Cast
Shaun Costello
Directing
Cast
Shaun Costello
Known for
Directing
Born
1944-01-01
From
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2023-07-05
Also known as Russ Carlson, Lars Tobin, Eclair von Ott
Biography
Shaun Costello began directing for "loops" (10-minute scenes shown in coin-operated viewers in adult theaters) in NYC in the early 1970s, and soon was directing (and acting in) full porn movies and other grindhouse "roughies" shown in Times Square's 42nd Street adult theaters. Costello took work where he could get it, often working for the Mob, who owned many adult theaters and distribution, and working under different aliases for different theaters so that no one (at the time) knew that he was his own competition. Eventually moving on to a mainstream documentary career, Costello written and directed grindhouse movies - rough and violent and reflecting of their times - have seen a resurgence as the 2010's have seen these movies be remastered and re-released and often seen for the first time in decades. Anyone interested in the history of American porn or grindhouse/exploitation theater of the late 1960s and 1970s will likely have encountered Shaun Costello's work, often unknowingly due to his prolific use of aliases.
MOVIE2021
Hymns from the Abyss
as Self (archive footage)
★3.8
MOVIE1990
Enrapture
as Cigar Shop Man
★7.0
MOVIE1974
The Love Bus
as George
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Pandora's Mirror
as Waiter / Man in Audition Line
★5.4
MOVIE1973
Forced Entry
as David
★9.0
MOVIE1976
The Untamed Vixens
as Jerry
★7.5
MOVIE1975
Cheryl's Surrender
as Ray Lavagis
★10.0
MOVIE1974
Teenage Nurses
as Joe / TV Reporter
★8.3
MOVIE1977
Joy of Humiliation
as Biker with Cigarette
★7.5
MOVIE1976
The Fury in Alice
as Chip Carson
★6.5
MOVIE1973
The Porn Brokers
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1972
Selling It
as (archive footage)
★9.5
MOVIE1976
Venture Into the Bizzare
as Closing Narration (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1979
The Two Lives of Jennifer
as Bob O'Connor
★7.5
MOVIE1976
The Summer of Suzanne
as Chip
★7.0
MOVIE1972
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
as Mr. Thorens
★5.5
MOVIE1971
Feel
★8.0
MOVIE1977
Cherry Hustlers
as Company Investigator
★8.0
MOVIE1975
Private Practice
as Mr. Barnes
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Schoolgirl's Reunion
as Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
★8.0
MOVIE1973
Sweet Sexteen
as Jerry
★7.0
MOVIE1975
Two Senoritas
as Guy with Glasses
★8.0
MOVIE1971
Sensuous Vixens
as Photo Model with Mustache
★9.5
MOVIE1975
China Doll
as Bert
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Midnight Desires
as Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1976
Water Power
as Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
★8.5
MOVIE1982
Double Pleasure
as (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1971
The Magical Ring
as First Fantasy Lover
★8.0
MOVIE1974
Come Fly with Us
as Jay Basby
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Slave of Pleasure
as Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
★8.0
MOVIE1973
Guess Who's Coming
as Peter
★3.7
MOVIE1978
A Taste of Bette
as S.R.
★5.3
MOVIE1977
Betrayed Teens
as Bobby
★5.5
MOVIE1978
Daughters of Discipline
as Bruno
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Mistress Electra
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Sensuous Fly Girls
as Man in Stable
★5.0
MOVIE1974
Pen Pals
as Good Samaritan / Man in Black
★4.0
MOVIE1975
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
as Lola
★5.5
MOVIE1973
The Tycoon's Daughter
as Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
★7.3
MOVIE1976
She's No Angel
as Dr. Warren Counter
★7.5
MOVIE1973
Honeymoon Suite
as Jamie
★7.0
MOVIE1976
Tortured Woman
as El Gringo
★6.5
MOVIE1976
The Travails of June
as Willy
★4.5
MOVIE1975
The School for Sexual Arts
as Guy in Final Class
MOVIE1976
The Dark Side of Danielle
as Bruce / Betty's Master
★5.5
MOVIE1975
Sin of Lust
as Bob Hartman
★10.0
MOVIE1971
Love in the Rain
as Shaun (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1976
That Lady from Rio
as Sex Slave (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Teachers and Cream
as Mr. Boynton
★10.0
MOVIE1976
The Story of Eloise
as Edgar Frank
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Ozark Sex Fiend
as Newscaster / Homer Heaply
★10.0
MOVIE1973
Go Fly a Kite
as John Spaulding
★7.0
MOVIE1975
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
as Minister
★8.0
MOVIE1975
Kathy's Graduation Present
as Randy
★5.5
MOVIE1976
Girl Scout Cookies
as Mr. O'Malley
★8.0
MOVIE1973
Joe Rock Superstar
as Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
★8.0
MOVIE1977
The Fire in Francesca
as Troy Winston
★10.0
MOVIE1973
Tina Makes a Deal
as Customs Agent
★9.0
MOVIE1974
Lip Service
as Hired Guy
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Dirty Susan
as Bob Gilroy
★7.5
MOVIE1979
More Than Sisters
as Martin Randall
★8.0
MOVIE1975
Baby Oil
as Orgy Guy with Two Girls
★6.5
MOVIE1973
Come and Be Purified
as Brother Francis
★10.0
MOVIE1975
Hotel Hooker
as Pete
★7.0
MOVIE1974
Lady on the Couch
as Poker Buddy (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1975
The Passions of Carol
as The Spirits
★8.0
MOVIE1980
New York Construction Co.
★9.0
MOVIE1976