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10 Psychological Horror Movies
The scary part isn't always what's hiding in the room. These movies get under your skin through grief, paranoia, obsession and the feeling that something is deeply wrong.
About these picks
- Hereditary
- A grieving family uncovers terrifying secrets about their ancestry after the death of their matriarch, leading to a horrifying confrontation with their inescapable fate.
- Black Swan
- A committed ballet dancer struggles to maintain her sanity as she competes for the lead role in 'Swan Lake,' blurring the lines between art and her fracturing reality.
- The Babadook
- A single mother, tormented by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster from a mysterious storybook that may be real.
- The Witch
- In 17th-century New England, a devout Puritan family is exiled to a remote farm, where sinister forces in the woods slowly unravel their faith and sanity.
- Saint Maud
- A devoutly religious palliative care nurse becomes obsessively fixated on saving the soul of her dying patient, believing she is on a divine mission.
- The Lighthouse
- Two lighthouse keepers on a remote New England island in the 1890s descend into madness as a storm rages, testing their sanity and allegiances.
- The Night House
- A widow begins to uncover her late husband's disturbing secrets, leading her to a haunting truth about his life and their house.
- Jacob's Ladder
- A Vietnam veteran is plagued by increasingly disturbing and violent hallucinations as he tries to uncover the truth about his past.
- Possession
- A woman's increasingly erratic and violent behavior after asking for a divorce sends her husband into a nightmarish spiral.
- Cure
- A detective investigates a series of bizarre murders where each perpetrator confesses but cannot recall their motives, leading to a chilling mystery.