death threat

His films like 'Se7en' and 'Zodiac' intensely explore the psychological terror and moral implications of death threats and serial violence.

His work, particularly 'Funny Games,' directly confronts viewers with graphic death threats and violence as a means to examine media complicity and human cruelty.

Films like 'Prisoners' and 'Enemy' create suffocating atmospheres where characters face existential and literal death threats that drive psychological torment.