THEME EXPLORATION

cursed birth

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Gore Verbinski
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
Lena and the Geese
Lena and the Geese
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Merci pour le chocolat
Merci pour le chocolat
2000 · Claude Chabrol
Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Julien Duvivier
The Gorgon
The Gorgon
1964 · Terence Fisher
The Baby of Mâcon
The Baby of Mâcon
1993 · Peter Greenaway
Evil Dead
Evil Dead
2013 · Fede Álvarez
Baron Blood
Baron Blood
1972 · Mario Bava
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2014 · Christophe Gans
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
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1998 · Takashi Shimizu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Brood' and 'Rabbithole' explore the cursed physicality of birth and inheritance through grotesque transformation.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

Films like 'mother!' and 'Black Swan' obsess over the psychological curse of procreation, motherhood, and natal trauma.

 Gaspar Noé France/Argentina

His work, particularly 'Irréversible' and 'Climax,' unflinchingly examines the curse of human existence originating from conception and cyclical violence.