what is psychological horror?
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Horror includes many categories. Some major categories are viscerally revulsive, e.g. gore/mutilation; momentary panic, e.g. jump scares; and mounting dread, e.g. the feeling of exploring an abandoned hospital.
Psychological horror would fall into the third category. It’s not necessarily immediately scary, but the more you immerse yourself in it, and the more you think about it, the more unsettled and distraught you feel. The feeling can last for days, weeks, or even longer after you’re done seeing, reading, hearing, or playing the horror story. Nothing scary even has to have happened, necessarily, although often times it does.
Tl;dr: Psychological horror gets worse the more you *think about* it, instead of the more you *see* it.
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