Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wide-ranging thriller genre. however, this genre often incorporates parts from the mystery genre in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre.
Generally, thrillers focuses on plot over character, and therefore emphasizes intense, physical action over the character's psyche. Psychological thrillers tend to reverse this formula to a certain degree, emphasizing the characters just as much.
The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by trying to demolish the other's mental state. Usually in a psychological thriller movie the 'good guy' doesn't always survive this emphasises reality because if this happened in a real situation the innocent would never escape.
Sometimes the suspense comes from within one character where characters must resolve conflicts with their own minds. Usually, this conflict is an effort to understand something that has happened to them. These conflicts are made more intense with physical expressions of the conflict.
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