THEME EXPLORATION

occult archaeology

20 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Hereditary
2018 · Ari Aster

Die Patriotin
1979 · Alexander Kluge

Rosario
2025 · Felipe Vargas

Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova

Casanova (Fellini’s Casanova
1976 · Federico Fellini

The Dead
1987 · John Huston

The Devil Rides Out

The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Terence Fisher

Inferno
1980 · Dario Argento

When a River Becomes the Sea

When a River Becomes the Sea
2025 · Pere Vilà Barceló

Le Génie du feu

Le Génie du feu
1908 · Georges Méliès

Talk to Me
2023 · Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou

Strange Codes
1975 · Arthur Lipsett

Longlegs
2024 · Osgood Perkins

Kill List
2011 · Ben Wheatley

Oddity
2024 · Damian McCarthy

Advantage Satan

Advantage Satan
2007 · Sean Byrne

Black Magic 2
1976 · Ho Meng-Hua

Necronomicon
1993 · Christophe Gans

Penumbra
2012 · Adrián García Bogliano

Szamanka
1996 · Andrzej Żuławski

Tenants
2018 · Chava Cartas

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Maurice Pialat France

His exploration of psychological depths and forbidden knowledge creates a cinematic archaeology of the human unconscious and taboo practices.

David Lynch United States

His dreamscapes and investigations into darkness beneath suburban normalcy function as occult excavations of the subconscious and hidden mysteries.