THEME EXPLORATION

scientific experiments gone wrong

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Drive
Drive
2011 · Nicolas Winding Refn
Embrace of the Serpent
Embrace of the Serpent
2015 · Ciro Guerra
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
2023 · Christopher Nolan
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
I Am Legend
I Am Legend
2007 · Francis Lawrence
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 · Marc Webb
Fargo
Fargo
1996 · Joel Coen
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon
1929 · Fritz Lang
Colony
Colony
2026 · Yeon Sang-ho
Space/Time
Space/Time
2026 · Michael O'Halloran
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' obsessively explore scientific experimentation's grotesque physical consequences.

 David Lynch United States

Films like 'Eraserhead' present nightmarish visions of science and technology creating disturbing, inexplicable human suffering.

 Andrzej Żuławski Poland

'Possession' uses scientific/occult imagery to depict how experimentation and obsession destroy relationships and sanity.