Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star (2010)

4.8/10 118 min Documentary Science Fiction

Overview

Exploring the controversial story behind John Carpenter (Halloween & The Thing) and writer Dan O Bannon's (Alien & Return of the Living Dead) from first feature film. From its humble beginnings as a USC student film, to its modern day status as a cult masterpiece. It also offers a rare glimpse inside the creative minds of two USC film students... who would eventually go on to change the way horror films are made.

Cast

Jeff Burr

Himself

John Carpenter

Himself (voice)

Ron Cobb

Himself (voice)

Douglas Knapp

Himself

Brian Narelle

Himself

Dan O'Bannon

Himself (Archival Footage)

Tommy Lee Wallace

Himself

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