Friday, 2 December 2011

Psychological horror ; The Icons

Psycho (1960) 15

Psycho is a American psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Plot
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.

The Exorcist (1973) 18

The Exorcist is a American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter.

Plot
When a child is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

The Shining (1980) 18

The Shining is a psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Plot
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Psychological horror ; Foreign

Funny Games (1997) 18

Funny Games is a Austrian psychological thriller/horror film directed and written by Michael Haneke.

Plot
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Ring (1998) 15

Ring is a Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata, adapted from the novel Ring by Kōji Suzuki.

Plot
A mysterious video kills whomever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery.

Audition (1999) 18

Audition is a Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike.

Plot
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.