A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. The initial rivalry takes a dark turn, and the relationship between Nina and Lily devolves. Its distinctive elemental blend of creeping horror and psychological thriller gets right to the heart of our fears about personal agency and control. Movies like Eyes Wide Shut and The Talented Mr. Ripley are psychological thrillers that even though they contain disturbing scenes (like murder scenes), nobody would ever label them as “horror”. Never give up on M. Night Shyamalan. However, the character development of this Western is imperative to the psychological experience, and the sudden bursts of brutality certainly help.A group of asbestos removers are working in an abandoned mental asylum that most of the townsfolk consider haunted. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free. You can see where this one is going… The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. There's a special kind of pleasure in watching cinema that doesn't just exhilarate in its own morbidity, but actively makes the viewer feel like he or she is losing their mind. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it. Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves. Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
Mysterious strangers? He soon realises that his skepticism was most definitely misplaced. Here are some gnarly, disturbing psychological horror movies. 1920, rural Ireland. Here, it could be the tether between our minds and reality.A slow burner of immoderate length, this film might feel like a drag to some. Here are some gnarly, disturbing psychological horror movies. The cast includes Mia The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by Bill Lancaster, and starring Kurt Russell. The film stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Misery is a 1990 American psychological thriller film based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name and starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American supernatural thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. If Korea has Park Chan Wook, Japan has Takashi Miike, who created psychological thrillers like Audition (1999), Ichi The Killer (2001), and One Missed Call (2003). In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Psychological thrillers give us some of the most dramatic art in cinema. It won eight Goya Awards, including awards for Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, written and produced by Bruce Joel Rubin and starring Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña and Danny Aiello. Directed by John Moore and written by David Seltzer, the film stars Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, and Mia Farrow. I've added a mini review and a rating. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor.
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home. The shimmer doesn't just have physical manifestations however, it can also do unsightly things to the mind.A Vietnam War veteran returns home, only for us to realise he's already in the process of going insane. If you enjoy the jump-out-at-you kind of horror, but still want the depth of a psychological thriller, Jonathan Demme’s Silence of the Lambs is for you.