john hogan

First there was The Witch back in 2015 and then there was The Lighthouse in 2019. Two Robert Eggers movies that pushed the boundaries of the horror genre with hallucinatory execution, menacing atmosphere and arthouse flair paving the way…

Stephen Norrington’s Blade was a crucial entry into Marvel movie lore at the time of its release in 1998. With an R-Rated commitment and a dark execution, Blade was the injection of adult-oriented life Marvel needed at the time, with the…

All glories of flesh vanish, and this, the glory of infantine beauty seen in the mirror of memory, soonest of all. Three mothers metaphorically affecting humanity – this is the fascinating basis of Thomas De Quincey’s 1845 novel,…

Video nasty – a film on video considered to be gratuitously and offensively violent or pornographic. A controversial subject ever since the early 1980s, this was thanks to the unwavering determination of Mary Whitehouse and the National…

M. Night Shyamalan has always been an enigmatic figure in the film industry, renowned for treading the line between psychological horror and high concept thriller since his breakout hit The Sixth Sense back in 1999. The filmmaker’s…

Before David Fincher's cinematic debut in 1992, he had become a notoriously prolific figure among the music video business, having directed over 50 music videos since 1984, working with the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Sting, Michael Jackson…

The Rashomon effect is a term used to highlight the condemning unreliability of eyewitness accounts. With the Rashomon effect, the eyewitness account is subject to truth, lies and everything that lingers in between. It is a filmmaking…

Let’s be honest here, video game adaptations have (usually) never gone well. Beginning all the way back in 1993 with a big budget movie based upon the hugely successful Super Mario Bros. series, production companies like Buena Vista…

When your first introduction to a titular character is a nostalgia-soaked montage detailing one man's insatiable lust to create 'life saving inventions out of household materials' while he stands triumphantly atop the world blowing a golden…

There have been many movies based around the concept of the fallen angel Lucifer and his possible presence amongst us with classics like Angel Heart and Rosemary's Baby regularly topping the bunch. But no film has handled this popular…