THEME EXPLORATION

abandoned sanatorium

9 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
January Stories
January Stories
2024 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Session 9
Session 9
2001 · Brad Anderson
The Age of Desire
The Age of Desire
1923 · Frank Borzage
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
2011 · Declan O'Brien
Cold Prey
Cold Prey
2006 · Roar Uthaug
Dark Woods
Dark Woods
2003 · Pål Øie
Exeter
Exeter
2015 · Marcus Nispel
The Pack
The Pack
1977 · Robert Clouse
The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell
The Red Book Ritual: Gates of Hell
2025 · Nathan Crooker & Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrzej Żuławski Poland

His visceral, psychologically intense films like 'Possession' explore decay and abandonment as manifestations of mental and emotional deterioration.

 David Lynch United States

His surrealist approach to industrial decay and medical spaces in works like 'Eraserhead' and 'Twin Peaks' transforms abandonment into uncanny psychological landscapes.