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.

Filmography (68 Appearances)

Hymns from the Abyss

2021

Enrapture

1990

Double Pleasure

1982

Mistress Electra

1982

Pandora's Mirror

1981

New York Construction Co.

1980

More Than Sisters

1979

The Two Lives of Jennifer

1979

Slave of Pleasure

1978

A Taste Of Bette

1978

Daughters of Discipline

1978

The Fire in Francesca

1977

Joy Of Humiliation

1977

Cherry Hustlers

1977

Betrayed Teens

1977

Schoolgirl's Reunion

1977

Dirty Susan

1977

The Dark Side of Danielle

1976

Tortured Woman

1976

Water Power

1976

That Lady from Rio

1976

French Schoolgirls

1976

The Fury in Alice

1976

Girl Scout Cookies

1976

The Story of Eloise

1976

Sensuous Fly Girls

1976

Midnight Desires

1976

The Summer of Suzanne

1976

Venture Into the Bizzare

1976

She's No Angel

1976

The Untamed Vixens

1976

The Travails of June

1976

Cheryl's Surrender

1975

Kathy's Graduation Present

1975

China Doll

1975

Baby Oil

1975

Gladys and Her All Girl Band

1975

Lisa Meets Mr. Big

1975

The Passions of Carol

1975

Two Senoritas

1975

Sin of Lust

1975

Private Practice

1975

Hotel Hooker

1975

The School for Sexual Arts

1975

The Love Bus

1974

Come Fly with Us

1974

Teenage Nurses

1974

Lady on the Couch

1974

Pen Pals

1974

Lip Service

1974

The Tycoon's Daughter

1973

Go Fly a Kite

1973

Honeymoon Suite

1973

Ozark Sex Fiend

1973

Sweet Sexteen

1973

Come And Be Purified

1973

Teachers and Cream

1973

Tina Makes a Deal

1973

Joe Rock Superstar

1973

Guess Who's Coming

1973

Forced Entry

1973

The Porn Brokers

1973

Sexual Customs in Scandinavia

1972

Selling It

1972

Love in the Rain

1971

The Magical Ring

1971

Feel

1971

Sensuous Vixens

1971 Debut
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