Shaun Costello

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.

Known For

Enrapture

Hymns from the Abyss

Forced Entry

The Love Bus

Pandora's Mirror

Cheryl's Surrender

The Untamed Vixens

Teenage Nurses

All Movies (68)

• Hymns from the Abyss2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Enrapture1990 · as Cigar Shop Man
• Double Pleasure1982 · as (archive footage)
• Mistress Electra1982 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Pandora's Mirror1981 · as Waiter / Man in Audition Line
• New York Construction Co.1980
• More Than Sisters1979 · as Martin Randall
• The Two Lives of Jennifer1979 · as Bob O'Connor
• Slave of Pleasure1978 · as Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
• A Taste of Bette1978 · as S.R.
• Daughters of Discipline1978 · as Bruno
• The Fire in Francesca1977 · as Troy Winston
• Joy of Humiliation1977 · as Biker with Cigarette
• Cherry Hustlers1977 · as Company Investigator
• Betrayed Teens1977 · as Bobby
• Schoolgirl's Reunion1977 · as Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
• Dirty Susan1977 · as Bob Gilroy
• The Dark Side of Danielle1976 · as Bruce / Betty's Master
• Tortured Woman1976 · as El Gringo
• Water Power1976 · as Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
• That Lady from Rio1976 · as Sex Slave (uncredited)
• French Schoolgirls1976
• The Fury in Alice1976 · as Chip Carson
• Girl Scout Cookies1976 · as Mr. O'Malley
• The Story of Eloise1976 · as Edgar Frank
• Sensuous Fly Girls1976 · as Man in Stable
• Midnight Desires1976 · as Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
• The Untamed Vixens1976 · as Jerry
• Venture Into the Bizzare1976 · as Closing Narration (voice)
• The Summer of Suzanne1976 · as Chip
• She's No Angel1976 · as Dr. Warren Counter
• The Travails of June1976 · as Willy
• Cheryl's Surrender1975 · as Ray Lavagis
• Kathy's Graduation Present1975 · as Randy
• China Doll1975 · as Bert
• Baby Oil1975 · as Orgy Guy with Two Girls
• Gladys and Her All Girl Band1975 · as Lola
• Lisa Meets Mr. Big1975 · as Minister
• The Passions of Carol1975 · as The Spirits
• Two Senoritas1975 · as Guy with Glasses
• Private Practice1975 · as Mr. Barnes
• The School for Sexual Arts1975 · as Guy in Final Class
• Sin of Lust1975 · as Bob Hartman
• Hotel Hooker1975 · as Pete
• The Love Bus1974 · as George
• Come Fly with Us1974 · as Jay Basby
• Teenage Nurses1974 · as Joe / TV Reporter
• Lady on the Couch1974 · as Poker Buddy (uncredited)
• Pen Pals1974 · as Good Samaritan / Man in Black
• Lip Service1974 · as Hired Guy
• The Tycoon's Daughter1973 · as Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
• Go Fly a Kite1973 · as John Spaulding
• Honeymoon Suite1973 · as Jamie
• Ozark Sex Fiend1973 · as Newscaster / Homer Heaply
• Sweet Sexteen1973 · as Jerry
• Come and Be Purified1973 · as Brother Francis
• Teachers and Cream1973 · as Mr. Boynton
• Tina Makes a Deal1973 · as Customs Agent
• Joe Rock Superstar1973 · as Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
• Guess Who's Coming1973 · as Peter
• Forced Entry1973 · as David
• The Porn Brokers1973 · as Self
• Sexual Customs in Scandinavia1972 · as Mr. Thorens
• Selling It1972 · as (archive footage)
• Love in the Rain1971 · as Shaun (uncredited)
• The Magical Ring1971 · as First Fantasy Lover
• Feel1971
• Sensuous Vixens1971 · as Photo Model with Mustache