For our production, we have chosen to focus on a sub-genre of horror: psychological horror. Some characteristics of psychological horror films are suspicion, distrust, self doubt and paranoia. Plot twists are often used as a device and the tension is built through atmosphere, eerie sounds and the exploitation of the viewer's and character's psychological fears. 'The Black Cat' and 'Cat People' have been cited as early psychological horror films and other examples of psychological horror films are: Jacob's Ladder, Session 9, The Silence of the Lambs and American Psycho.
'Psychological horror aims to create discomfort by exposing common or universal psychological and emotional vulnerabilities/fears and revealing the darker parts of the human psyche that most people may repress or deny' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_horror
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