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Creepy Catalog's 33+ Great Psychological Horror Movies

"Psychological horror is a subgenre within horror cinema that uses distributed mental states — anxiety, paranoia, loneliness, trauma, mental illness, and dread — as the primary means of scaring the audience. Psychological horror movies share similarities to slow burn horror movies and psychological thrillers. Like slow burn movies, psychological horror films tend to be scary in a more abstract or cerebral way. Unlike slow burn horror, psychological horror often moves at a faster pace more akin to a thriller or action film. Gore, jump scares, and graphic violence take a back seat; the dark depths of the human mind and negative emotions are brought to the forefront. Suspense is the key storytelling technique - a lingering anxiety about what is going on, an atmosphere of horror. "Unnerving" is another perfect word to describe the genre. What comes with this are often surprise endings or surreal reversals of everything we thought was true." - creepycatalog.com
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
2
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
4
Repulsion (1965)
Repulsion (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
5
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
The Killing Kind (1973)
The Killing Kind (1973)
8
Symptoms (1974)
Symptoms (1974)
9
The Sender (1982)
The Sender (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
10
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
11
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
Perfect Blue (1997)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
13
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
14
Gemini (1999)
Gemini (1999)
15
American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
16
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
17
Session 9 (2001)
Session 9 (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
18
Gothika (2003)
Gothika (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   15%
19
Identity (2003)
Identity (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
20
The Memory of a Killer (2003)
The Memory of a Killer (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
21
Hide and Seek (2005)
Hide and Seek (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   13%
22
Bug (2006)
Bug (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
23
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
24
Shutter Island (2010)
Shutter Island (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
25
Take Shelter (2011)
Take Shelter (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
26
Kill List (2011)
Kill List (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
27
Creep (2014)
Creep (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
28
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
29
Gerald's Game (2017)
Gerald's Game (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
Mother! (2017)
Mother! (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
31
Get Out (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
33
Ma (2019)
Ma (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   56%
34
Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
35
The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
36
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
37
The Black Cat (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
38
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
39
The Leopard Man (1943)
The Leopard Man (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
40
Dementia (1955)
Dementia (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
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