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Dan O'Bannon
Writer 1946 - 2009

Dan O'Bannon

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American screenwriter and director of science fiction and horror films. He is best known for his work on "Alien" (1979), "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985) and "Total Recall" (1990).

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

11 titles
Bleeders

Bleeders

Peter Svatek 1997 1h 29m 4.0

A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. Although his relatives were all thought to be dead, he finds them living underground.

Screamers

Screamers

Christian Duguay 1995 1h 48m 7.2

(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.

Total Recall

Total Recall

Paul Verhoeven 1990 1h 53m 7.7

The construction worker Douglas Quaid leads a simple life with his attractive wife Lori. Yet Doug dreams of a life on Mars. One wish and this dream is all to soon a reality. A dark science fiction film from Paul Verhoeven.

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

Tobe Hooper 1986 1h 40m 4.3

In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

The Return of the Living Dead

The Return of the Living Dead

Dan O'Bannon 1985 1h 31m 7.2

When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.

Lifeforce

Lifeforce

Tobe Hooper 1985 1h 42m 6.4

A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.

Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

John Badham 1983 1h 50m 7.2

Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

Gerald Potterton, John Bruno 1981 1h 30m 7.1

A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Dead & Buried

Dead & Buried

Gary Sherman 1981 1h 34m 6.8

After mobs of small-town locals kill tourists, the tourists start showing up again.

Alien

Alien

Ridley Scott 1979 1h 57m 8.8

During a rescue mission on an unknown planet an unidentified creature comes aboard a crews ship. Soon the fight for life and death begins. A masterful British science fiction horror film from Ridley Scott.

Dark Star

Dark Star

John Carpenter 1974 1h 23m 7.1

A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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