Tracing the thread…
His psychological thrillers like 'Body Double' and 'Dressed to Kill' obsessively deconstruct voyeurism and obsessive pursuit through innovative cinematography and unreliable perspectives.
Powell and Pressburger United Kingdom'Peeping Tom' remains one of cinema's most unsettling explorations of obsessive watching and stalking, examining the voyeuristic gaze of both killer and audience.
Ari Aster United States'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' create intense atmospheres of being watched and trapped, with characters followed and hunted within claustrophobic social and supernatural spaces.