THEME EXPLORATION

Halloween festival

12 films · 3 directors

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders

A Scary Time
1960 · Shirley Clarke

20 Little Films
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Night of the Living Dead
1968 · George A. Romero

Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies

Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961 · Mai Zetterling

Robert C Cumbow, Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter , Second Edition, The Scarecrow Press

Robert C Cumbow, Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter , Second Edition, The Scarecrow Press
2000 · John Carpenter

Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe

Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
1930 · Sergei Eisenstein

Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967 · Jean Rouch

Taking Woodstock
2009 · Ang Lee

Hubert Bals Handshake

Hubert Bals Handshake
1989 · Peter Greenaway

Broom-Stick Bunny
1956 · Chuck Jones

La Fête du Cinéma
2018 · Cédric Klapisch

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

John Carpenter USA

Defined the modern Halloween horror aesthetic with iconic films like 'Halloween' (1978) and 'The Fog' (1980) that established the visual and tonal language of the season.

Tim Burton USA

Synthesized Halloween's gothic aesthetics with whimsy and dark fantasy, most famously in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993), which has become a cultural Halloween cornerstone.

David Cronenberg Canada

Explores body horror and psychological terror with visceral intensity, creating deeply unsettling films that capture Halloween's darker, more transgressive spirit.