animal antagonist

His films obsessively explore humanity's dangerous relationship with untamed nature and animal forces, from grizzly bears to venomous snakes, questioning the boundary between predator and prey.

He uses animal mutation and biological horror as metaphors for bodily terror and loss of control, transforming creatures into manifestations of human anxiety and decay.

His films weaponize animals as social allegory and class commentary, using them as antagonistic forces that reveal systemic human cruelty and societal hierarchies.