
September 30, 1946 · 79 years old
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).

After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?

When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained s...

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Sheriff Dan Gillis investigates eerie deaths in a sleepy coastal town.

A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.

Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."