"Psychological horror movies and TV shows are an assault on our hearts and minds."
-Jason Hellerman.
"Psychological horror ... explores emotional and psychological vulnerabilities over primal survival fears."- Dr. Glenn D. Walters
Psychological horror is a sub-genre oh horror that means to delve into the psyche of a character, or characters, or make some sort of commentary about society. They can be described as disturbing, overwhelming, confusing, and off-putting. They can be very surrealist, such as "The Killing of a Sacred Deer", by Yorgos Lanthimos, and "I'm thinking of Ending Things", by Charlie Kauffman.
Psychological thrillers are different, as they rely on logic to solve whatever mystery is happening. They can also be very straight to the point, and follow the pattern of classical horror movies, such as "The Visit", by M. Night Shyamalan, and most of his films in general, as it is generally reveal the answer to a mystery by the last few scenes. You may also think of movies without any paranormal activity or horror really, like "Zodiac", by David Fincher. In conclusion, "psychological horror.. has all the gore and violence with complex explanations and paranoia. " (Jason Hellerman).
In my personal film viewing experience, I've noticed that psychological thrillers tend to rely less on gore and scary tropes, hence why I chose it.
In my following blogs, I will touch more on how my film would follow the tropes of these films. These being:
Story tropes-
The classic- Everything is fine until something jumps from "a bush"
The Full Version- Nothing is happening which makes it more eerie and making the audience expect a grand reveal.
The Empty Version- Nothing is happening until a big reveal.
Sources
https://nofilmschool.com/psychological-horror-movies-and-tv-shows-genre
https://www.filminquiry.com/beginners-guide-psychological-horror/
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