THEME EXPLORATION

supernatural creatures

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As the Gods Will
As the Gods Will
2014 · Takashi Miike
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 · Takashi Yamazaki
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2025 · Emma Tammi
Nocturne
Nocturne
2017 · Stephen Shimek
Aliens
Aliens
1986 · James Cameron
The Wesley's Mysterious File
The Wesley's Mysterious File
2002 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984 · Ivan Reitman
Body Snatch
Body Snatch
1998 · Anonymous Fixture
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Guillermo del Toro
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christophe Gans France

Blends visceral horror with fantastical imagery and kinetic action sequences.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His filmography obsessively explores supernatural creatures as metaphors for human experience, from Pan's Labyrinth's faun to The Shape of Water's amphibian being.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He pioneered body horror and the transformation of humans into supernatural creatures, examining how the monstrous emerges from the biological and psychological.