hunter versus hunted

His films like *Zodiac* and *Gone Girl* obsessively explore the psychological cat-and-mouse dynamics between hunter and hunted, blurring moral lines.

Works such as *Funny Games* and *Cache* dissect predator-prey relationships and audience complicity, forcing viewers into uncomfortable positions as both hunter and hunted.

His genre classics like *Halloween* and *The Fog* establish primal hunter-hunted dynamics that have defined horror cinema's existential threat framework.