credits of
Shaun Costello
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August 2nd, 2021 | Hymns from the Abyss | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
March 30th, 1990 | Enrapture | Cigar Shop Man | 3.8 | |
April 23rd, 1982 | Double Pleasure | (archive footage) | 8.5 | |
January 8th, 1982 | Mistress Electra | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 10 | |
December 28th, 1981 | Pandora's Mirror | Waiter / Man in Audition Line | 7 | |
April 1st, 1980 | New York Construction Co. | TBD | 8 | |
July 5th, 1979 | More Than Sisters | Martin Randall | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1979 | The Two Lives of Jennifer | Bob O'Connor | 8 | |
August 30th, 1978 | Slave of Pleasure | Richard Anselm / Masked Guy | 7 | |
January 1st, 1978 | A Taste Of Bette | S.R. | 3.7 | |
January 1st, 1978 | Daughters of Discipline | Bruno | 5.5 | |
December 1st, 1977 | The Fire in Francesca | Troy Winston | 8 | |
June 16th, 1977 | Joy Of Humiliation | Biker with Cigarette | 8.3 | |
May 1st, 1977 | Cherry Hustlers | Company Investigator | 8 | |
March 9th, 1977 | Betrayed Teens | Bobby | 5.3 | |
March 1st, 1977 | Schoolgirl's Reunion | Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party | 7 | |
January 1st, 1977 | Dirty Susan | Bob Gilroy | 7 | |
October 10th, 1976 | The Dark Side of Danielle | Bruce / Betty's Master | TBD | |
October 1st, 1976 | Tortured Woman | El Gringo | 7 | |
September 1st, 1976 | Water Power | Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window | 5.5 | |
August 2nd, 1976 | That Lady from Rio | Sex Slave (uncredited) | 10 | |
July 6th, 1976 | French Schoolgirls | TBD | 9 | |
June 1st, 1976 | The Fury in Alice | Chip Carson | 7.5 | |
May 1st, 1976 | Girl Scout Cookies | Mr. O'Malley | 5.5 | |
March 31st, 1976 | The Story of Eloise | Edgar Frank | 10 | |
March 19th, 1976 | Sensuous Fly Girls | Man in Stable | 8 | |
March 9th, 1976 | Midnight Desires | Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited) | 6 | |
January 1st, 1976 | The Untamed Vixens | Jerry | 9 | |
January 1st, 1976 | Venture Into the Bizzare | Closing Narration (voice) | 9.5 | |
January 1st, 1976 | The Summer of Suzanne | Chip | 9 | |
January 1st, 1976 | She's No Angel | Dr. Warren Counter | 7.3 | |
January 1st, 1976 | The Travails of June | Willy | 6.5 | |
December 26th, 1975 | Cheryl's Surrender | Ray Lavagis | 7.5 | |
November 1st, 1975 | Kathy's Graduation Present | Randy | 8 | |
October 6th, 1975 | China Doll | Bert | 9.5 | |
September 1st, 1975 | Baby Oil | Orgy Guy with Two Girls | 8 | |
May 26th, 1975 | Gladys and Her All Girl Band | Lola | 4 | |
April 11th, 1975 | Lisa Meets Mr. Big | Minister | 7 | |
March 24th, 1975 | The Passions of Carol | The Spirits | 5.4 | |
February 3rd, 1975 | Two Senoritas | Guy with Glasses | 7 | |
January 1st, 1975 | Private Practice | Mr. Barnes | 8 | |
January 1st, 1975 | The School for Sexual Arts | Guy in Final Class | 4.5 | |
January 1st, 1975 | Sin of Lust | Bob Hartman | 5.5 | |
January 1st, 1975 | Hotel Hooker | Pete | 10 | |
November 1st, 1974 | The Love Bus | George | 7 | |
July 16th, 1974 | Come Fly with Us | Jay Basby | 8 | |
May 14th, 1974 | Teenage Nurses | Joe / TV Reporter | 10 | |
March 19th, 1974 | Lady on the Couch | Poker Buddy (uncredited) | 7 | |
March 8th, 1974 | Pen Pals | Good Samaritan / Man in Black | 5 | |
February 1st, 1974 | Lip Service | Hired Guy | 9 | |
October 31st, 1973 | The Tycoon's Daughter | Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster | 5.5 | |
September 23rd, 1973 | Go Fly a Kite | John Spaulding | 10 | |
September 12th, 1973 | Honeymoon Suite | Jamie | 7.5 | |
September 6th, 1973 | Ozark Sex Fiend | Newscaster / Homer Heaply | 9 | |
September 1st, 1973 | Sweet Sexteen | Jerry | 8 | |
August 16th, 1973 | Come and Be Purified | Brother Francis | 6.5 | |
August 1st, 1973 | Teachers and Cream | Mr. Boynton | 9 | |
June 29th, 1973 | Tina Makes a Deal | Customs Agent | 10 | |
June 12th, 1973 | Joe Rock Superstar | Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite | 8 | |
May 31st, 1973 | Guess Who's Coming | Peter | 8 | |
March 16th, 1973 | Forced Entry | David | 5.4 | |
March 16th, 1973 | The Porn Brokers | Self | 6.5 | |
February 11th, 1972 | Sexual Customs in Scandinavia | Mr. Thorens | 7 | |
January 6th, 1972 | Selling It | (archive footage) | 10 | |
November 1st, 1971 | Love in the Rain | Shaun (uncredited) | 10 | |
September 24th, 1971 | The Magical Ring | First Fantasy Lover | 6.5 | |
September 23rd, 1971 | Feel | TBD | 5.5 | |
August 20th, 1971 | Sensuous Vixens | Photo Model with Mustache | 8 |