Psychological thriller movies tend to fascinate a lot of viewers since they create suspense, anxiety, fury and confusion at the same time. The audiences of such films are trying to figure out what’s next and then a sudden twist comes leaving you with a feeling of exhilaration. The extent of creating such intriguing mysteries in which mind-games are involved leads a person to become inquisitive about what is going to happen next. The movie that remains unpredictable until the end can keep the audience bound to the film without losing any interest.
There are numerous movies made in this genre but not all of them went well in creating suspense. Here is the list of few that you might like watching if you are fascinated by psychological thriller
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The killer uses the seven deadly sins as the motif in his murders. This movie can be a perfect package for the viewers who love to watch psychological thrillers because it stands out in creating inquisitive suspense and hits it right in the feel.
2. Psycho
The film Psycho, was released in 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin Balsam. The film is a horror-thriller and it centres on the encounter of a secretary who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing money from her employer and the motel’s distributed owner-manager and its aftermath. It is truly an impeccable film that matches the standards of an expected psycho-thriller film. Who can forget the iconic shower scene and Norman Bates' conversation with the Mother!
3. The Machinist
The Machinist, is a film directed by Brad Anderson starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon. The movie was amazingly made and could keep a viewer hooked until the end. The continuity and the flow of the film was recommendable. The film portrays an industrial worker who hasn’t slept in a year and he begins to doubt his own sanity. Insomnia was highlighted and how it affects the mental state of an individual is shown very well in this
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Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob’s Ladder, a film that released in 1990 is a beautiful film directed by Bruce Joel Rubin starred Tim Robin, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello. The storyline goes where a haunted Vietnam war veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation where he deciphers reality and life from his own dreams, delusions and perceptions of death. Suspense remains at its hilt and that makes the film a better one.
5. Next door
Next door, a psycho horror film directed by Pal Sletaune and starred Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig is a horror story where the guy has been ditched by his girlfriend and in that depressed state he allows himself to be seduced into a mystical and a scary world, where it is impossible to separate truth and the lies. Amusing enough to entertain the viewer and worth watching.
6. Anamorph
Anamorph, a film directed by H.S Miller starred Willem Dafoe, Scott Sneedman, Don Harvey and James Rebborn is based on an anamorphosis (a distorted drawing that appears to be normal when viewed from a particular side), a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas. It’s exciting to see how the killer in the film uses equipment from the arts to kill
film analysis to give the audience a better feel for what the character is going through. The director's
Psycho is a 1960 American film directed by Alfred Hitchock. The screenplay of the movie written by Joseph Stefano was inspired by the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch on the year 1959. This film is categorized into the horror-thriller genre of film. The starring was Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Vera Miles as Lila Crane and John Gravin as San Loomis.
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The Shining and Brian De Palma’s Carrie. It’s a primal sequence, scary on its face, but
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