identity and mutilation

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' explore identity destruction through physical transformation and mutation.

Works such as 'Eraserhead' and 'The Elephant Man' examine fractured identity and the mutilation of self through surrealism and psychological fragmentation.

Films like 'Irréversible' and 'Climax' present identity dissolution and bodily harm as visceral explorations of trauma and human vulnerability.