Plenty of great horror movies feature monsters and all kinds of special effects that scare the shit out of people. So I'm not against those and appreciate them. But what about more realistic horror?
When you go for realism, it becomes more difficult to scare people, understandably, so I've seen filmmakers rely on cheap camera tricks (i.e. too many jump scenes) instead.
So what about realistic movies that terrify you and also don't rely on cheap tricks? So for instance if the mother is a psychotic person who tortures and kills her kids, you think she could really exist in real life and act just like that.
Have you seen a movie like that?