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THEME EXPLORATION

haunted institutions

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Conjuring
The Conjuring
2013 · James Wan
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak
2015 · Guillermo del Toro
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
Kara
Kara
2026 · Vignesh Raja
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
Celine et Julie vont en bateau
Celine et Julie vont en bateau
1974 · Jacques Rivette
Good Mothers
Good Mothers
1942 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
House
House
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Muggsy’s First Sweetheart
Muggsy’s First Sweetheart
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm
2005 · Terry Gilliam
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster → United States

His works 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' investigate how institutions—families, cults, communities—become haunted by trauma, inherited curses, and hidden rituals.

Karyn Kusama → United States

Films like 'The Invitation' and 'The Undoing' examine how social institutions and domestic spaces become psychologically haunted by secrets, paranoia, and buried violence.

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