In 2013, director Vincenzo Natali released Haunter , a supernatural thriller that subverts traditional ghost story tropes [4, 6].
: The story follows writer Robert Blake, who becomes obsessed with a desolate, shuttered church in Providence, Rhode Island [21]. Upon exploring it, he accidentally summons an ancient, three-lobed, burning-eyed entity—a mask of the deity Nyarlathotep—that exists only in darkness [19, 21]. Haunter
: Instead of following the living people being haunted, the film focuses on Lisa Johnson (played by Abigail Breslin), a girl who realizes she and her family are ghosts stuck in a time loop [6, 13]. In 2013, director Vincenzo Natali released Haunter ,
: The story exemplifies cosmic horror , where human curiosity leads to the discovery of ancient, indifferent, and terrifying forces [26]. It touches on themes of xenophobia, religious superstition, and the fragility of the human mind [25, 32]. 3. Modern Cinema: The 2013 Horror Film : Instead of following the living people being