Thrillers are exciting and excellent at building tension and suspense while subverting the audience’s expectations.
Psychological thrillers, however, are thrillers that excel at playing with the audience’s psyche.
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The once innocent and naive teen is actually a calculating vigilante.
It is wild that Page’s early work consists ofHard CandyandJunoas the two films could not be further apart.
Even though that sounds obtuse, it also accurately describes the basis of the movie.
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Is that the issue?
Is she to blame for what’s next?
Or does a mother love her son no matter what he does?
The killer stages elaborate crime scenes based on the seven deadly sins.
They have to stop him before he completes the cycle.
Look toPerfect Blueas an example of that in this fascinating tale of obsession and celebrity.
Perfect Bluewas Kon’s directorial debut, and it enjoyed international acclaim and analysis.
He is suddenly released and tasked with the mission of finding and killing his captors in five days.
What transpires is a wild story with crazy twists that won’t be spoiled here.
His twisted smile and exaggerated facial expressions stick with audiences well after the film ended.
The plot follows a Dutch couple vacationing in France.
The boyfriend slowly loses his mind as he gets closer to the truth and meets the sadistic kidnapper.
It is a twisted look into trauma andPTSDtold only as Lyne could.
The Gameis ahead of its time in its terrifying use of gamified reality.
Even those who have never seenJonathan Demme’s masterpieceTheSilence of the Lambsknow the name Hannibal Lecter.
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They likely even know that he is a cannibal.
As a result, the film is a multi-layered thriller with plenty of disturbing elements to obsess over.
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