William Bibbiani is a professional critic who has written for publications like The Wrap, Fangoria, Collider and Bloody Disgusting, and who hosts multiple podcasts every week on The Critically Acclaimed Network.
It could be said that we go to the movies in the first place for the thrills. The desire to experience new stories put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, and live out exciting events that might otherwise never be possible. We long for escapism. But that’s not what psychological thrillers are all about. Psychological thrillers focus less on external adventure and threat and more on the interior worlds of heroes and villains whose grasp on reality is dangerously close to failing.
Hannibal Lecter appears, inexplicably named “Hannibal Lecktor,” and played with a disarming casualness by Succession's Brian Cox, whose take on the character is more insidious and less mannered than the other actors who have taken on the role. Meanwhile, as Mann brings out the madness in his protagonist, he’s exploring the humanity of his murderer, Francis Dollarhyde, played by an impossibly frightening, and impossibly tragic Tom Noonan.
It’s the kind of idea that sounds clever on paper, but puts Barrett in a harrowing position. Without backup, without a confidante, without any chance of respite or escape, he’s plunged into an environment of abuse, paranoia, and delusion, and repeatedly falls under the spell of his fellow inmates. Whether he solves the murder becomes a secondary concern; he’s trapped in a never-ending battle for his own sanity.
Release Date August 6, 1999 Director M. Night Shyamalan Cast Bruce Willis , Haley Joel Osment , Toni Collette , Olivia Williams , Trevor Morgan , Donnie Wahlberg Runtime 115 33 'Misery' Director: Rob Reiner This oftentimes overlooked movie based on the Stephen King novel of the same name stars the superbly talented Kathy Bates and delivers a showstopping central performance.
It's not for no reason that Shutter Island is often seen in "top movies of the 2010s" lists; it really was that affecting. Its twist ending is one of the most memorable aspects of this Martin Scorsese epic that gives audiences the heebie-jeebies for its unsettling atmosphere. While not a scary movie per se, Shutter Island is a well-crafted psychological thriller that meditates on illusion versus reality, guilt, grief, and conspiracy theories.
Michael Haneke’s Caché is elusive and mysterious, and the only solution it provides, in the end, is so subtle it’s easy to miss the first time around. But it’s a fabulous and paranoid puzzle of a film – easily among Michael Haneke's best movies – and one that speaks to anyone with the capacity for guilt and shame.
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