The greatest, most frightening supernatural psychological thrillers include Hereditary, The Innocents, and The Babadook.
The best way to define a psychological thriller is to say it's the type of story that explores the inner workings of one's mind, will generally feel dark in tone, and will usually be suspenseful and/or twist-filled. Defining a supernatural movie is a good deal simpler, as supernatural films will often combine fantasy and horror, and will revolve around ghosts, spirits, or other extraordinary phenomena.
9 'The Witch' Though The Witch has a relatively small scale and a limited cast, it manages to be hugely ambitious when it comes to the assortment of genres it belongs to. It's got a historical setting , has fantasy/supernatural horror elements, becomes a demonic possession movie of sorts, and functions as a psychological drama/thriller.
It's about a woman trying to turn her old childhood home into an orphanage, which it once was in the past, only for her son to begin seemingly communicating with spirits that might exist there. This sets off a slow-burn horror story that pays off in a way that's worth the wait, with plenty of startling moments and an overall uneasy atmosphere that makes the film linger in one's mind once it's over.
It might first and foremost be a mystery film, though that sense of not knowing inevitably causes great psychological distress for the characters, and maybe some for the viewers, too. It gradually becomes more of a horror film as it goes along, with the movie's ambition and length ensuring it largely achieves what it sets out to do.
4 'The Sixth Sense' Honestly, 1990s movies don't get much more iconic than The Sixth Sense, which just snuck its way into the decade and, in turn, made its director, M. Night Shyamalan, a household name. It's about a young boy experiencing strange events after a tragedy, at which point a child psychologist is sent to see him and work out what's going on.
2 'The Exorcist' William Friedkin was a director who knew how to provoke strong emotional responses from his audience, and The Exorcist demonstrated this skill at its best. It's arguably Friedkin's best movie, and also one of the greatest horror movies of all time, being about the desperate attempts to exorcise a demon from a young girl who's been behaving in an increasingly erratic fashion.
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