personification of illness

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' personify illness and disease as transformative, sentient forces that consume and reshape the human body.

Her anime series 'Cells at Work!' literally personifies illness as character antagonists while portraying the body's immune system as heroic defenders.

Films like 'Melancholia' and 'Antichrist' personify psychological and emotional illnesses as autonomous entities that possess and overwhelm their human hosts.