Psychological terror movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychological terror movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological terror, suspense, tense, suspenseful, slasher and dark films and TV shows about / with isolation, survival, claustrophobia, gore, cat and mouse, supernatural, body horror, paranoia, murder and female nudity plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychological terror: Conjuring: The Beyond (2022), Keeper (2025), The Ghosts of Monday (2022), The Jester 2 (2025), Nahual (2025), Terror 66 (2017), Paranormal Sex Tape (2016), Psy (1989), The Possessed (1977), Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988).
Best films
New films
| Alien Invasion (2020) | 3.9 | |
| Nahual (2025) | 3.5 | |
| Model House (2024) | 4.0 | |
| Longlegs (2024) | 6.6 | |
| The Ghosts of Monday (2022) | 3.0 |
List of psychological terror movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A sleep study goes awry when participants start to go missing.
Style:
creepy, suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
mental health, hypnosis, supernatural horror, scientific research, research, sleeping, doctor, medical research, nightmare, possession, insomnia, isolation ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Liz and Malcolm escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin. When Malcolm suddenly returns to the city, Liz finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that reveals the cabin's horrifying secrets.
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, tension, suspense, romantic ...
Plot:
folk horror, woods, anniversary, haunting, isolation, dark past, supernatural, fear, claustrophobia, paranormal activity, intimate, slow burn ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Cyprus
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of US filmmakers travel to Cyprus to film a documentary in the tragically famous Hotel Gula - a once popular resort where more than 100 people died in mysterious circumstances. What begins as just another day at the office will eventually ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
haunted hotel, ghost, supernatural, investigation, survival, paranormal, supernatural horror, macabre, resort, resort hotel, director, fear ...
Place:
cyprus
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.
Style:
teen horror, slasher, suspense, dark fantasy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
halloween, magician, jester, supernatural, blood, masked killer, cat and mouse, survival, magic realism, small town, psychopath, mature ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Katia Montero's exotic getaway spirals into terror when she becomes possessed by a bloodthirsty animal spirit. Erotic encounters, violence, and ancient legends converge to deliver a chilling new twist on a South American myth.
Style:
dark, mystical, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, possession, female protagonist, violent, folklore, shapeshifting, isolation, ritual, curse, shaman, transformation, jungle ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Chapter One : Motel 666 - This rural desert motel offers the final check-out for many late night Route 66 travelers. Chapter Two : The Road To Hell - A small desert town harbors a dark secret in the form of a serial murderer destined to discover the ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, slasher, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
small town, desert, serial killer, isolation, torture, supernatural, ghost child, urban legend, survival, graphic violence, claustrophobia, folk horror ...
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Genre: Horror
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Based on real events that occurred in Europe in 2010. There are over 25,000 demonic possessions reported each year - many of those claim to be possessed during sexual intercourse. After a steamy night captured on video, a couple watches their sex ...
Style:
disturbing, creepy, intense, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
porn, paranormal, supernatural, sex tape, found footage, demonic possession, paranoia, haunting, loss of control, occult, investigation, body horror ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
england
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296
Genre: Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of hunters enters a ghost town in Central Asia with a mission to kill packs of abandoned, and now wild cannibal dogs. But tables turn and there seems to be no way for the hunters to survive the horrific battle.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, grim, surreal, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hunter, survival, cannibalism, extreme violence, man versus nature, desperation, isolation, ghost town, bloodbath, claustrophobia, post soviet, lawlessness ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.
Style:
religious horror, psychotronic, suspense, gothic, spooky ...
Plot:
demonic possession, exorcism, occult, supernatural horror, haunted, girls' boarding school, catholic church, satanic cult, school, claustrophobia, zombie, haunting ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a deadly battle for survival, four women are hunted by a ruthless group of killers they accidentally stumble upon while camping.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, dark, psychological terror
Plot:
survival, wilderness, mountain, manhunt, violence, cat and mouse, isolation, backpacking, camping, racism, revenge, thrill ride ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family of three is travelling in space, when they encounter a stranded spaceship. They manage to pull out one survivor (Grieco) who's in shock. However, when the father goes on to investigate the ship, he finds that everyone was murdered. ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, space horror, psychological terror
Plot:
killer robot, androids, survival, isolation, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, chase, family drama, violent, suspicion, murder mystery, cyberpunk ...
Time:
near future
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Genre: Horror
Country: Peru
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Seven friends go on a remote jungle vacation where they are terrorized by a primeval spirit....
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, tense, dark ...
Plot:
supernatural, voyeur, death, friendship, jungle, supernatural power, murder, sex, love and romance, love, isolation, survival horror ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Philippines
Story:
At her family's remote ancestral home, Kelly, her boyfriend, Choppy, and a group of their pals fight boredom by dabbling in a supernatural game called Spirit of the Glass, despite the warnings of a weary caretaker. But once unleashed, the ...
Style:
tension, suspense, gothic, psychological terror
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, possession, supernatural, isolation, seance, ouija board, darkness, ritual, group of friends, occult, urban legend ...
Place:
the philippines
Is relevant?
