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THEME EXPLORATION

supernatural pursuit

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Legend of the Mountain
Legend of the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
Nocturne
Nocturne
2017 · Stephen Shimek
The Eyes of the Mummy
The Eyes of the Mummy
1918 · Ernst Lubitsch
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984 · Ivan Reitman
L’école des femmes
L’école des femmes
1940 · Max Ophuls
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde
1965 · Miloš Forman
No
No
2012 · Pablo Larraín
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Joel Coen
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster → United States

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar explore supernatural forces that relentlessly pursue and trap characters within inescapable cycles of dread and family curses.

Karyn Kusama → United States

The Invitation and Destroyer showcase her mastery of tension where characters are hunted by supernatural or psychological forces that blur the line between the real and otherworldly.

George P. Cosmatos → Canada

Beyond the Black Rainbow and Mandy feature supernatural entities and forces that actively pursue protagonists through nightmarish, visually hypnotic landscapes.

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