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.
In 2011, Jaume Balagueró brought us Sleep Tight, a Spanish home invasion thriller. Lee Kwon wants us to relive the terror in modern times with Door Lock 도어락
The Swerve by Dean Kapsalis. A psycho-thriller about Holly, who begins to show signs that something is not quite right.
Movies about toxic relationships in the form of Greta. Not dissimilar to any stalker or obsession movie you’ve seen before + Greta trailer
Netflix horror movies. ‘The Perfection.’ A musical prodigy takes on the Bachoff’s school’s star pupil with sinister results.
A psychological ghost tale from the director of Christmas Blood, The House aka Huset. Snow movies set in a snowy Norwegian wilderness.
I Trapped the Devil is a film from Josh Lobo made on a budget of $1 million for IFC Midnight.
