Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Won the Oscar for costume design
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medium
Won an Oscar for screenplay
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hard
Demonic possession horror
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Each film turns the body into contested space. The threat is not just outside the house or behind the door. Something gets in, wears a person badly, and makes everyone else decide whether they are seeing illness, evil, or both.
tricky
Comedies with puppet, toy, or model characters
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Each film gets laughs from performers who are not quite ordinary live-action bodies: stop-motion-like toys, hand puppets, marionettes, or a silent plastic cowboy universe. The joke starts with the artificial body and then somehow gets more human from there.