THEME EXPLORATION
cursed towns
12 films · 2 directors
Tracing the thread…
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch
USA
Lynch crafts surreal, nightmarish towns (Twin Peaks, Eraserhead) where underlying darkness corrupts everyday American life.
Ari Aster USAAster explores isolated, ritualistic communities suffused with dread in films like Hereditary and Midsommar where places themselves seem malevolent.