psychological horror film

C7059
concept

A psychological horror film is a movie that focuses on characters’ mental and emotional states to create fear, tension, and unease, often blurring the line between reality and perception rather than relying primarily on physical threats or gore.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
psychological horror film canonical 154
surrealist film 67
psychological horror-thriller film 6

Instances (225)

Instance Via concept surface
Mayday surrealist film
Knock Knock (2015)
surface form: Knock Knock
Bunny and the Bull surrealist film
What? surrealist film
Repulsion (1965 film)
Cure (1997 film)
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Escape Room
Destino (Disney–Dalí short film) surrealist film
The Babadook
The Stendhal Syndrome
Hannibal (film)
Mother!
Poor Things surrealist film
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Frailty
Rosemary's Baby
Inland Empire
Sorry to Bother You surrealist film
L’Âge d’Or surrealist film
The Exterminating Angel surrealist film
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie surrealist film
The Phantom of Liberty surrealist film
That Obscure Object of Desire surrealist film
An Andalusian Dog surrealist film
Antichrist
The Lighthouse
American Psycho
Mad Love
It Comes at Night
Sisters
The Ward
Bug
surface form: Bug (2006 film)
The Silence of the Lambs
Climax (2018 film)
Maniac
surface form: Maniac (2012 film)
Last Night in Soho
The Bad Seed
Repulsion
Jacob's Ladder
Beau Is Afraid surrealist film
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths surrealist film
Saw
Don't Look Now (1973 film)
surface form: Don't Look Now
The Seventh Victim
Bedlam
Berberian Sound Studio
Marrowbone
Split psychological horror-thriller film