supernatural prequel

His films like Hereditary and Midsommar meticulously build supernatural dread by establishing unsettling mythologies and hidden histories that precede the main narrative.

He consistently constructs elaborate supernatural backstories and prequel-like mythologies that haunt his present-day narratives, as seen in Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak.

His obsessive historical research and atmospheric world-building create films like The Witch and The Lighthouse that feel like windows into preexisting supernatural worlds with deep, hidden origins.