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As the Keenans try to bring their family closer together, they unwittingly enter themselves into a game of life or death. With four deranged killers patrolling the halls of their hotel and competing for the most creative kills, the odds are ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, intense, tense, slasher horror ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, hotel, panic, trapped, home invasion, blood, cat and mouse, serial killer, desperation, violent, gory ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events. Filmed at the murder scene. A group of friends, while on a Christmas vacation to a cabin in Southern Oregon, learn of a rumor of an antisocial woman who allegedly murders people and feeds her victims to pigs.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, pig, farm, killing, violent woman, murderer, extreme violence, psycho killer, brutality, violent man, isolation, fear ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
The story will center on a high school girl named Tamahi, who encounters strange creatures while navigating a gigantic apartment building.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, anime, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, supernatural, supernatural being, schoolgirl, teenage girl, suicide, teenage boy, teenager, supernatural horror, supernatural power, teenage protagonist, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off ...
Style:
slasher, tense, dread, suspense, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, survival horror, bloodbath, paranoia, serial killer, unsolved crime, satanic ritual, locked in, obsession, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, cold case ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young waitress is abducted by a religious cult, who are hell-bent on curing her from a sexually transmitted werewolf virus - or killing her in the process. Will she escape before the first full moon?
Style:
intense, suspense, tension, bloody, neo noir ...
Plot:
escape, werewolf, abduction, female protagonist, transformation, claustrophobia, violent, moral ambiguity, isolation, confined, body horror, small town ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After a meet-cute in a bar, Dawn and Micah's road trip to Portland turns into a nightmare when they're hunted by an infamous serial killer known as the Mechanic Maniac.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
road trip, stranger, meet cute, serial killer, mysterious stranger, terror, hunted, runaway, travel, black people, escape attempt, psycho terror ...
Place:
portland oregon, california
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by the myth of Cthulhu, it tells a fantasy adventure story triggered by a mysterious quantum mechanics experiment.
Style:
tense, futuristic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, monster, alien invasion, cosmic horror, legends and myths, sea monster, evil alien, mythical creature, showdown, alien creature, giant monster, alien monster ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young couple travelling down the freeway seem to be unable to get off the road after being hunted by someone intent on keeping them on the road.
Style:
tense, road movie, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
couples, highway, pursuit, chase, entrapment, on the road, car journey, travel, road trip, time warp, time, road accident ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A rowdy pro-wrestler, struggling to make ends meet, agrees to fill in as a last-minute replacement for his girlfriend's well-paying babysitting job. Upon arriving at the secluded family home, he meets the precocious 10-year-old Grace. What ...
Style:
slasher, tense, slasher horror, dark comedy, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, child in peril, occult, wrestler, problem, family home, abduction, single, isolation, graphic violence, supernatural ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion ...
Style:
slasher, dark, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, struggle for survival, violence, trapped, claustrophobia, young adult, escalation, isolation, cat and mouse, panic, massacre ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of a couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas who are hunted by a group of modern-day pirates, after their identities and their lives.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
pirate, couples, married couple, remote island, survival, danger, isolation, killing, changing lives, life is a bitch, murderer, death threat ...
Place:
bahamas
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Genre: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A holidaygoer in Italy cuts himself on a strange dagger and gets possessed by a demon
Style:
demonic, creepy, dark, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
island, supernatural, possession, paranormal, isolation, occult, folk horror, superstition, claustrophobia, body horror, ritual, vacation ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
When a research crew in deep space discovers the desolate ship "Green Planet" that warps into their area, they encounter Buzz, the commander and sole surivor of the ship. Being too incapacitated to make them aware of the situation of his ...
Style:
anime, space horror, suspense, mecha, cult classic ...
Plot:
alien, deep space, survival horror, isolation, claustrophobia, alien creature, alien monster, body horror, biohazard, survivor, paranoia, exploration ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five swimsuit models staying together in a secluded house fight to stay alive when intruders break in and hold them captive to extort money from their social media followers.
Style:
horror comedy, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
home invasion, model, extortion, hostage situation, intruder, social media, problem, survival, ransom, isolation, kidnapping, violence ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of young adults spend the weekend at a friend's house by the lake. Joined by the local sheriff, the group encounters an escaped convict Native American chief, a copycat killer and the return of the terrifying masked killer, Damon.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
masked killer, stalker, murder, psycho killer, escaped prisoner, killing, battles, threat, fight, homicidal maniac, threat to kill, murderer ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of 20 somethings want to end the summer on a high, they take the advice from a girl they met at a festival about a secret rave deep in the Valleys. When their route is detoured, they have no choice but to venture into the unknown. Once they ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
cannibalism, group of friends, monster, bloodbath, cannibal, wildlife, blood, scared, fear, wilderness, isolation, survival ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four students set out for the barren Nevada desert on a class photography assignment. They are soon confronted by a machete-wielding maniac known as Quiltface.
Style:
slasher, tension, independent film, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
masked killer, desert, isolation, machete, chase, survival, graphic violence, cat and mouse, psychopath, student, abandoned, road trip ...
Place:
nevada
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