However, its difficult to say which subgenre has taken over as the most popular.
These movies have remarkably simple premises, but the devil is in the details.
The horror comes not from scary monsters or killers, but from the perversion of the human experience.
Good psychological thrillers are often heavily metaphorical, and their stories act as exaggerated stand-ins for everyday human experiences.
Other off-beat slashers likeThanksgivingandBodies Bodies Bodiesutilize some traditional tropes but enhance them with an engaging mystery.
Ti WestsXtrilogy even brought a new slasher franchise to life, and all three movies were critical darlings.
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