Psychological Thriller

A psychological thriller creates suspense which often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's mind. They do this by playing games or trying to demolish the other persons mental state. The plot usually focuses on  how the mind could be destroyed and horrified. Most of the psychological thrillers don't contain a lot of blood and gory.

An example of this could be Zodiac which was made in 2007. It is based on a true story where there is a serial killer in San Francisco. The killer wants to get his information across by sending messages to the newspaper. The person who creates the newspaper is a cartoonist where they discover the messages behind the killers message. The guy who works for the newspaper company gets tortured he can't take it no more so he decides to give up his job.

This shows that this film is full of horror and the serial killer is trying to torture the cartoonist.