haunted objects

His films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' feature objects imbued with supernatural dread and familial curse, where inanimate things become conduits of inherited trauma and dark spiritual forces.

Known for exploring Japanese folklore and tsukumogami (spirits inhabiting objects), his work treats everyday items as vessels of ancient magic and emotional resonance within cultural memory.

His films, particularly 'Crimson Peak' and 'The Shape of Water,' weave haunted architecture and possessed objects into gothic narratives where spaces and things carry their own tragic histories and supernatural presence.