HEAD OF THE FAMILY (1996)

 

Directed & Story By: Charles Band  Written By: Neal Marshall Stevens Cinematography: Adolfo Bartoli  Editor: Poppy Das, Lazar Djokic, Steve Nielson 

Cast: Blake Bailey, Jaqueline Lovell, Bob Schott, James Jones, Dianne Colazzo, Gordon Jennison, J.W. Perra 

The "head" of the family is literally that - a giant head on a tiny body, who psychically controls the rest of his even more unusual family.

PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH (2018)

Directed By: Sunny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund 
Written By: Z. Craig Zehler 
Based on Characters Created By: Charles Band & Kenneth J. Hall 

Cast: Thomas Lennon, Barbara Crampton, Michael Pare, Nelson Franklin, Betsy Holt, Charlyne Yi, Udo Kier, Skeeta Jenkins 

Recently divorced and reeling, Edgar returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds a nefarious looking puppet in his deceased brother's room, he decides to sell the doll for some quick cash. Girl-next-door Ashley and and comic book pal Markowitz join Edgar for a doomed road trip to an auction at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose when a strange force animates the puppets at the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree that's motivated by an evil as old as time.