 His visual style often uses a dual-focus technique in which one person's face takes up most the screen in profile, with another person shown on the other half of the screen in the background.He then started directing action movies after a list of well-known '90s horror films including the in the "Hellraiser" series.This led to HBO hiring him to make its first action/horror "Full Eclipse" which spawned the Friday night action slot that lasted over 5 years and to which Hickox made several more contributions.