Charles Robert Band (b. December 27, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is an American director, writer, and producer, mostly known for his work on horror films.

He is the son of director-producer Albert Band, and brother of the composer Richard Band. With his former wife Meda, he had two children, Alex Band, the vocalist for the band The Calling, and Taryn Band (he also had two more sons with his former wife Debra Dion, Harlan and Zalman). Band's grandfather was the artist Max Band.

His most famous films are those in the Puppet Master franchise and the Subspecies series, made by his company Full Moon Features. Before Full Moon Features, his earlier (and now defunct) company Empire Pictures made films like Ghoulies and the cult classic Re-Animator.

One of the few non-horror films he worked on was the Prehysteria trilogy, which were made by his family oriented company Moonbeam Entertainment.

Masuimi Max (born March 12, 1978) is an American fetish model of Korean and German descent. Born at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Masuimi's father was a career Air Force man, with her early years spent traveling all over the world, and her teenage years growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Masuimi is a fire performer, burlesque dancer, fetish model, pinup model, and is also the current spokesmodel for Pinup Girl Clothing.

Ms. Max has appeared in dozens of magazines and photoshoots, as well as music videos. She also models for many companies around the world, Harley Davidson, Coffin Case, Pinup Girl Clothing, Murray & Vern latex, Bibian Blue corsets amongst many others. Masuimi has appeared in several movies, including Here Lies Lonely (1999) and The Devil's Muse (2007) and was widely seen in XXX: State of the Union (2005). She also makes personal appearances at car shows. Max appeared in the Tiger Army music video "Rose of the Devil's Garden" and as a contestant in the reality television game show Fear Factor where she ate a potato bug. She also has a brief cameo at the end of the movie Inland Empire by David Lynch as a girl with the blonde wig who has a monkey. In 2011, she made a brief cameo appearance in the SuperHeavy video for "Miracle Worker."

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine.

King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his whole career, such as the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2004), the Canadian Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (2007).

Joseph Timothy “Tim” Thomerson (born April 8, 1946) is an American actor and comedian.

Thomerson is most famous for his role as Jack Deth in the Trancers film series and is renowned for his work in numerous low-budget movies and his comedic television roles.

Tim Thomerson was born in Coronado, California. He was brought up in Hawaii and in San Diego. Following a stint in the National Guard, Thomerson chose to become an actor, while taking a job as a set builder and prop man at the Old Globe Theatre, which is famous for its Shakespearean productions. After meeting character actor Anthony Zerbe, he took Anthony's advice and studied acting, at the Herpolscheimer School of Performing Arts, with Stella Adler in New York City.

After his college tenure had ended, Thomerson began a career as a stand-up comedian, honing his skills. He appeared in clubs that included The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Bud Friedman's Improvisation, Catch a Rising Star, and Catskills.

When Thomerson moved into comedy, he found himself in a boom alongside the likes of David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Freddie Prinze. In L.A., he became a regular at the Comedy Store and the Improv as well as making numerous appearances on television variety shows, and in Las Vegas.

Seth Peterson (born August 16, 1970) is an American actor, best known for his role as Robbie Hansen from 1999 until 2002 on the television series Providence.

Peterson was born in The Bronx, New York, the son of Cheryl Peterson, a theatre founder and paralegal, and George Kanouse, a teacher.

Peterson also played the recurring role of Nate Westen, the younger brother of the lead character, Michael Westen in Burn Notice (2007-present) on USA Network and had leading roles in independent features Sedona (2011) and Hate Crime (2005). Other roles include the Hallmark Entertainment Movie of the Week: Hard Ground (2003), in which Peterson co-starred as Burt Reynolds's son, Joshua; Godzilla (1998) and Can't Hardly Wait (1998). Notable television guest star roles include such series as NCIS (2003) playing Thomas Pierce in Season 9, episode "Devil's Triangle", CSI: NY (2004) in the role of Henry Willens, in Season 4's episode of "Boo" and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Perry Haber in Season 7's "Burn Out" on CBS.