THEME EXPLORATION

supernatural transformation

30 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Crane
Crane
1988 · Kon Ichikawa
Goodbye Charlie
Goodbye Charlie
1964 · Vincente Minnelli
The Gorgon
The Gorgon
1964 · Terence Fisher
Tiresia
Tiresia
2003 · Bertrand Bonello
Full Moon High
Full Moon High
1981 · Larry Cohen
Il Cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza
Il Cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza
1975 · Lucio Fulci
L’Alchimiste Parafaragamus ou La cornue infernale
L’Alchimiste Parafaragamus ou La cornue infernale
1906 · Georges Méliès
An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London
1981 · John Landis
Wolf
Wolf
1994 · Mike Nichols
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
2012 · Wuershan
Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-
Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-
2024 · Shunsuke Nakashige
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
Carne trémula
Carne trémula
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
Satan's Slaves
Satan's Slaves
2017 · Joko Anwar
Angel at Sea
Angel at Sea
2009 · Frédéric Dumont
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle
2004 · —
My Nikifor
My Nikifor
2005 · Krzysztof Krauze
Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
Svatá Klára
Svatá Klára
1996 · Ari Folman & Ori Sivan
The Art of Negative Thinking
The Art of Negative Thinking
2007 · Bård Breien
The Mirror
The Mirror
1975 · Andrei Tarkovsky
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Gordon Chan British Crown Colony [now China]

Synthesizes Hong Kong action cinema with genre-blending narratives and visual dynamism.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films like 'The Shape of Water' and 'Pan's Labyrinth' explore transformation as metaphor for identity, love, and survival through supernatural metamorphosis.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He specializes in body horror and biological transformation, examining how the physical body can grotesquely evolve in films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome'.