Psychological Horror is a subgenre that disturbs by tapping into mental and emotional vulnerabilities, exposing repression, paranoia, and self-doubt rather than relying on gore or monsters. It uses atmosphere, suspense, and unreliable perspectives to unsettle, think Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) with Norman Bates’ fractured psyche, Jennifer Kent’s grief-fueled The Babadook (2014), and modern indies like Hereditary (2018) or The Invitation (2015), which probe familial trauma and creeping paranoia. These films haunt long, proving that true terror often comes from within.
April Hartman & Tom Zembrod star in Silhouette. Psychological movies based on true stories surrounding a vicious crime in 1997.
In the Shadow of the Moon stars Boyd Holbrook & Michael C. Hall. The movie wants you to think it’s about a serial killer.
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The Swerve by Dean Kapsalis. A psycho-thriller about Holly, who begins to show signs that something is not quite right.
