cursed locations

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar meticulously explore how locations become repositories of trauma and curse, where buildings and landscapes embody ancestral sins.

The Ju-On franchise defines the cursed location subgenre, where a single house becomes a malevolent entity that spreads its curse to all who enter it.

His works including The Haunting of Hill House and Gerald's Game treat cursed spaces as living characters where locations harbor supernatural forces tied to past traumas.