THEME EXPLORATION

cursed pool

16 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Gore Verbinski

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning

This and a Million More Lights

This and a Million More Lights
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Julien Duvivier

Cousin, cousine
1987 · Jean Rouch

The Gorgon
1964 · Terence Fisher

Baron Blood
1972 · Mario Bava

The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins

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1998 · Takashi Shimizu

Dead Before Dawn
2012 · April Mullen

Djinn
2013 · Tobe Hooper

Ghost Lantern
1993 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Kaidan
2007 · Hideo Nakata

Poison Sangga: The Homewrecker's Curse
2024 · Rizal Mantovani

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund

The Accursed
2010 · Adrián García Bogliano

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Karyn Kusama USA

Her film 'The Invitation' and body of work demonstrate masterful tension around cursed spaces and the psychological horror of contaminated environments.

Ari Aster USA

His meticulous horror direction in 'Midsommar' and 'Hereditary' explores how spaces and rituals become cursed through accumulated trauma and supernatural forces.