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Others like this?

posted 14 years ago by writejulia
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I'd consider this one of the greats of horror films. What others would you recommend that are on the same level of psychological horror?

For me, The Others comes to mind, though that movie wasn't too scary to me, just creepy and sad.

[–] somesunnyday 14 years ago

Les Diabolique
Blair Witch Project
Lake Mungo
Session 9
The Hour of the Wolf
The Changeling (with George C Scott)
Safe (eventuates into psychological horror)
Rosemary's Baby
The Tenant
Images
Next of Kin
Possession (with Isabelle Adjani)
Don't Look Now

[–] writejulia 14 years ago

Thank you! I've seen Rosemary's Baby, loved it, and Blair Witch Project...eehh.

But I'll look into the rest :)

[–] filmluvr81 14 years ago

Dark Water (Asian version)

[–] Tales-from-the-Goondocks 13 years ago

Blair Witch is a great film.

[–] BlondeVixen 12 years ago

Agree about Blair Witch Project....not only did I not like it, it gave me motion sickness too!

The original The Haunting with Julie Harris.

[–] AidaClarkfield 13 years ago

Great list!
Although Safe aggravated me to know end, I still see it's power.

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[–] mals2011 12 years ago

Great list! I would add The Shining and Sixth Sense. BTW I am watching The Innocents right now.

[–] writejulia 14 years ago

Thanks, I'll check those out!

[–] kpocala 14 years ago

Along with many of the previous post check out the ORIGINAL "The Haunting" directed by Robert Wise. One of the great movies of it's kind...

[–] perorewen 14 years ago

Great examples all of them. Also I would recommend the Spanish film Orfanato.

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[–] fionak-1 13 years ago

Rebecca
My cousin Rachel

[–] perorewen 13 years ago

I would have loved to see My Cousin Rachel, the book was fabolous! And Rebecca is a great film and book.

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[–] TheDuchessofM 13 years ago

The Turn of the Screw

[–] baprice14 13 years ago

Yes, definitely Rebecca.

Michael Haneke has done many films that are sort of in the psychological horror film genre, but just know that his films do NOT have happy endings, and you are left with a scuzzy feeling. It really is quite different from something like The Innocents, which is kind of spooky, but also visually beautiful/appealing. Haneke's films are fantastic, and I suppose aesthetically beautiful in their own way, but there is just this Haneke quality that gets under your skin. Check out Cache or Funny Games for psych-horror type stuff, but The White Ribbon is phenomenal as well. (warning: there is at least one scene of violence towards animals in every one of his films. Though it is almost always simulated, it is still not pretty)

Also The Shining if you haven't seen it yet.

And Bug, though its a much different sort of psych-horror than The Innocents.

So, Rebecca and The Shining for visually appealing type stuff (closer to The Innocents), and Haneke films or Bug if you want to go for the gut :)

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[–] reeseslightning 13 years ago

If you like ambuigity then see the original The Haunting.

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[–] mischimaus 13 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074611/
Tho I didn't like it, a lot of other people do. Maybe you're one of them :)

And maybe this one http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844008/
It's a B-movie but I think it was thrilling nonetheless.
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