trap mechanisms

His films like *Se7en*, *Gone Girl*, and *The Game* intricately construct psychological and narrative traps that ensnare both characters and audiences.

Works such as *Prisoners* and *Enemy* systematically build elaborate moral and psychological traps that force characters into impossible situations.

His horror films *Hereditary* and *Midsommar* use ritualistic and environmental traps that progressively isolate and doom his protagonists.