unethical surgery

His films obsessively explore body horror and medical violation, particularly in works like 'Videodrome' and 'The Fly' where surgery and transformation become grotesque violations of bodily autonomy.

He examines obsession and physical self-destruction through medical/surgical imagery in films like 'Black Swan' and 'The Fountain,' where bodily modification becomes psychologically torturous.

His film 'Oldboy' and others feature graphic surgical violence and revenge scenarios that interrogate the ethics of bodily modification and medical transgression.