THEME EXPLORATION

predation and seduction

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2013 · Jonathan Glazer
Something to Remind Me
Something to Remind Me
2002 · Christian Petzold
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
1944 · Douglas Sirk
The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers
1990 · Paul Schrader
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate
2007 · Olivier Assayas
An Arcadian Maid
An Arcadian Maid
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Docteur Popaul
Docteur Popaul
1972 · Claude Chabrol
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Terence Fisher
La Venexiana (The Venetian Woman
La Venexiana (The Venetian Woman
1986 · Mauro Bolognini
Teorema
Teorema
1968 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Lovers
The Lovers
1953 · Kon Ichikawa
The Straits of Love and Hate
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring
1989 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Egoism
Egoism
1964 · Yannis Dalianidis
All About My Wife
All About My Wife
2012 · Min Kyu-dong
Erotic Ghost Story
Erotic Ghost Story
1990 · Lam Nai-Choi
Golden Balls
Golden Balls
1993 · Bigas Luna
Hidden Desire
Hidden Desire
1991 · Ho Fan
Mom's Friend 2
Mom's Friend 2
2016 · Lim Hyun-tae
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Michael Curtiz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

Explores psychological manipulation and predatory power dynamics through meticulous character studies in films like Gone Girl and Se7en.

 Park Chan-wook South Korea

Masterfully examines seduction as a weapon and predatory obsession through visually stunning narratives in The Handmaiden and Oldboy.

 Brian De Palma USA

Crafts suspenseful narratives centered on predatory voyeurism and seductive manipulation, blending Hitchcockian technique with erotic tension.