Psychological Horror Moodboard

Psychological Horror Moodboard Analysis:

This moodboard shows that psychological horror is more about being disturbing than being an adrenaline rush of shock. Psychological horror tends to be more subtle compared to other sub-genres of horror. It creates discomfort in the viewer by displaying common psychological fears society represses or denies. Or conveys something society finds safe and innocent as something to be afraid of, making the audience feel vulnerable, e.g. showing the church as location for evil doings, or a child as a killer. A good example of this is in the image above of the little girl with no mouth. The lighting and costume connotes her to be innocent, but the missing mouth suggests there is something severely wrong and disturbing about this girl, betraying the previous connotations, as most psychological horrors do. Psychological horror also creates fear in the audience by using dark, blue, red and green filters. This connotes death and evil as occurs in most horrors. And includes most stock locations associated with horror, like in the moodboard below. Psychological horror tries to take something society sees as safe, and turns it into something to be afraid of, challenging certain connotations.