Psychological horror is a subgenre of the horror fiction. Other than using monsters, ghosts and vampires like splatter and slasher genres, it relies on character fears, sound effects, and eeriness to build suspense to further the plot. This horror genre consists of less physical harm and rather works on affecting the characters mentally. It is made to create discomfort in the viewer by exposing common and universal psychological vulnerabilities and fears. The horror comes from within and exposes the evil that hides behind normality of the environment around them. Psychological thrillers can be similar to psychological horrors, but the thrillers leave a different impact on the audience and its uses more mystery and theatrical dramatic scenes.
Another aspect of psychological horror is its use of body horror. This is meant by the graphic destruction or degeneration of the way the body is portrayed. This could develop a feeling of unease to the audience exploiting human fears of the abnormal, disease and suffering amongst others.A prime example of current successful psychological horror is Paranormal Activity released in 2007. This supernatural horror film portrays the genre as they present their film in a style of found footage, a type of genre filmmaking to create even more tension.
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