In reality, what is the difference? What makes Horror not Psychological Thriller and vice versa?
Subject?
Theme?
Scene structure?
Here is some points form a debate on an online forum.
"I think the main difference lies in the source of the horror.
At least in general terms, the source of horror is not natural,
that is, not from the normal and rational world in which most of you live.
Again, in very general terms, the source of the psychological thriller is
a fairly normal and natural thing (i.e. a person ) which is acting in an unusual manner."
"I recently wrote an article explaining what horror is and isnt, and although Im sure it can be disputed, I feel that horror and thriller (and suspense for that matter), arent really all on an equal plane, but feel that one is just a continuation of the other."Hmmm we'll take that as a challenge, lets see if Mac 2 have that 'certain finesse' well for the opening 2 minutes of it anyway, which in my opinon is the most crucial part, the audience need to be hooked or at least have a degree of curiosity to continue watching the film from its opening or they will get bored, disengage and switch off as they have certain expectations of a film that it should meet. Even from its very beginning.
"My opinion the difference is this. Horror is plain scaring you. There are no tricks just plain old fashion blood and guts. Its like in Halloween they use the music and suspense to build you up and then the murderer jumps out and makes you scream. Think about a haunted house. To me that is horror.
Psychological thrillers messes with the head. You think reality is one thing but it is actually another. It is the sophisticated cousin of horror. Not saying that horror is the hillbilly cousin everyone hates to invite but it does take certain finesse to writea good psychological thriller."
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