Original Dan O'Bannon Movie Posters

Dan O'Bannon movie posters connect some of the most significant science fiction and horror campaigns of the 1970s and 1980s — authentic original prints linking his work as screenwriter of Alien to his directorial debut Return of the Living Dead and his earlier collaboration with John Carpenter on Dark Star. Find original Dan O'Bannon campaign materials across these landmark productions. As the screenwriter of Alien (1979) — and the creative force behind the creature's conceptualisation — O'Bannon was present at the creation of one of cinema's most famous poster images: the cracked egg with its sinister green glow, designed for 20th Century Fox's campaign. Original Alien advance one-sheets in fine flat unfolded condition are among the most actively traded science fiction posters of the era. His directorial debut Return of the Living Dead (1985) generated a campaign that has become its own cult object — the day-glo coloured one-sheets and the punk-horror aesthetic capturing the film's irreverent relationship to its source material with considerable wit. British quad versions of Return of the Living Dead adopt a different compositional approach and are often preferred by UK collectors. His earlier work on John Carpenter's Dark Star (1974) — for which he co-wrote and appeared — produced the modest but now-scarce original campaign for that independently produced science fiction film. Browse alongside our Alien, Dark Star, and Joe Dante collections for related science fiction and horror material. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.