cryptids/monsters

His films obsessively explore the beauty and tragedy of monsters as metaphors for the marginalized, from Pan's Labyrinth to The Shape of Water.

He deconstructs the human body as a cryptid itself, creating body horror that questions what constitutes a monster through visceral, mutating creatures.

His films like The Thing and The Fog treat cryptids and monsters as existential threats that challenge humanity's understanding of identity and survival.