THEME EXPLORATION

spiritualism and the supernatural

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
1963 · Mario Bava
Il gatto nero
Il gatto nero
1981 · Lucio Fulci
Nocturne
Nocturne
2017 · Stephen Shimek
Le Portrait spirite
Le Portrait spirite
1903 · Georges Méliès
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984 · Ivan Reitman
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
2017 · Ildikó Enyedi
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
2016 · Scott Derrickson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films explore the spectral presence of history and memory, blending the material and spiritual worlds through poetic visual language and temporal ambiguity.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

He consistently investigates the supernatural and spiritual dimensions of everyday life, treating ghosts and unseen forces as natural extensions of human consciousness and landscape.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His visually sumptuous films integrate gothic spiritualism and the supernatural as metaphors for historical trauma, loss, and the persistence of the otherworldly in human experience.