Our Chosen Genre - PSYCHOLOGICAL
Psychological horror movies aim to create an air of discomfort in the audience by showing off certain emotional / psychological fears and revealing the darker parts of the human mind, which most people choose to suppress. Characters will often face perverse situations, the supernatural, immorality (such as our own OTS with Organ Trafficking) and conspiracies. And while other horror sub genres tend to focus on fantastical situations such as monsters, ours will involve situations more grounded in artistic realism.
Top rated psychological movie, Silence of the Lambs
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Artistic Realism at work in Hannibal (Series)
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Classic Examples of this Genre
The Black Cat (1934) and Cat People (1942) have been cited as early psychological horror films.
Roman Polanski directed two films which are considered quintessential psychological horror: Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Roman Polanski directed two films which are considered quintessential psychological horror: Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).
The sub genre is a staple in Asian countries. Japanese horror films, commonly referred to as "J-horror", have been noted to be generally of a psychological horror nature. Notable examples are Ring (1998).