THEME EXPLORATION

ritualistic murder

23 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Man's Neck
A Man's Neck
1933 · Julien Duvivier
The Stranger Came Home
The Stranger Came Home
1954 · Terence Fisher
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
Killer Cover Up
Killer Cover Up
2021 · Damián Romay
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
Over Your Dead Body
Over Your Dead Body
2026 · Jorma Taccone
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
1953 · Luchino Visconti
Aus dem Leben des Marionetten
Aus dem Leben des Marionetten
1980 · Ingmar Bergman
Blow-Up
Blow-Up
1966 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Cute Devil
Cute Devil
1982 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Eyes in the Night
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Fred Zinnemann
Hamles
Hamles
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Her Alibi
Her Alibi
1989 · Bruce Beresford
In the Cut
In the Cut
2003 · Jane Campion
Island of Hell
Island of Hell
1977 · Kon Ichikawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher USA

His meticulous examination of serial killers and obsessive ritualistic behavior appears in films like *Zodiac* and *Se7en*, where murder becomes a twisted form of expression and control.

 Ari Aster USA

His horror films *Hereditary* and *Midsommar* depict ritualistic killing as embedded in cultural and familial practices, exploring how murder becomes spiritualized through tradition.