THEME EXPLORATION

mirror curse

24 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cursed
Cursed
2005 · Wes Craven
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Bill Condon
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
La belle endormie
La belle endormie
2010 · Catherine Breillat
Ringu
Ringu
1998 · Hideo Nakata
Eye of the Devil
Eye of the Devil
1966 · J. Lee Thompson
Moon over Morocco
Moon over Morocco
1931 · Julien Duvivier
Passion of a Woman Teacher
Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926 · Kenji Mizoguchi
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Terence Fisher
Xala
Xala
1975 · Ousmane Sembène
Black Sunday
Black Sunday
1960 · Mario Bava
Demonia
Demonia
1990 · Lucio Fulci
Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002 · Takashi Shimizu
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
2014 · Tom Harper
Art of the Devil 3
Art of the Devil 3
2008 · Pasith Buranajan & Putipong Saisikaew
Dead Before Dawn
Dead Before Dawn
2012 · April Mullen
Death Whisperer
Death Whisperer
2023 · Taweewat Wantha
Genus Pan
Genus Pan
2020 · Lav Diaz
Gong Tau
Gong Tau
2007 · Herman Yau
Jinxed
Jinxed
2013 · Stephen Herek
May the Devil Take You
May the Devil Take You
2018 · Timo Tjahjanto
Mortuary Blues
Mortuary Blues
1990 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Roadkill
Roadkill
2011 · Johannes Roberts
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998 · Russell Mulcahy
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

Lynch's surrealist works like *Mulholland Drive* and *Eraserhead* employ mirror imagery and doppelgänger narratives to explore psychological fragmentation and the dissolution of identity in dreamlike states.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Tarkovsky uses mirrors as philosophical tools in films like *Stalker* and *The Mirror* to contemplate consciousness, reflection, and the gap between inner reality and external perception.