The movie ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ is probably more psychological thriller than horror but a good one, I thought.
I remember that movie being frightening to me as a kid as well, definitely left an impression and I think it’s because of the very concept you mentioned above. Plan to check it out again.
I've come to the conclusion horror movies are, in various forms - whether the premise be supernatural, or just plain street-level psycho 'sicko-path' - are all portrayals, in miniature, of our Fall into matter unto STS - and subsequent reflected portrayals of Man feeding 4D STS - as with also the mind of the Predator given over to us, now our minds also, as stated by Carlos Castaneda
Predator's mind - CassWiki
"They [the sorcerers of ancient Mexico] discovered that
we have a companion for life. We have a predator that came from the depths of the cosmos and took over the rule of our lives. Human beings are its prisoners.
The predator is our lord and master. It has rendered us docile, helpless
They took over because we are food for them, and
they squeeze us mercilessly because we are their sustenance. Just as we rear chickens in chicken coops,
gallineros, the predators rear us in human coops,
humaneros. Therefore,
their food is always available to them."
They have given us covetousness, greed,
and cowardice.
It is the predators who make us complacent, routinary, and egomaniacal.
"In order to keep us obedient and
meek and weak, the predators engage themselves in a stupendous maneuver-stupendous, of course, from the point of view of a fighting strategist. A horrendous maneuver from the point of view of
those who suffer it.
They gave us their mind! Do you hear me?
The predators give us their mind,
which becomes our mind. The predators' mind is baroque, contradictory, morose,
filled with the fear of being discovered any minute now.
Through the mind, which, after all, is their mind,
the predators inject into the lives of human beings whatever is convenient for them. And they ensure, in this manner,
a degree of security to act as a buffer against their fear."
We are have long become both the predator and prey - and horror movies always reflect this at their core, whether the predator is human or non-human, the prey is ALWAYS human - or a symbolic representation of "humanity".
'We' connect emotionally and psychologically with horror movies on a subconscious/unconscious level because somewhere deep within we
know its OUR story as the collective Human race - and it resonates with us.
Gandalph may have "joked" when he said:
Well, if you are looking to watch for a very good horror movie, the best one that I can recommend you but the movie is still not finished is simply called " The reality on our Big Bleu Planet". And not only we can watch it, but we are actors of this movie.
- But actually, he's being dead serious!