! Now, even if you don’t remember the name I’m sure you’ll remember some of their hits.
Empire Pictures started with limited released such as Swordkill and Dungeonmaster, followed by a string of actual theatrical hits like Reanimator and Ghoulies and also Trancers.
“2,000 movies by the year 2000!” Well, not really…
Unfortunately it all came crushing down just 5 years later after a scandal with their main financier Credit Lyonnais (a French bank that was outed for it’s predatory lending practices and actively trying to conceal Empire’s pile of debts from other creditors). It all ended in a mess of lawsuits, and the company was bought out by newly founded Epic Pictures Entertainment with Band leaving to found Full Moon Entertainment which is despite a break of some years still active!
You can enjoy the trailer right here.
You can check out the successful Kickstarter campaign here kickstarter.com/projects/ballyhoomotionpics/celluloid-wizards-in-the-video-wasteland and also follow them along on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/empirepicturesdocumentary
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