premonition

His films like Zodiac and Gone Girl obsessively explore how characters piece together fragmented clues to predict and prevent future horror, making premonition a central psychological mechanism.

Hereditary and Midsommar construct elaborate systems of supernatural foreshadowing where viewers sense impending doom through recurring symbols and ritualistic patterns before they materialize.

Films like After the Storm subtly weave premonition into intimate family moments, where characters feel inexplicable unease about futures they cannot articulate, grounded in emotional truth rather than the supernatural.