Tracing the thread…
His films obsessively explore psychological possession and the replacement of identity through trauma, memory, and obsessive desire.
David Cronenberg CanadaHis body horror cinema literalizes possession through parasitic replacement, mutation, and the colonization of the physical self by external forces.
Andrzej Żuławski PolandHis visceral psychological dramas depict characters consumed by possession—romantic, emotional, and existential—where identity is constantly displaced and consumed by another's presence.