Psychological Horror
- Sub-genre of horror fiction
- Relies on characters fears and emotional instability to build tension
- Focus is the characters mind
- The audience is positioned with the unstable character, even if they are the villain we are forced to relate with them.
- Other horror genres focus on fantastical situations such as attacks by stylized monsters, psychological horror generally involves situations based on artistic realism.
- Characters face 'adult fears' which attack the audiences psychological safety and security. For example kidnapping, home invasion and sexual assault.
- Creates overwhelming discomfort by exposing emotional vulnerabilities and fears like the repressed parts of the human psyche, such as the capabilities of human kind (everyone has the ability to kill).
- Plot twists are a device that is often used, they often include internal battles. "Subconscious desires such as romantic lust and the desire for petty revenge".
- It is a genre that is easier for an audience to relate with than genres such as splatter fiction or torture porn, which focus on bizarre and distasteful themes.
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