Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror

Image Archive archivist Dino Everett assembled a feature-length compilation of SCA student works from the late ’60s and ’70s. The compilation features recently uncovered and previously unseen student films by Dan O’Bannon and John Carpenter. • BLOOD BATH (1969, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon) B/W (original 16mm) 7 min. • THE DEMON (1970, written and directed by Charles Adair) B/W (original 16mm) 19 min. • GOOD MORNING DAN (1968, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon, camera by John Carpenter) Color (original 8mm) 19 min. • CAPTAIN VOYEUR (1969, written and directed by John Carpenter) B/W (original 16mm) 7 min. • BLOOD BATH (1976, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon) Red tint (original 16mm blown up to 35mm) 8 min. • JUDSON'S RELEASE (1971, written by Alec Lorimore, directed by Terence H. Winkless) (original 16mm) Color 15 min. Total program time: 80 minutes.

• Charles AdairDirector
• Terence H. WinklessDirector
• Dan O'BannonWriter
• Dino EverettProducer
• Caroline DilibertoDirector of Photography
• Joanne WillensDirector of Photography
• Alec LorimoreDirector of Photography
• Jim VeilleuxDirector of Photography

Release date

October 10, 2014

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Horror

• Why Try to Escape from That Which You Know You Can't Escape From? Because You Are a Coward

  1970

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  Curiosity

  2009

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  Black Angel

  1980

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  Timothy

  2013

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  The Infernal Cauldron

  1903

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  The Reflection

  2018

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  The Mistletoe Bough

  1904

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  Harvey

  2002

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  Coyote

  2010

• Nocturna

  2010

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  Zone

  1995

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  The Nest

  2013