Collider's list description: It could be said that we go to the movies in the first place for the thrills. The desire to experience new stories, to put ourselves in someone else's shoes, to live out exciting events that might otherwise never be possible. We long for escapism.
But that's not what psychological thrillers are all about. Psychological thrillers focus less on external adventure and threat and more on the interior worlds of heroes and villains whose grasp on reality is dangerously close to failing. They are stories of paranoia, delusion, phobias, and abuse. They exploit the anxieties of the audience while providing much-needed catharsis, putting our fears out in the open and revealing that they can either be conquered or, at the very least, have genuine validity...
