THEME EXPLORATION

blood ritual

21 films · 1 director

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Afternoons of Solitude
Afternoons of Solitude
2026 · Albert Serra
Luminous People
Luminous People
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River
1950 · Jean Rouch
Tekenchu: The Rite of the Nahuales
Tekenchu: The Rite of the Nahuales
2026 · Carlos Matienzo Serment
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Terence Fisher
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
1978 · Shirley Clarke
Hôtel du Nord
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Marcel Carné
Kumbha Mela
Kumbha Mela
1989 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Medea
Medea
1969 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Invocation of My Demon Brother
Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · Kenneth Anger
Medea
Medea
1988 · Lars von Trier
Sürü
Sürü
1978 · Yílmaz Güney
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1983 · Shohei Imamura
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
Fantasma
Fantasma
2007 · Lisandro Alonso
My Dearest Assassin
My Dearest Assassin
2026 · Taweewat Wantha
Scars of Dracula
Scars of Dracula
1970 · Roy Ward Baker
The Seventh Curse
The Seventh Curse
1986 · Lam Nai-Choi
Winter Brothers
Winter Brothers
2017 · Hlynur Pálmason
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

Explores blood ritual as psychological and spiritual transgression in films like *Eraserhead* and *Mulholland Drive*, blending the mundane with the ceremonial.