reunion with the dead

His films like 'After Life' and 'Marebito' directly explore encounters with the deceased and the liminal space between life and death.

His supernatural works, particularly 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Crimson Peak,' weave ghosts and spectral beings into deeply personal narratives about loss and memory.

His films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' intensely explore grief, ancestral haunting, and the psychological manifestations of the dead in the living world.