THEME EXPLORATION

generational curse

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cursed
Cursed
2005 · Wes Craven
The Sleep Curse
The Sleep Curse
2017 · Herman Yau
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Regno di Napoli
Regno di Napoli
1978 · Werner Schroeter
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
Someone to Remember
Someone to Remember
1943 · Robert Siodmak
The State I Am In
The State I Am In
2001 · Christian Petzold
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Bill Condon
Annabelle: Creation
Annabelle: Creation
2017 · David F. Sandberg
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
La belle endormie
La belle endormie
2010 · Catherine Breillat
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster USA

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar obsessively explore how trauma and inherited darkness pass through family bloodlines across generations.

 Karyn Kusama USA

Works such as The Invitation and Destroyer examine how past violence and family dysfunction haunt characters and repeat destructive cycles.

 Pablo Larraín Chile

His films including Jackie and Spencer dissect how personal and political curses shape individuals trapped within legacies they cannot escape.