Genre
Supernatural Horror
Horror whose threat comes from outside the natural order — ghosts, possession, curses. The rules are unknown to the characters, which is the point.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
The Exorcist
William Friedkin · 1973
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick · 1980
Kwaidan
Masaki Kobayashi · 1965
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018
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