Psychological horror relies on mental and emotional states to frighten the audience. They often include characters that are unstable. These types of films usually aim to make the viewer feel uncomfortable. Characters in psychological horror are often modelled after dark parts of the human ego. Psychological films have either a reliable or unreliable narrator. Below are some examples of psychological films:
- Category:Fanaticism films
- Category:Madness and paranoia films
- Category:Home invasion films
- Category:Phobia and isolation films
- Category:Crime and gallio films
- You're Next (2011)
- Psycho (1960)
- Maniac (1980)
- Blair Witch (2016)
- Repulsion (1965)
- Dahmer (2002)
- Alyce Kills (2013)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Nightwatch (1997)
- The Watcher (2000)
- Suspect Zero (2004)
- Mindhunters (2004)
- The Boy (2016)
- The Gift (2015)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Purge (2013)
- The Snowman
- Get Out (2017)
- The Good Son
- Burke & Hare (2010)
- Split (2016)
- Bones (2001)
- ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)
- My Soul to Take (2010)
- Misery (1990)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Buried Alive (1990)
- Buried Alive II (1997)
- Secret Window (2004)
- Debi (2018)
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
- Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Coma (1978)
- Before I Wake (2016)
- The Brood (1979)
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Session 9 (2001)
- Wait Until Dark (1967)
- Greta (2018)
- Swallow (2019)
- The Devil's Rejects (2005)
- The Stepfather (1987)
- Gerald's Game (2017)
- Psycho II (1983)
- The Lodge (2019)
- Last Night in Soho (2021)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Les Diaboliques (1955)
- Cat People (1942)
- Gaslight (1944)
- The Lodger (1944)
- D-Tox
- Martyrs (2008)
- The Innocents (1961)
- Maniac (2012)
- Bad Dreams (1988)
- Sleep (2020)
- 12 Feet Deep
- The Bad Seed (1956)
- Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
- The Lighthouse
- The Night House
- Black Swan
- Censor
- Daniel Isn't Real
- Run (2020)
- Dementia 13 (2017)
- The Changeling (1980)
- Climax (2018)
- Ana & Bruno
- Imaginary