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Psychological horror recommendations

hownwbrowncowhownwbrowncow Posts: 6,188
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Hi,

I am looking for a film like The Shining or We Need to Talk About About Kevin which are quite thought-provoking, get your heart going, are very psychological based, are quite artistic as such and quite subtle.

These are two of my favourite horror films and I really want something else to watch in this kind of vein!

Thanks
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 53,142
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    Funny Games is good, but not sure if it's what your looking for, good tension ( i would call it more physiological thriller more that a horror ) I love the shining as well

    what about Misery ?
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    You could try The Mothman Prophecies, it has an air of unease and menace, rather than OTT shock tactics, throughout and is (allegedly) based on real events. I tend to think of it as the movie The X-Files movie should have been.
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    Eddie Badger wrote: »
    You could try The Mothman Prophecies, it has an air of unease and menace, rather than OTT shock tactics, throughout and is (allegedly) based on real events. I tend to think of it as the movie The X-Files movie should have been.

    is that Richard Gere film ? His stuff is also worth a check over as RG is good actor
  • hownwbrowncowhownwbrowncow Posts: 6,188
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    Orangemaid wrote: »
    Funny Games is good, but not sure if it's what your looking for, good tension ( i would call it more physiological thriller more that a horror ) I love the shining as well

    what about Misery ?

    I have seen Misery and enjoyed it :)
    Eddie Badger wrote: »
    You could try The Mothman Prophecies, it has an air of unease and menace, rather than OTT shock tactics, throughout and is (allegedly) based on real events. I tend to think of it as the movie The X-Files movie should have been.

    I may look into that, thank you!
  • AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Have a look for some Asian horror films. Especially Japanese or Korean. Those films quite frequently deal with that side of horror.

    I watched one last night for the very first time called 'Strange Circus', made in 2005.
    It was very good too. Very unsettling film which reminded me of David Lynch films and dealt with dark subject matter.
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Orangemaid wrote: »
    is that Richard Gere film ? His stuff is also worth a check over as RG is good actor
    Yes, Richard Gere, Alan Bates, Laura Linney.
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Oh, my favourite kind. For you, I think these might work:

    Frailty
    Session 9
    Donnie Darko
    Fight Club
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Triangle
    Cube
    Exam
    The Machinist
    The Butterfly Effect
    Jacob's Ladder
    Bug
    Twelve Monkeys
    Bringing Out the Dead
    Black Swan
    Right at Your Door
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    Alrightmate wrote: »
    I watched one last night for the very first time called 'Strange Circus', made in 2005.
    It was very good too. Very unsettling film which reminded me of David Lynch films and dealt with dark subject matter.

    You might like to try Visitor Q, Audition, Hansel and Gretel (2007), The Housemaid (2010) and Thirst (2009) if you haven't yet.
  • AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Takae wrote: »
    You might like to try Visitor Q, Audition, Hansel and Gretel (2007), The Housemaid (2010) and Thirst (2009) if you haven't yet.

    Yes I've seen Hansel and Gretel, Thirst and Audition.
    I'm intending to watch Visitor Q as I have heard good things about it.
    Thanks for the recommendation for The Housemaid though. That's one I wasn't aware of and will look into.
  • Tindie_BaisTindie_Bais Posts: 2,590
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    Next door (2005). Is the movie for you
  • InTheLoopInTheLoop Posts: 6,595
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    Hard Candy?

    Not sure that's really horror, maybe thriller. Worth checking out though.

    Maybe Rosemary's Baby? Identity?
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    Takae wrote: »
    Oh, my favourite kind. For you, I think these might work:

    Frailty
    Session 9
    Donnie Darko
    Fight Club
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Triangle
    Cube
    Exam
    The Machinist
    The Butterfly Effect
    Jacob's Ladder
    Bug
    Twelve Monkeys
    Bringing Out the Dead
    Black Swan
    Right at Your Door

    That is good. Also, the Game is quite good as well.
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,483
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    See my thread posted a little further down in this forum about The Babadook.
    I think you'd enjoy that as it is really thought provoking and plays on the idea of a bogeyman, but yeah it's totally psychological.
  • dee123dee123 Posts: 46,267
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    Well going old school:

    Psycho
    Les Diaboliques
    Repulsion
    Eyes Without A Face
    Rosemary's Baby
    The Haunting
    The Innocents
    The Tenant

    Newer stuff:

    Frailty
    In The Mouth of Madness
    Jacob's Ladder
    Session 9
    The Orphanage
    What Lies Beneath
    The Others
    Identity
    Secret Window
  • FusionFuryFusionFury Posts: 14,121
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    Takae wrote: »
    Oh, my favourite kind. For you, I think these might work:

    Frailty
    Session 9
    Donnie Darko
    Fight Club
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Triangle
    Cube
    Exam
    The Machinist
    The Butterfly Effect
    Jacob's Ladder
    Bug
    Twelve Monkeys
    Bringing Out the Dead
    Black Swan
    Right at Your Door

    Fraily the one at the Mental Asylum?
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Magic might be worth a look, directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins as a ventriloquist with a very sinister dummy.
  • CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    Don't Look Now Is worth a look
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    CBFreak wrote: »
    Don't Look Now Is worth a look

    I'll second that, great movie!
  • FusionFuryFusionFury Posts: 14,121
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    These are the best horror movies, which get you thinking and just when you think you got the twist.. bang ! you was wrong.
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    FusionFury wrote: »
    Fraily the one at the Mental Asylum?

    No, it isn't. Frailty revolves around a man (Matthew McConaughey) who confesses that his father was a serial killer.

    You were probably thinking of Session 9.
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    1408 is a decent one. I don't know if the original Carrie counts as a psychological horror. I guess it's more of an entertaining revenge story. But yeah, the Shining is just pure creepy.
  • Sam_Williams1Sam_Williams1 Posts: 338
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    I'm gonna add kill List.
  • Toy_HeroToy_Hero Posts: 11,358
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    Martyrs. It's in french though, but really worth the watch. It's quite psychologically disturbing
  • FusionFuryFusionFury Posts: 14,121
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    Takae wrote: »
    No, it isn't. Frailty revolves around a man (Matthew McConaughey) who confesses that his father was a serial killer.

    You were probably thinking of Session 9.

    Thanks for putting my straight :D
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Pacific Heights is another good one with Michael Keaton in a bad guy role as a tenant from Hell http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100318/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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