John P. Hess

Some people consider them the best part of the movie going experience - the Movie Trailer. Take a l…

This short documentary explores eight theories on why humans are so fascinated with fright.

Dissect the history of horror, from it's roots deep in Gothic literature, through B-movie status an…

See how the changes in technology have changed our own social attitudes towards how to watch movies.

Color is a subtle tool that can transport us from our ordinary lives to extraordinary worlds of cin…

Go inside the history of the travelling mattes (now called chromakey) and learn the history of visu…

John Hess traces the evolution of the screen shape from the silent film days through the widescreen…

Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to…