personification of illness

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' personify illness and disease as entities that transform and consume the human body with visceral, often grotesque agency.

In films like 'Parasite' and 'Okja', he uses disease, infection, and contamination as metaphors that take on character-like roles within social systems.

Her film 'The Invitation' personifies paranoia and emotional illness as a creeping, sentient presence that infects relationships and spaces.