🩸 Psychological Thriller Horror Movies

Explore 27 psychological thriller horror films in the ScreamDesk Vault. From classics to modern gems — the definitive psychological thriller movie guide.

27 Films
1973–1962 Span
A Candle for the Devil (1973)

A Candle for the Devil (1973)

Psychological Thriller

Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards....

Angst (1983)

Angst (1983)

Psychological Thriller

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter....

Bedevilled (2010)

Bedevilled (2010)

Psychological Thriller

A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, ...

Compliance (2012)

Compliance (2012)

Psychological Thriller

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee...

Crash (1996)

Crash (1996)

Body Horror

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls....

Don't Look Now (1973)

Don't Look Now (1973)

Psychological Thriller

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife....

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Giallo

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his...

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Psychological Thriller

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative....

Julia's Eyes (2010)

Julia's Eyes (2010)

Psychological Thriller

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Jul...

Les Diaboliques (1955)

Les Diaboliques (1955)

Psychological Thriller

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly...

Nightwatch (1994)

Nightwatch (1994)

Psychological Thriller

Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to fin...

Paranoiac (1963)

Paranoiac (1963)

Psychological Thriller

Eleven years ago, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide...

Peeping Tom (1960)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Psychological Thriller

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which i...

Perfect Blue (1997)

Perfect Blue (1997)

Psychological Thriller

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collabora...

Sisters (1973)

Sisters (1973)

Psychological Thriller

Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, s...

Taste of Fear (1961)

Taste of Fear (1961)

Psychological Thriller

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the...

Tesis (1996)

Tesis (1996)

Psychological Thriller

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured to death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former stude...

The Aura (2005)

The Aura (2005)

Psychological Thriller

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…...

The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)

The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)

Psychological Thriller

Chris Miller, living with her stepmother in a large secluded mansion, finds her isolation interrupted by the arrival of an unknown scythe-wielding kil...

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Psychological Thriller

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money....

The Scarecrow (1982)

The Scarecrow (1982)

Rural Horror

The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens the...

The Silent Partner (1978)

The Silent Partner (1978)

Psychological Thriller

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns th...

The Stepfather (1987)

The Stepfather (1987)

Psychological Thriller

Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new ...

The Vanishing (1988)

The Vanishing (1988)

Psychological Thriller

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years...

The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988)

The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988)

Psychological Thriller

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years...

Visiting Hours (1982)

Visiting Hours (1982)

Slasher

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her of...

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Psychological Thriller

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion....

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