Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror (2014)

An archivist at Image Archive creates a feature-length collection of student films made in the late 1960s and 1970s. The compilation includes newly discovered and previously unseen films by Dan O’Bannon and John Carpenter. The films are: *BLOOD BATH* (1969, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon), a 7-minute black and white film; *THE DEMON* (1970, written and directed by Charles Adair), a 19-minute black and white film; *GOOD MORNING DAN* (1968, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon, cinematography by John Carpenter), a 19-minute color film; *CAPTAIN VOYEUR* (1969, written and directed by John Carpenter), a 7-minute black and white film; *BLOOD BATH* (1976, written and directed by Dan O’Bannon), an 8-minute red-tinted film blown up to 35mm; and *JUDSON'S RELEASE* (1971, written by Alec Lorimore, directed by Terence H. Winkless), a 15-minute color film. The total program length is 80 minutes.