THEME EXPLORATION

historical evil

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
X-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · Bryan Singer
Snow White and the Huntsman
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · Rupert Sanders
Dracula
Dracula
1958 · Terence Fisher
Dracula 3D
Dracula 3D
2012 · Dario Argento
Teen Wolf: The Movie
Teen Wolf: The Movie
2023 · Russell Mulcahy
Shaolin Abbot
Shaolin Abbot
1979 · Ho Meng-Hua
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974 · Roy Ward Baker
Shoah
Shoah
1985 · Claude Lanzmann
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2000 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

Films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' directly depict and analyze revolutionary violence and the machinery of historical oppression.

 Ritwik Ghatak India

His Partition trilogy brutally examines the communal violence and displacement of Partition, making trauma and historical atrocity the core of his cinematic language.