His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' explore visceral physical and psychological metamorphosis as central to human experience.

His work, particularly 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', examines metamorphosis as spiritual and existential transformation amid psychological dissolution.

His philosophical films like 'Stalker' and 'Solaris' portray metamorphosis as inner spiritual evolution and the fundamental unknowability of consciousness.